Tamar Braxton had to opt out of Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) because of serious health problems, she has announced on Instagram.
Braxton made the announcement after she had to be hospitalized for what she had at first assumed was pneumonia but was later found to be a much serious case of pulmonary embolisms.
In her statement, the 38-year-old RnB singer said she would regrettably not be dancing again on the show or on the tour. The message accompanied a photo of her in a hospital bed as she snuggled close to her professional partner Val Chmerkovsk.
She wrote: “With a Heavy heart I regret to inform you that my season of #dwts has to come to an end along with the rest of my tour dates with @musicbykem.”
But, as sad as that may be, she also said she was grateful she had woken up at all.
Tamar had to be rushed to hospital following a tissue inflammation lasting two weeks. It was later discovered that she had blood clots in both sides of her lung.
She expressed her regret at having to leave the show by saying, “As you all know I will be the first to always encourage anyone to push through any obstacle that comes along one’s way. But in this case, my health is my current obstacle… And in TRUE #tamartian form I must go about this the exact same way as I would anything else.”
She also said she was lucky she had caught the clots before she danced and that she had also gotten through it.
“I woke up to a mirror,” she said, “and saw myself this morning and that makes me the winner because that almost wasn’t the case.”
Tamar had to miss the start of Monday’s episode of DWTS after she had to be taken to the hospital by her husband, Vincent Herbert.
