Contributed by Anaya Ray In the latest episode of ‘s “Red Table Talk,” Smith and her mom sat down with Grammy award-winning artist,. Things got real during their talk as they discussed surviving divorce. Braxton opened up about her marriage to Keri Lewis, member of the r&b group Mint Condition, and what it was like going through the divorce. Braxton and Lewis were married for 12 years before divorcing in 2013. “I hated being divorce. I hated everything about it,” she exclaimed.
Braxton revealed that even though they were legally divorced, the two still tried to rekindle their love for each other and dated for about year and a half following the divorce. “My husband became my boyfriend, and we were attempting to salvage the relationship again, we were hopeful,” she said. “We dated for a good year and a half, almost two years after we got a divorce.” She stated how she had hopes of them eventually getting back together and always made sure to leave the kids out of their martial issues. While opening up about her previous marriage, Smith’s mom, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, related to her feelings of divorce, seeing has how she’s been married three times. Even though Braxton found the idea of her husband becoming her boyfriend after their divorce crazy, Jones denied the notion saying how one of her ex-husbands proposed the same idea. The “Breathe Again” singer went on to say that the reason her and Lewis split was because of financial issues. She stated how her having lupus was the reason she couldn’t make any money.