Honestly, no not this fast (laughs). I knew that there was something missing from reality TV that was really real and something that everybody can relate to and kind of apply to their normal lives. And I knew that there was a void for that, but I never knew that people would really love it as much, or (that it would) catch on as fast.
You’ve emerged as, hands down, the most talked about aspect of the show. Is what we see of you on the show the actual Tamar?
Well it’s the real me in the terms of how I am when I’m with my sisters. You know like you’re a certain way when you’re at work, you’re a certain way when your with your husband or wife, and then you’re a certain way when you with your family. That is the Tamar that is with her family.
Do you worry at all that your eccentricities may hamper your dreams of a music career? You know, we’re in an age where stars often aren’t in a position to ‘tell it like it is’. Especially when trying to make it big.
No, actually I don’t worry about that at all. As a matter of fact, I don’t even think about that. What’s important to me is the welfare of my family. Whether they’re happy, whether they’re well, or whether I have to tell them like it is for them to understand or look at something a different way. That’s just me. Guess if that dents my career then so be it. But I would rather have a healthy family and a healthy family relationship.
I hear you. Beyond the theatrics, not many people know that you’re actually a really gifted vocalist, who has actually been signed before. The show has touched upon some of your career woes. What exactly happened the last go round and how are you going to do things differently this time?
One of the reasons why I am so vocal is; I wasn’t really allowed to be. When I was doing the record with DreamWorks; I did songs that they wanted me to sing, I dressed how they wanted me to dress, I looked how they wanted me to look. And that’s why I’m so adamant about not doing it somebody else’s way. That’s I’m like I want to do the kind of music I want to do, I don’t want to sing a bunch of ballads, I don’t want to dress in ball gowns, I don’t want to be like Toni, because we are two totally different of people. I think the misconception is “oh she just wants to be like Toni, she’s jealous of Toni”. No that’s not it! But when you listen to the records that I did (with prior label) they are all ballads, they are all in the lane that Toni would go, in that sense. So I can see where the comparison would be, but I feel like we are two totally different artists.
One of the results of doing reality TV is that you open up the ‘private’ and make it ‘public’. Due to this, there are now folk questioning the legitimacy of your marriage (based on the arguments – most of which tend to centre on your career). What’s your response to that?
I say that they absolutely ridiculous.com! Vincent and I have been together for seven years. Just absolutely ridiculous and I’m definitely not the type of girl who will be with somebody if she didn’t care about them. That’s not my style at all; do you really think that I would be in the house with somebody I couldn’t stand? Are you kidding me? Like, for real…
READ the rest at GrapeJuice DOT.com in my Tamar's voice.
No comments:
Post a Comment