Toni Braxton Reveals She Was Told To Hide Her Lupus To Save Career

Toni Braxton Reveals She Was Told To Hide Her Lupus To Save Career

• Toni Braxton revealed on the "SHE MD" podcast that she was advised to conceal her lupus diagnosis due to fear that people would be scared of sick celebrities. 
• Braxton, who initially hid her autoimmune disease, shared her struggles with obtaining work and insurance after going public with her condition in 2010. 
• She went approximately 10 years without an official lupus diagnosis, experiencing symptoms following the birth of her sons. 
• Braxton emphasized the importance of discussing mental health and the impact of chronic anxiety on her well-being. “No one wanted to put me on a stage, she added. ‘Well, suppose she collapsed on stage, and the insurance, how are we going to do that?’ And so I couldn’t, at first I did not [work]," said Braxton. 
• What is something that you hid from people that you wish you would’ve revealed earlier?

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