UN-BREAKING HER HEART: Toni Braxton Talks Abortion, Plastic Surgery, Blaming Herself For Lupus And Son’s Autism In New Tell-All + Halle Berry SHARES “TMI” On Her “Geriatric Pregnancy”

Toni Braxton reveals all in her new memoir Unbreak My Heart.  And we mean ALL.  She talks about her abortion, her family religious extremism and why she blamed herself for her son’s Autism.  Watch her GMA interview inside and see Halle Berry talk about breastfeeding Maceo on “Ellen.”

In her new memoir Unbreak My Heart Toni Braxton (shown above outside ABC studios afte rleaving “The View”) opens up about her career in the music industry. 

She’s giving us the low-down on growing up as a preacher’s kid, the guilt she felt about leaving her sisters, The Braxtons, behind and her road back from financial crisis.  Along the way, the “Braxton Family Values” star and Grammy winner reveals she once had an abortion, opens up about her marriage and divorce and shares why she blamed herself for her son’s autism.  Here are a few highlights:

On sharing her story:

‘I’m looking ahead with that ultimate hope – that peering back at my past heartbreaks will ultimately lead to healing.’

On religious extremism and why she often felt God was punishing her:

‘I began connecting religion, God and church with judgment, anxiety and guilt.’

On her nose job:

‘I’d been wanting to change my nose for years – I wanted it to be less broad. But because of the conservative ideas I was raised with, I struggled with the thought of altering my body’. ‘And of course, I later got my boobies done. I’d always been shaped like a gymnast – size double A breasts and thunder thighs. In fact, I wish I would’ve had lipo on my inner thighs. I’ve always hated them’.

On linking her abortion to her son’s Autism:

‘I have sometimes wondered whether God was punishing me for the abortion I had years ago by allowing my son to have autism. Or by giving me so many health issues.’

On sisterly guilt:

‘My job is done. “Braxton Family Values” is the final punctuation mark on a sentence of guilt that has gone on for too many years—since that day in 1991 when my mother told me, “Don’t forget your sisters.’ 

Watch Toni’s “GMA” interview this morning:

Also on television… 

Oscar-winner Halle Berry appears on “ELLEN” today where she’ll promote her upcoming CBS-series “Extant”.  And she also is sharing a few TMI tidbits about her late-in-life pregnancy and the differences between breastfeeding girls vs. boys. Here are a few highlights from this morning’s live show airing later in most cities.

On her pregnancy with Maceo:

‘They call it a geriatric pregnancy,’ before adding: ‘I was, you know, on my way…this is probably way TMI, but I was really, you know, kinda premenopausal so to have this happen was a huge [shock].’

On Nahla and Maceo:

‘Nahla prayed and prayed for him for like a year and a half for a baby and a bunk bed and she got both of those things. Only her prayers could have done this. I didn’t think it was possible at my age, honestly.’

So she’s just like, he’s like one of her dollies that came to life.
‘You know and all she wants to do is change his clothes. Like she’ll purposely like throw something on his shirt and say, “Oh mommy, he’s got to change his shirt. He has a mess on him!” She just likes to change his clothes, change his diapers…’

On breastfeeding boys vs girls:

‘…There’s a difference between boys and girls. You know, I’m nursing both…I breastfed Nahla and I’m nursing my baby. When I would put Nahla on the boob she would go (light sucking) a nice little girly suck with him it’s like (chomping suck) he’s like sucking the life out of me. So I see the difference between boys and girls.’

Watch Halle’s take on breastfeeding differences here:

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Photos via Toni’s Instagram/Michael Rozman/Warner Bros/ Zelig Shaul/ACE/INFphoto.com

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