Footage has surfaced of the moments before Chrisean Rock allegedly assaulted James Wright Chanel at Tamar Braxton‘s concert.
As The Shade Room previously reported, the incident occurred in Los Angeles, California, on Friday, November 10.
Now, Braxton is sharing her reaction to the footage along with social media users.
According to TMZ, Braxton held a prayer circle before the start of her concert that evening. Witnesses informed the outlet that Chrisean Rock unexpectedly “burst” into the singer’s dressing room in the middle of Braxton’s prayer.
The outlet shared footage of Rock’s entrance. In the clip, the rapper is seen inserting herself between Tamar and her sister, Toni. Both women appear surprised at Rock’s appearance, and Toni even shifts away from Rock’s extended hand in the footage.
Additionally, before the video ends, the camera pans over to show that James Wright Chanel was also present.
According to the outlet, witnesses shared that this interaction was Tamar Braxton and Chrisean Rock’s first time meeting.
Furthermore, although the group was caught off guard by Rock’s entrance, they allegedly laughed off the moment and made the rapper feel welcome.
Chrisean Rock was allegedly allowed to stay backstage with the group as they indulged in pre-show liquor shots.
Social media users entered The Shade Room’s comment section to share their reactions to the clip. Many criticized Toni Braxton’s response to Rock’s surprise entrance.
Instagram user @chantelrozeeaye wrote.
“Toni, shocked or not, could’ve held her hand out to close the prayer circle back. That was weird and mean.”
While Instagram user @s.nashay added…
“Toni so petty for not holding her hand ????????????????”
Instagram user @miss_oddfuturee remarked…
“I’m sorry that’s a weird reaction to someone wanting to join in on prayer..”
Instagram user @ashbash2626 added..
“For some reason this just pissed me off. They treated that girl terribly in this moment.”
However, other people defended Braxton’s response.
Instagram user @lakergirl116 wrote:
“Everyone speaking on Toni’s response. But lets be real. They were in the middle of praying. You don’t just break up a prayer circle to be in the angle of the camera. She could have stood behind the nearest person and placed her hand on their shoulder or simply bowed her head and started praying with them. In church, if the door is closed and the preacher started praying already the ushers are not letting you in until after he finished as to not interrupt or distract him.”