How Being On Broadway Is Helping Kandi Burruss Amid Her Divorce

Former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss made her grand return to the Broadway stage on December 11 within the hit musical “& Juliet,” and in line with her, the timing could not be extra “good.” In a brand new interview, the truth star and Grammy-award-winning songwriter opened up about placing herself on the market once more amid her ongoing divorce from her soon-to-be ex-husband, Todd Tucker. Whereas the singer has confronted a whirlwind of non-public drama just lately, she admits that the stage is strictly the place she must be proper now.

Talking with PEOPLE, Burruss confessed the timing of her return to Broadway was “f-cking good.”

In keeping with the mom of three, loads is swirling round her for the time being, nevertheless it “feels good” to concentrate on what makes her comfortable.

“This present is a lot enjoyable that it doesn’t matter what’s occurring, it simply takes you out of that house,” she stated.

Burruss will carry out eight exhibits every week in “& Juliet” till early March 2026; nevertheless, this was not the “Actual Housewives” star’s first time on the legendary stage.

In 2018, Burruss starred as Mama Morton in “Chicago,” following within the footsteps of her “Atlanta” co-star, NeNe Leakes.

For this time round, Burruss admitted she was a bit apprehensive about getting again in entrance of an viewers.

“At first, I used to be just a little nervous, I am not going to lie,” she stated. “I’ve not carried out on Broadway in eight years, since Chicago. That is a very long time! And yeah, I toured with Xscape, and have achieved performing roles, however after all, I wish to be on level, I wish to be proper! However I really feel robust about it. I really feel good. I really feel able to go.”

Within the musical, the solid sings songs written by the famed music producer Max Martin, who has labored with artists corresponding to Ariana Grande, Britney Spears, NSYNC, and Pink.

And talking of Pink, Burruss sings certainly one of her songs, “F-ckin Good,” within the musical, and after a while, realized the tune hits nearer to house than she thought.

A clip of her performing the tune on “The View” sparked a frenzy among watchers. Within the efficiency, she sings, “Fairly, fairly please, do not you ever, ever really feel / Such as you’re lower than f-ckin’ good / Fairly, fairly please, should you ever, ever really feel such as you’re nothing / You are f-ckin’ good to me.”

In keeping with Burruss, the 2010 single means extra to her for a selected motive. “I am all the time in my head, doubting myself — despite the fact that I suppose it could look to different individuals like I by no means have doubts. However individuals simply see the shiny a part of the coin, proper?” she stated.

“You do not see the opposite aspect the place it is form of uninteresting. It is form of like, ‘Oh my God, I do not know if that is what I am purported to be doing?’ So I am actually listening to these phrases now,” she added.

Weeks earlier than beginning her Broadway stint, the “No Scrubs” author revealed she was divorcing her husband, Tucker, whom she’d been married to for 11 years.

“I’m entering into a brand new chapter pouring into my work, my household, and my very own development. I’m grateful to everybody who supported us all through the years, and I ask for privateness, grace, and understanding as we navigate this transition with our household,” she stated.

On her podcast, Burruss bought much more susceptible concerning the cut up, admitting to experiencing a wave of feelings. Typically you are cool, you are shifting, you are mixing, you are shifting, you are hanging out with mates,” she stated earlier than noting that different days aren’t as simple. “So all of the instances you’ve got been seeing me on-line [all smiles] means nothing. I have been going by means of it, little one. I have been going by means of it. Life has been life-ing me.”