Toni Braxton says she regrets not having more sex when she was younger

She made the revelation during an interview with Guardian UK. She said: “I regret not having more sex when I was younger. I should have drank more. I should have partied more. Smoked more, even.”

Braxton grew up in a religious home. She added: “I think my religious upbringing stopped me doing a lot of things that I should have done. It’s not a good look at the age I am now. The way it works is you do that stuff in your 20s and 30s and then in your 40s you’ve earned enough to pay for the therapy.”

She continued: “I wouldn’t say I was religious, but I am spiritual. I believe in a greater force. 

“When I was seven, my family became very religious. We were Jehovah’s Witnesses; we were Catholic – we tried everything before settling on United Methodist. I asked my mum once what they were searching for and she just replied: ‘It was the 70s.’ The 70s were a very religious era. I think a lot of people were looking for the right path.”

Braxton also spoke about how she was discovered. People believe it’s not true but according to her, “they think it’s a story for publicity, but it’s absolutely true.

“I was in college and one day I was at the gas station, singing to myself while I filled the car. The attendant [William E Pettaway Jr, writer of Girl You Know It’s True, by Milli Vanilli] comes up to me and tells me he likes my voice and that he’d like to do some demos with me. I thought it was just a line, but I went with it and here I am. He went on to buy the gas station!”