What Happened to Trina Braxton's Late Ex-Husband Gabe?

Publish date: 2024-05-16

Details on how 'Braxton Family Values' famous person Trina Braxton will grieve the dying of her ex-husband on new season of the WE tv show

Gabrielle Bernardini - Author

During the Season 6 premiere match of Braxton Family Values, Trina Braxton flaunted her new diamond engagement ring in Los Angeles. The truth superstar mentioned “sure” to boyfriend Von Scales while on a family getaway in California. 

"We were in Napa Valley, you know, all the girls were together, we were filming and he just kinda, like, plopped the box on the table and just… I lost it, totally, fully and completely,” she told Entertainment Tonight.  

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However, some family members were not thrilled about the proposal. Shortly after Vonn got down on one knee, sister Tamar Braxton went on Instagram Live to vent her frustrations since the family was in Napa to celebrate her birthday. 

"I got one card! I’m just pronouncing, like, the s--t happening, this isn't a celebration for me," she said. "This is some instantly foul f--king s--t that no person put no idea into … and if I don’t have the attention from my sisters, who the f--k am I meant to get it from?” she vented to her fans. 

While the drama has seemingly simmered down (for now), enthusiasts might be in a position to catch Trina’s engagement at the upcoming season of Braxton Family Values... and Tamar's outburst. The show will even discuss how Trina went via a hard grieving procedure after the death of her ex-husband. 

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What happened to Trina Braxton's ex-husband?

Sadly, Trina’s ex-husband Gabe Solis passed away abruptly at the age of forty three in December 2018 after dropping his combat with most cancers. 

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The fact star has two sons from a previous courting — Eric and Caleb Mojica — that Trina notes Gabe raised as his personal. 

“It used to be an excessively tricky time,” she informed ET. “My sons had a really tricky time as well.” Though the 2 known as it quits in 2015 after 12 years of marriage, the exes parted on pleasant terms after their on-and-off dating. 

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Trina credit her fiancé Von with serving to her in the course of the grieving procedure, announcing, "He stood right by me and I knew it was sometimes difficult for him, you know, especially to watch me as his now fiancee, but grieve over someone else.” 

She added, "He knew it used to be strictly out of friendship. However, I'm certain it was very difficult for him to watch and to be in a position to dangle me at night time whilst I'm crying over any individual else. But he knew the place where was once, where my center was once in and I just thank god for him." 

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Speaking with Essence at the beginning of the month, she echoed similar sentiments on her friendship with her ex and why it was hard for her to move past his death. 

"We were actually the best of buddies and talked on the subject of on a daily basis. We simply made better buddies than spouses," she explained. "He was my buddy and raised my kids when their biological dad didn’t. At the tip of the day, [Von] couldn’t help however recognize [Gabe] for that."

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