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Toni Braxton Says Competition Helped With Chronic Heart Condition

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Grammy winner Toni Braxton will no longer two-step on “Dancing With the Stars” with her professional partner, Alec Mazo. The pair got booted Tuesday from ABC’s highly-rated dancing competition.
Despite the dismissal, the singer said the exhausting rehearsals and challenging dances kept her in shape. Also, she said the workout exercises helped her heart condition, a coronary microvascular angina.
Braxton told the Associated Press, “My goal was reached,” adding, “I wanted to do better. I wanted to breathe better. And I was definitely breathing better. I’ve come a long way from week one.”