‘We kind of grew up together’: Toya and Reginae talk about being best friends, family drama and their new reality show

Toya Johnson-Rushing and daughter Reginae Carter are returning to TV. This time, nonetheless, the main target is on them. They are on the forefront, but so is their family, including Toya’s mother, siblings, husband Red, and youngest daughter Reign. The mother-daughter duo is already feeling good about the new series broadcast on weTVand one other side of them that they are saying people will see. But they admit that there’ll all the time be some drama within the family.

“It’s a different level of emotion and family drama,” Johnson-Rushing says. “You have the good stuff and the not-so-nice stuff. But I think the most important thing is to show the audience that beyond everything they see, what we post on Instagram… you can see that we are only human. We are just like all of you.”

Something Carter is looking forward to viewers seeing is a more mature version of herself. She knows people have all the time seen her as possibly Lil Wayne’s “spoiled” daughter and have the mistaken ideas about her, but she says they’ll see something new this time.

“I’m excited about my new self. I feel like I’m still learning and developing every day,” he says. “The world saw me so young, so I want them to understand that I am human. And also because my dad is Lil Wayne, I have to work for everything I want. It’s just not given or communicated to me. I feel like I have to work harder because I have to take steps beyond my parents and being myself.”

Viewers also can expect a special take a look at the mother-daughter relationship, which they are saying is closer than ever now that they’re each adults.

“I had Reginae at an extremely young age. In a way, we grew up together. But I will say one thing: I have always kept it separate. I was never her friend when I was growing up. I was always her mother,” Johnson-Rushing said. “As Reginae grew and started to mature and go through things in her life, we started to get closer and closer.”

“Let her say it, I’m her best friend,” Johson-Rushing adds with amusing. “She said, ‘My mom is my best friend!’ Love it. I need my daughter to come back to me about every part and talk to me about every part. Because you have got a village in me, in my friends and in my family. You don’t all the time must run to social media or other people to verify your opinion or express yourself. I’m all the time here for you. I’m glad that our relationship is flourishing and becoming closer than ever.”

While Carter is understood for being her dad’s biggest fan, she says she rides the identical way for her best friend, her mom. And it looks like many individuals feel the identical way about her friend.

“More and more people are coming up to me and saying they love my mom,” Carter said. “It’s the way in which he moves and the way in which he carries himself. My mother is so independent, but additionally gentle. She just oozes radiance. Even when she makes me mad, I can not stay mad at her for long. She teaches me loads and I do not know what I might do without her. This is my rock. She’s just my best friend and I do not care, I’m hers too [laughs]”

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