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Fantasia was on The Wendy Williams Show to promote her show Fantasia For Real  (Season 2) which premieres September 19th. Wendy Williams asked her suicide attempt and if she thought bout her daughter. Fantasia broke down into tears saying "I did not thought about anybody at that moment"

Fantasia on Regis and Kelly

Regis and Kelly Ripa one of only a few daytime talk shows that is not in rerun for the summer of 2010. Kelly began hosting the show with Regis in 2001 after Kathy Lee Gifford left the show. In The contract for the show ends in 2011, after which it will be decided if the show would continue or go off the air. With the ratings and the popularity of the show it is most likely to be renewed for another more many years to come. Kelly works for Electrolux Appliance in helping to raise funds for ovarian cancer research fund (OCRF).
Fantasias divorce scandal involving a married man she had been dating, talked about achieving one of her greatest accomplishments her GED in June. Teenage pregnancy had Fantasia dropped out of school, and then winning American Idol put her education on hold. Her reality show “Fantasia For Real ” on VH1 airs September 19, 2010. The release of her third album titled “Back to me” is climbing the charts, with such songs as Bittersweet and I’m doin good. You can purchase her CD online at the official Fantasia website or in stores today.
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Fantasia Barrino reveals the pain beneath the fame

Douglas Quenqua

New York Times

NEW YORK—As it turns out, there is a limit to Fantasia Barrino’s tolerance for exposure.

“Why don’t we go back to the car?” she asked, perched on a small sliver of couch at Dusk, a bar in Manhattan. “I’d be more comfortable talking there.”

It was an uncharacteristic moment of shyness from a woman who’s lately been anything but. In the weeks after a suicide attempt, Barrino, the American Idol winner, Broadway star and recording artist, has been everywhere — Behind the Music on VH1, Good Morning America, Lopez Tonight, and on and on — telling her story and promoting her new album, Back to Me.

All that talking has elicited questions. Isn’t the timing of all this a bit fortuitous? Is all this tragedy for real?

“Even from day one I’ve been an open book,” she said, in the back seat of a Lincoln Navigator, sipping red wine she’d brought from her hotel. “Ain’t no need for me to hide now, ain’t no need for me to change now, no need for me to start lying, either. I never did that.”

There are divas who stake their allure on being remote, who use a scrim of made-up personas and “reinventions” to keep fans guessing about their real lives (See: Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Madonna). Then there are singers like Barrino, whose personal tragedies make up the raw material of their careers.

In the six years since winning “The Idol,” as she calls it, Barrino has published an autobiography, played herself in the Lifetime movie Fantasia Barrino: Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, and starred in her own VH1 reality show, Fantasia for Real. (She also took a detour to Broadway, in a highly acclaimed turn in The Color Purple.) Through it all, Barrino, now 26, has been candid about the sometimes grim facts of her upbringing: raped at age 14, a high school dropout and single mother by 16, and the more recent estrangement from her father, who sued Barrino over allegations in her book that he had physically abused her.

On the August night before her new album’s release, Barrino came to Dusk with her manager, her publicist, a reporter, some members of her band and an enormous bodyguard to sing karaoke, celebrate and, once again, tell her story.

Her appearance quickly attracted attention, so she retreated with the reporter to the Lincoln to talk in private. There she recounted the events that led to her intentional overdose of sleeping pills and aspirin on Aug. 9: the affair with a married man, the foreclosure on her home, the realities of a self-described “country girl” catapulted to fame by a reality show.

“I wanted to be so away from all this noise in my world,” she said, wearing black shorts, a vest and booties with 4-inch heels. “Whether it’s ‘mommy’ or ‘Tasia, I need a bill paid,’ or ‘we need you here at the record company.’ No one was taking care of me. It was only what I could do for other people.” A nameplate on her necklace read “Gorgeous,” and on either hand were rings that wrapped over several fingers.

Considering how tragedy has fuelled her career — and given the lacklustre sales of her last album — skeptics have questioned the legitimacy of her most recent round of troubles.

“Here we are a mere two weeks” after her overdose, read a post on the online message board Sodahead.com, “and Fantasia is up and about, working the talk-show circuit. And lo and behold, she has an album coming up. What a coincidence!”

Barrino says she has heard such misgivings and has an answer for people who voice them.

“I don’t think I needed any more publicity than what I was getting,” she said, shaking her head. The story of her affair and the subsequent lawsuit from the man’s wife “was on every news station,” she said. “It was on CNN, it was on Nancy Grace. They were having debates.”

Still, why not take some time for yourself after such a tragic event? “I couldn’t really afford to take more time off,” she said. “I’m still fighting my way out of debt.”

Barrino’s post-Idol story has become familiar in a culture increasingly populated by reality show winners. James Huysman, a psychologist who has spent 15 years consulting with reality shows and their contestants, says that people with tragic backgrounds make great TV but, like lottery winners, are rarely well served by the instant success that the medium hands them.

“When you take a wounded person and infuse them with absolute stardom and celebrity status, all you’ve transformed is the external,” he said in a telephone interview. “But from within you’re still the same person, the same low self-esteem, the same anxiety, the same fears, the same pain.”

Huysman compared Barrino to Susan Boyle, the dowdy Scottish woman who found fame onBritain’s Got Talent but soon ended up in a psychiatric hospital. “All we did was dress her up to make her palatable to a spiritually bankrupt viewership,” Huysman said. But that doesn’t mean Boyle was mentally prepared for the pressures of stardom, to say nothing of the shifting expectations of those around her.

Back in the car, Barrino said much the same thing about herself. After being crowned byAmerican Idol in 2004, she said, she wrongly assumed money would never be a problem again, and began trying to care for an unsustainable group of friends and family.

“I created the monster myself,” she said. “I’m big on family and I want to see everybody happy. That’s where I messed up.” The result, she said, was the debt she is still trying to work out of.

At this point, Barrino took the reporter’s pad and sketched an iceberg. “This part on top that everyone can see, this is Fantasia,” she said. “This is the celebrity, this is the smiles, the bubbly spirits, the red carpets, the cars, the fancy clothes.”

Then pointing to the much larger part of the iceberg below the water: “But here is Tasia,” she said, using her childhood nickname. “Now that’s hurt, that’s fear, the trust issues.”

The key to her recovery, she said, was “to be both. I’m not going to pretend anymore.”

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Fantasia Testifies at Vh1 HQ

Fantasia Barrino stopped by VH1 headquarters to speak on how she’s getting over recent drama and to give employees an impromptu performance. By now, you know Fantasia is well on the path to recovery after attempting suicide last month. She downed an overdose of aspirin and sleeping pills amid allegations that she created a sex tape with her married boyfriend Antwaun Cook The medical emergency came days before the release of her current album Back to Me. Since being released from the hospital, Fannie has been very open about what lead her to want to kill herself and how she’s bouncing back from it. Staying true to form, she opened the show by sharing how she’s choosing to use her music as a means to heal. “What I do is…I use my life as a testimony to help other people. Humans people who really go through things,” Fantasia told the small audience gathered at VH1. “Not too long ago, I went through something I really don’t wanna relive, I don’t wanna ever be back in that place again." Before launching into “Free Yourself," she continued, “I’m going to use this album and me getting on the stage to let loose and let free and tell my testimony every day because I’m never afraid or ashamed of who I am. So now I’m going to free myself again. "

Fantasia Pregnant?

Reports say that a source close to Fantasia has confirmed the rumor that she is allegedly pregnant with Antwaun Cook's child. According to Mediatakeout.com, an insider who works on Fantasia's Vh1 reality show, Fantasia For Real has revealed that the singer has discussed her alleged pregnancy on camera The insider said, "Everyone is trying to keep this UNDER WRAPS so that it's a surprise when the show airs. I'd bet Fantasia doesn't even mention it in all the press she's doing." According to Billboard.com, Fantasia's album Back To Me is set to sel 150,000-175,000 copies in it's first week

Fantasias Album Review

Fantasias Album Gets Reviewed By usa today Read here.

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Fantasia On Good Morning America ( Video )

Here is a video of Fantasia is Good Morning America. Be sure to catch Behind The Music: Fantasia, tonight on VH1 as she speaks out about her suicide attempt which she admits that she wanted to kill herself and her affair with a married man.

Behind The Music: Fantasia will discuss about suicide attempt/affiar

Behind The Music: Fantasia will air tomorrow night on VH1. According to people.com the show will discuss about her recent suicide attempt and her affair with Antwaun Cook. It is going an interesting show tomorrow night.

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VH1 Has Fantasias Back

As the troubling details of what transpired in Fantasia Barrino's home on Monday night emerged, VH1 executives and the producers of her reality show were trying to figure out how it would affect production The second season of "Fantasia For Real," is currently in production and scheduled to premiere on Sept. 19. Although the network does not know if Barrino's health problems will delay the premiere of the show, it issued a statement Tuesday in support of the "American Idol" champion“We support Fantasia 100% and look forward to working with her again soon. Our thoughts and prayers are with her at this difficult time.” Earlier on Tuesday, Barrino's manager, Brian Dickens, issued an unusually detailed statement about the 26-year-old singer's distraught state on Monday after learning that a North Carolina woman accused her of breaking up her marriage in divorce papers. Dickens said that Barrino "took an overdose of aspirin and a sleep aid" because she felt"heartbroken and is sorry for any pain she may have caused." In the statement Dickens acknowledged that Barrino had a relationship with the man but only because she believed he was separated. After Dickens released that statement, Radar Online published what appears to be a police report from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, which states that police responded to a "suicide" call at the Glynmoor Lakes neighborhood home of the singer. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department did not return calls from The Times on Tuesday. Dickens did not return calls Tuesday afternoon about the police report. In the statement, Dickens said Barrino would be released from the hospital "soon." Barrino's third album, "Back to Me," is scheduled to be released on Aug. 24. Representatives at J Records, Barrino's label, did not return phone calls on Tuesday.

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Fantasia To get Another Vh1 Reality Show

   Fantasia Barrino and her married lover Antwaun Cook are planning to move in together – despite the fact that her family does not approve. RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that the couple are making plans to move in together and have been in talks with VH1 for a new reality show about their rollercoaster relationship. The former American Idol winner recently reconciled with Cook after she unsuccessfully tried to take her own life when he ended the relationship.

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Antwaun Cook defends Fantasia

According to Radaronline.com Antwaun Cook who is Fantasia's husband defends her about their marriage had been broken up.

"He knew Fantasia Barrino but the failure of his marriage can in no way be blamed on anyone except the two people that were a part of the union – Paula and Antwaun."



Paula, who has two kids with Antwaun, recently filed a complaint against Fantasia whom she claimed knowingly had an affair with Antwaun despite his married status.
"[Paula and Antwaun] expected their marriage to stand the test of time," Sodoma continued. "Unfortunately, like many marriages, it did not turn out as planned. In late summer 2009, after years of discussion, the parties separated with the intention of no longer being married."

VH1 plans to air the season of Fantasia For Real in September

Fantasia For Real 2 Episode 1 Descriptin

Fantasia For Real 2: As the season begins, Fantasia has finally moved everyone out of her house and is getting ready to release her third album She’s living the dream… until reality comes crashing in. Aunt Bunny comes to town to confront Fantasia about some nasty tabloid rumors regarding her love life, and low ticket sales threaten to cancel her first internationa performance in London. Meanwhile, Teeny may finally be in his own crib but a supportive Aunt Bunny is dubious as to how he’ll make enough money to stay there.

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Fantasias Married Boyfriend Moves out

Fantasia's alleged boyfriend Antwuan Cook moves out August 16, 2010 |  12:14 pm Antwuan Cook, whose wife has accused "American Idol" Fantasia Barrino of committing adultery with her man, on Sunday moved out of the Cook home in Charlotte, N.C., reports the YBF, which says he's now iving in an apartment nearby. Barrino and Cook were photographed outside the singer's house Thursday while apparently taping a segment for her VH1 reality show "Fantasia for Real." We're sure it was purely coincidence that the meeting happened outdoors, in daylight, in a spot where paparazzi could capture the event? Fantasia was released Wednesday from the hospita where she'd been since Aug. 9, recovering after a reported overdose of what manager Brian Dickens said was aspirin and a sleep aid. It was on Aug. 9 that  Fantasia first read the entire divorce court filing from the week before, Dickens said. The YBF also has shots of Cook's future ex-wife, Paula, out after church with one of their two kids on Sunday

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Fantasia Out in Public

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For the first time since the news broke of her alleged affair, Fantasia Barrino and Antwaun Cook, the man whose marriage she has been accused of breaking up, were seen together Friday near her Charlotte, N.C., home.

The two were spotted visiting a local park and appeared to be in deep conversation – all while cameras, presumably for her VH1 reality show,Fantasia for Real, captured the conversation.

The outing comes two days after the American Idol season 3 winner, 26, wasreleased from the hospital after overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid.

RELATED: Who Is the Man Fantasia Had an Affair With?

Court documents filed last week by Cook's wife, Paula, allege that her husband and Barrino had been having an affair since August 2009 and that the two also made a sex tape. She has also threatened to sue the singer for alienation of affection and criminal conversation.

Barrino's manager has said Barrino believed the Cooks had separated and is now "heartbroken and is sorry for any pain she may have caused."

Will The Overdose be addressed on Fantasia For Real?

Fantasia Barrino and the bosses at VH1 are contemplating adressing the singer's overdose on her reality show. Fantasia's personal issues include her overdose and hospitalization following her involvement in the divorce of Antwaun and Paula Cook. Following the highly publicized overdose, VH1 may give Fantasia the opportunity to open up and give her point of view on the situation. Fantasia has admitted dating Antwaun Cook "off and on for 11 months" but she insists that it was under the pretext that he was separated from his wife Paula. VH1 is standing by Fantasia in the midst of the scandal and is moving forward with the scheduled debut of the second season of her reality show.

Do you think VH1 is standing by Fantasia for ethical reasons or just ratings?

Let us know in the comments.

Fantasia might get sued

Fantasia is going through such a hard time right now. Being accused of sleeping a woman's husband, having a sex tape, and almost taking her life. Now Fantasia might get sued. Paula Cook who is accusing Fantasia for sleeping with her husband and claims that she has a sex tape with him might sue her.

Paula Cook has not taken any legal action yet, but Fantasia's laqyer said it COULD happen. Fantasia was recently released from the hospital,

As for her VH1 show "Fantasia For Real" VH1 is STILL planning air season 2 of the show on September 19th.

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911 call following Fantasia's suicide attempt

The audio 911 call following Fantasia's suicide attempt has been released.  She was hospitalized after attempting to commit suicide. In the 911 call there is a male voice saying "she is slowly losing consciousness"

Her family put her in the shower to keep her awake. Fantasia was hospitalized with "possible internal injuries" radaronline.com is reporting

Fantasia hospitalized after overdose or attempted suicide

According to a report filed with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, officers responded on Monday at 8:43 p.m. to a suicide attempt call at a home on Bevington Place.

Police sources and sources close to the investigation say Barrino was found in the closet of the Glynmoor Lakes neighborhood home and she was taken to Mercy South Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville.

According to the police report, Barrino was hospitalized with “possible internal injuries” after “ingesting medication.” The police report was classified as “suicide/overdose.”

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Fantasia Responds !

Fantasia is certain that she is not responsible for the deterioration of the Cooks’ marriage,” the singer/reality show star’s manager Brian Dickens told E! News, referring to a divorce settlement filed by a woman named Paula Cook that named Fantasia as “the other woman.” Her manager’s statement concludes: “Fantasia will weather this storm with the dignity and grace that she has exemplified throughout a life in which she has repeatedly overcome obstacles and challenges. Fantasia’s faith in God, herself and family remain as strong as ever.”

Meanwhile, Fantasia’s lawyer, Gena Morris has more pointed words for Cook that she shared with TMZ: “Mrs. Cook gratuitously included claims about Fantasia to sensationalize that litigation and to insure that her tale would be picked up by tabloids. The fact that she would seek such publicity in a case involving her children is particularly disgraceful.” [E! Online/TMZ]

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Rumor Mill: Fantasia sex tape rumors?

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