Fantasia is with child! The American Idol alum-turned-VH1 reality star announced news of her pregnancy during a charity performance in Jacksonville over the weekend.
No word on just who put the bun in Tasia’s oven, but last year, the “Truth Is” hitmaker confessed that she’d had an affair with married cellphone salesman Antwuan Cook that resulted in an earlier pregnancy. Fantasia later had an abortion — but not before she attempted suicide and was sued for “Alienation of Affection” by Cook’s ex-wife, Paula, who claimed Barrino aided in the destruction of her marriage.
The Fantasia: For Real star, who is about three months along, is already the mother of a nine-year-old daughter, Zion.
Aretha tells Fanny: “Girl, sit’cho ass down!” Former adultress Fantasia Barrino became a Trending Topic on the blogosphere last week after she confessed that she boycotted the 2011 Grammy Awards — and missed an opportunity to accept her first gong after 11 failed nominations — all because show organizers left her off the bill for the opening performance, a tribute to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, featuring Jennifer Hudson, Yolanda Adams, Florence Welch, Martina McBride, and Christina Aguilera.
“I’m going to be very honest with you. You know I wasn’t at the Grammys last night. I’m kind of going through my own thing… Last night they were honoring someone who is my idol, Aretha Franklin, and there is no way I could have sat there and not got the happy feet and wanting to jump on the mic because she is my favorite so I felt like, you know, at the end of the day I should have been on that stage. I have this feeling, like every year I go, I feel like they always look over some of the good singers that are still around. I’m not trying to be funny, but that’s just the way I felt,” Barrino said.
After learning of Fantasia’s perceived slight, Aretha, who collaborated with the former American Idol on the 2007 tune “Let Me Put You Up on Game,” issued a statement, outlying her feelings on the subject. Famed for an ego that is at times as large as her powerhouse voice, Aretha has a word of advice for Fanny: “There’s no whining in singing!”
The “Chain of Fools” singer writes: “I was sorry to hear that Fantasia was upset because she did not get the opportunity to participate in my Grammy Tribute this year. I recall that in the past, Fantasia participated in both my MusicCares Person of the Year Tribute and my United Negro College Fund Tribute. Fantasia is still young in the business and although we all love and appreciate her she must understand that in this business of show business she will not always get to participate in everything she would like participate in. I’m sure it was not an intentional omission. I will see Fantasia over the summer here in Detroit.”
On Monday, the divorce trial between Paula Cook and Antwaun Cook — the North Carolina cellphone salesman romantically-linked to singing star Fantasia — took an explosive turn when the former American Idol took the stand and confessed that her affair with Antwaun resulted in an unplanned pregnancy and a subsequent abortion.
Former American Idol-turned-VH1 reality star Fantasia has released a video promo for her latest single, “I’m Doin’ Me.” The single is featured on Fantasia’s new album, Back To Me, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 when it dropped last August.
Adultery, Scandals, & Suicide: Oh My! VH1 cameras come along as former American Idol Fantasia Barrino wades through one of the toughest years of her always tough life in the second season of Fantasia: For Real. The “Bittersweet” singer invites viewers and fans inside the affair with a married cellphone salesman that captivated her heart and nearly cost her her life when the hit reality show returns to the airwaves this Sunday, Sept. 20 @ 9 PM.
Ring Da Alarm and Call The Maury Show, Word on the Curb has it that troubled former American Idol Fantasia Barrino is pregnant with her second child — and married boyfriend Antwaun Cook is the lucky papa!
