In advance of the second season for Fantasia Real (premiered Sunday, 19/09 at 10/9c), we talked about life Fantasia Barrino her life as a open book both on and off VH1. Fantasia has told the story of her suicide recent attempt already and as we revealed yesterday in our message about her run-in with TMZ, she is not interested in talking about the lake. But a single incident is not really what excites us about her anyway. Rather, it is how they handled the situation - instead of running controversy like so many other celebrities would request through privacy, creating the head-on. That is part of the bigger picture of Fantasia, the woman who risked the lives life through her music, her show and her interviews. who reached out to her after her hospitalization, including Aretha Franklin who gave Fantasia a few strong, loving advice ...
Throughout this ordeal, youâ € ™ ve talked about an book open. Instead of running controversy, you discussed. The atypical of celebrities in order to advance. Why take that route?
Iâ € ™ ve been doing it since I was in Idol. It was my first time in Hollywood, and Iâ € ™ ma girl from South High Point, North Carolina. We should be doing interviews when I would sit and answer a few questions, I had people come at me like, â € œOK, wait. Perhaps you might want to talk about your child rather than harm youâ € ™ re kinda losing votes when you say that word, â €? and blah blah. Thatâ € ™ s what let me know that people want you to be something that youâ € ™ re not. They want you to Hollywood. They want you this whole fantasy world creation and life. My thing was, â € œWell they asked me! The reason is that people go through things. The people who will buy your music and the people who come to your shows, theyâ € ™ re real people going through real-life situations. Just because we're celebrities does not mean we are robots, so thatâ € ™ s when I was with my book, Not a Fairy Life Tale, just letting people know [that] my life wasnâ € ™ ta Cinderella Story. I didnâ € ™ t have it all. Things didnâ € ™ t easy. I wasnâ € ™ t born into a rich family. We are struggling for what we have. We fought to have what we have. There were many nights where we slept in the dark, and had to light candles ... thatâ € ™ s who I am. Thatâ € ™ s the artist I am. Thatâ € ™ s what makes me and I think thatâ € ™ s what a lot of people respond: â € OEI may include Fantasia, I experienced the same. I know what shea € ™ s talking about.â €? Iâ € ™ m human. I have a gift for singing and Iâ € ™ d like to keep. I think that during Idol, I decided hey, I am who I am and Iâ € ™ m going to show it and be proud of it. The things I go through come to make me strong, make me a better wife and they are my testimony. So I give them my testimony.
Is there a downside to being so open with the world?
There can be. When around my mother and my father and uncles, they would all sing and they would always play Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, The Temptations, Earth Wind and Fire ... all the greats. I remember back then, nobody cared who they were sleeping with or how many children they had. I just discovered how many children had Aretha Franklin and Iâ € ™ ma big, big fan of her. In one, she walks out on stage and she has this ring. She flips open the ring and sniffs. She had a whole room full of people and nobody said nothing! It was like I was back, they were just artists. She could just sing about their lives and what they went through. Music has changed so much. Itâ € ™ s not even about music anymore. Letâ € ™ s catch that. And they are so far away from the music went. At least I can sleep at night knowing that I donâ € ™ t pretend to be as open as ever nobody.
Does to create awkward situations for you, though? It was quite difficult, for example, when asked about Williams Wendy daughter you in reference to your suicide attempt?
It was awkward, period. In the interviews, the first thing I hear when I sit. I should like, â € œHold, wait one minute. Thatâ € ™ s not what weâ € ™ go to this interview and we start WERENA € ™ t even talk about that.â €? But Wendy, I was preparing for myself and I told her people, â € œThis is the last time Iâ € ™ m talking about it. I aina € ™ t going Oprah, this is it. The blessing is that my daughterâ € ™ s totally clueless on everything and I want to keep it that way as long as I can. I didnâ € ™ t even let her see my film life, because there are certain things in there I donâ € ™ t want her to see, I donâ € ™ t want them to know. I donâ € ™ t want them all the rage with her father. This is what your mother who made it is now ... â €?
Did with a production of the reality around you your whole situation more difficult over the past two months?
To honest with you, sometimes I would forget they were there, for how long theyâ € ™ ve been with us. They were family, really. But I kinda afraid of the cameras away from me for a while and they were recording or Teeny Bunny. I just stayed in my room for a good week. No camera, no nobody. I didnâ € ™ t want to be bothered with anyone. The only time I came out of my room was when it was time for Ziona € ™ s birthday and I had to get up and I had to get out. I was depressed, but I just love the station lost everything. I lost the drive with the cameras, I see the drive with the music. And you know, I have three years working on my album and that was the best of me, that album, that album, that album. And I kinda lost the drive, all that. So I sent the camera away for a very long time. The day that everything happened and I was on my way out of the house, Iâ € ™ m pretty sure they woulda € ™ ve like fishing. And Iâ € ™ m not going to say if they donâ € ™ t care for me, because they do. All my camera people came to my hospital in the days after and were like, â € œDonâ € ™ t you ever do no s *** like that again. We love you, we are not only cameramen. They really love me and my family. The experience really opened my eyes to a lot of things I really need to know that was very important to me. And the € ™ t on the record wasnâ is € ™ t on the album wasnâ is € ™ t have the glitz and glam of the wasnâ, it wasnâ € ™ t have none of that. Thatâ € ™ s what I am from. I wanted everything. Thatâ € ™ s what I have on my last nerve. But let me know that my mother, my brothers (whom I fuss and fight all day), my Aunt Bunny, my manager, my best friend Tim, my cousins, my friends - all these people were there when I opened my eyes. They were there by my side. me, then you got yourself back immediately. It was a matter of days before you, and about.
To honest with you, I couldnâ € ™ t afford to stay in that hole. During the first season of [Fantasia for Real], we talked about how everything was wrong in my life, and things were going downhill and I almost lost it all. Itâ € ™ sa blessing that Iâ € ™ m back up and working, but Iâ € ™ m still fighting my way to a comfortable place, because so much is lost because there was so much abused. My daughter can go to school everyday cause its tuition is very expensive. Iâ € ™ m too blessed to be back up and working, Iâ € ™ m blessed even have an album. So coming out of the situation, I couldnâ € ™ t afford to say, â € OEI have one month to take, â €? and I would say that I donâ € ™ t even think I was ready. After you like crazy and make them talk to a doctor. At first I was totally against, but Iâ € ™ m just glad I was able to do that. Iâ € ™ m really glad Iâ € ™ m still able to do that. And even one year down, two years down the line, Iâ € ™ ll probably at this man simply because I feel a lot better to see. Iâ € ™ m able to release much. Having him talk to me, I was like, â € œYou know what, Tasia? You can do it. You can do this and you can just go be who you are. Be the person you are. Be Tasia, be real! Â €? And everyone goes through that. Whatâ € ™ s crazy, when it all came a lot of celebrities called me, and this goes back to the question you asked me in the beginning on why so many celebrities cover-up. They were like, â € œOh my God, I went through the same thing. Iâ € ™ go through that now.â €? And they hide so much. And Iâ € ™ m not trying to blast anyone on how they want to do. What floats their boat, thatâ € ™ s on them. But because I am that person that comes out with so many people were as surprised as me, â € œYo, you inspired me to be as open and as strong and not ashamed.â €? Iâ € ™ m like, â € œYo, we as people should never be ashamed. We were put on earth for a reason: life.â €? Thatâ € ™ s all I can say. Life throws us things. Life will throw you a few things that you are just not ready. You know what we say? I canâ € ™ t sit down and listen to a preacher like heâ € ™ s perfect, because what can you sing for me? How can you encourage me? I need someone whoa € ™ s been through something. I need someone whoa € ™ s had their backs against the wall at one point and came out. Tell me how you came out because maybe I can do the same ingredients and put it in my life and I could come out too.
Did you hear Mariah Carey at all? When you describe frustration with the industry, it reminded me of many of its 2001 breakdown.
I didnâ € ™ t heard of Mariah, but I heard of Aretha Franklin. I heard of Charlie Wilson. I heard of Monica, Missy Elliott, Toni Braxton, Snoop Dogg ... You know, people I didnâ € ™ t even think it could understand, but everyone was pointing at me and the first thing she said was, â € œLook, we love you. Choose up.â €? Aretha told me, and these are Arethaâ € ™ s exact words, â € œTell her to stay away from the press and take her ass back to work.â €? Haha. She seems the only woman I nervous. I get so nervous, I wonâ € ™ t talk. Iâ € ™ m like, what can I say? So [my manager] Brian just her on speakerphone and those were her exact words. I was like, you know what? Itâ € ™ s cool, itâ € ™ s cool. Because again, thatâ € ™ s life.
The second part of our interview tomorrow for the upcoming season of Fantasia attention to Real and why his star will probably not notice ...
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