Gaining her prominence as the winner of the third season of the television series "American Idol" in 2004, Fantasia Barrino has been invading the world of performing, taking over the Broadway stage. Portraying the critically acclaimed Celie in the musical, "The Color Purple," it is sad to say that she was forced to take hiatus following doctor's diagnosis that she had tumor on her throat.
About that she openly told Sister 2 Sister magazine, "I couldn't get enough sleep and sometimes onstage, I could taste blood ... every now and then. They (producers) would send me to the hospitals and they would say, 'Well, she's dehydrated; that's what's making her tired.' They would put IVs in me. But it just wasn't enough." Realizing that there might be something wrong with her throat, she eventually checked into a top throat doctor in Los Angeles, who then told her that she had tumor on her throat.
Recalling the dark moment, the singer said "I went into surgery and he (doctor) came out and told my mother it was a tumor." Battling to stay healthy following the surgery, Fantasia admitted that she often felt drained and too tired to perform. That's why she decided to pull out of "The Color Purple."
Regaining her health ever since, Fantasia however is hurt by all the negative publicity addressed to her for pulling out of the show. "It really hurt my feelings ... I told my manager, 'Please, somebody protect me,' because I've never missed a show ... I like to perform," so she revealed. "I felt like, after I had my surgery, nobody knew about it. The Color Purple didn't know about it, my record company didn't know about it, and I was very hurt that ... I wasn't receiving any flowers, any balloons."
Fantasia sparked speculation that she's pregnant when she pulled out of "The Color Purple" early this year with no explanation. Her publicist simply told the media that Fantasia was unwell. Her withdrawal from the show reportedly forced the producers to give back tens of thousands of dollars in refunds.
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Fantasia I am so proud of you but I want you to get better I want you to come back with some more banging songs and I just want you to know that as long as you put God first you can make it he will never put more on you than you can bare so dont give up and keep your head up God loves you and so do I. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!
keep GOD 1st and you can,t go wrong.what GOD has for you is for you.
Well whatever lulu's issues are she can be positive that fantasia aint worried about it, and weather she is fat and putting out trash projects so you say..she got more money than you and I put together so go on an do what you do "hater"
I think Fantasia's second album rocked and that the public is always riding her back for stupid reasons. PLEASE PEOPLE let Tasia be Tasia. People grow up. Idol is a fantasy show really. There is life after idol. And Fantasia is living her's. Give her a break!!
People need to stop hating on Fantasia she is human. Nobody don't need to know her bussiness.
In regards to the ignorant remark posted by "lulu," just what "trash projects" are you referring to? Her last album was much better than the first one. The first album was so "commercial", she was limited in her contribution to that project. The second album gave us a chance to see who she really is and the tremendous talent she has. By the way, how much do you weigh? I am glad to see Fantasia put on some weight. I am glad she is not falling in to the Hollywood trap of being something you're really not. She is keeping it real. She is not straving herself and having surgery to be that "Black Barbie Doll" that many artist's try to be. She is someone that many young and older balck women can relate to. She is like your cousin or your best friend. Stop hating and be more positive in supporting our black women. Especially the ones that made it through all the obtacles and came out on top.
unfortunately..she's a disappointment in recent year..other than colour purple..im sad to say she has been doing lots of trash projects including her last album..all the ghetto image is so wrong for her..and getting herself ballooned to such enormous size is reckless and irresponsible...where is the fantasia of Idol days????????????? I miss her!
Not strictly true , she extended her run in the Color Purple and she missed some shows but she actually didn't pull out early . She finished her run in September last year and didn't have the throat surgery till early this year
Exactly, she didn't pull out of the color purple. She completed her run. The original run was from April 10 2007 - to October 2007. She completed that run, they asked her to sign on until January 6 2008 and she completed that run. So, she didn't pull out early she just missed some shows due to health reasons. She probably shouldn't have extended the first run. Also, if they had to give back tens of thousands of dollars she still made tens of MILLIONS for the production. After she left the show only lasted about 4-6 weeks then it closed permanently.