Lately, singer/song writer Alicia Keys has been at the center of this topic. Now another celebrity has joined her. Fantasia Barrino, winner of some season of American Idol (I could google her to see which season but let's face it, who really cares) has been dating a married man. I remember reading articles about her and this man a year ago. Now, Fanny is recovering from a suicide attempt after divorce papers from the guy's wife make all kinda of allegations for her. In addition she's being sued, because in her state the wife can sue the mistress. If you haven't been keeping up with all of this, I'm not going to waste my time updating you because Google works for everybody.
Here's my problem with the situation. The wife is obviously just in it for money. Yeah, I'm sure it hurts for your marriage to break up. Hell it hurts to be cheated on and I know that FIRST hand. But I think the problem these days is that people don't take that shit up with the person who cheated on them. You want to fight or sue the other woman, but what about the person who stood before God and made vows to you? In my mind two things are certain. Fantasia WAS wrong for knowingly engaging in a relationship with a married man, and something was going on in that marriage that had nothing to do with Fantasia. If everything was peachy, this wouldn't be a hot topic of conversation. So now, as a woman scorned, Mrs. Cook wants to sue Fantasia, because she can, and because she has money. If this had been Keisha down at the Walmart sleeping with her man, she might go snatch her lace front off of her head. But instead, her husband cheated with a famous person, and knowing that working at T-Mobile isn't bringing her husband a huge paycheck, so she's going after Fanny's cash.
All I can say is that Fantasia has really gotten herself in deep shit. I hope she can learn to better cope with this situation. You made this happen. Deal with the consequences. Aspirin and sleep aids are not the way to solve your problems. Learn from your mistakes, hire a good lawyer, and move forward. Besides, you have a new album coming out. The sales will either be really hurt by the adultery or helped by the suicide attempt. Either way, there will be concerts, and she needs to get herself together so she can abandon her voice and scream into the mic and kick her shoes off like she's Patti Labelle.
Well said. I hate it when people don't put the blame on the person who was really in the wrong - in this case Mr. Cook. Fantasia's manager is saying that she didn't know he was still married, he told her he was seperated. That may very well be the case, but SEPERATION IS NOT DIVORCE! A. Keys was just as wrong when she started messing around with Gonzo. In my opinion Fantasia may have suffered a set back but at least she wasn't stupid enough to marry and have a kid with the dude. The same way you get them is the same way you lose them so this whole situation could be a blessing in disguise. The suicide attempt...it shouldn't have been that serious. Nobody is worth that. What about the child you have to raise? What about your family? Your fans? Don't give one person that much power. Take some time to yourself, shake it off, and come back to remind those mofos why you won American Idol and the Grammy in the first place! Watch the company you keep because they can bring you down.
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