Fantasia Barrino is opening up concerning the challenges she confronted following her win on American Idol.
The star of The Coloration Purple revealed in a current interview that the years after being topped the winner of season three of the singing competitors have been tough for her financially.
“It wasn’t straightforward,” Barrino advised Folks in an interview. “I misplaced loads. I misplaced all the pieces.”
Barrino took first place on American Idol in 2004. In 2006, her father sued her over his portrayal in her memoir titled “Life Is Not a Fairy Story.” Barrino additionally survived an overdose of aspirin and sleeping aids in 2010.
The singer and actress stated that her difficulties have been partly as a consequence of her being “very, very inexperienced” within the trade after successful the expertise present and being launched into stardom.
“You need to turn into a businesswoman and also you hyperlink up with nice enterprise companions, however it doesn’t have loads to do with love. It took me a very long time to determine that out,” she stated.
Barrino continued, “I didn’t know something about contracts. I didn’t know something about checking your cash and ensuring on daily basis your stuff was the place it was speculated to be. I simply trusted and believed everyone that got here into my life.”
Reflecting on her life’s journey, Barrino says these struggles have been “mandatory,” including, “I’m grateful for it. … If I didn’t undergo that, I wouldn’t be the lady that I’m right this moment.”
Barrino stars within the musical The Coloration Purple, directed by Blitz Bazawule, based mostly on the stage musical of the identical title, which in flip relies on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker. The “I Consider” singer performs the function of Celie Harris-Johnson, the precise function she performed within the Broadway musical in 2007.
