Fantasia Barrino is opening up concerning the challenges she confronted following her win on American Idol.
The star of The Shade Purple revealed in a latest interview that the years after being topped the winner of season three of the singing competitors have been troublesome for her financially.
“It wasn’t straightforward,” Barrino informed Individuals in an interview. “I misplaced so much. I misplaced every little thing.”
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 partially as a result of her being “very, very inexperienced” within the trade after successful the expertise present and being launched into stardom.
“You must turn out to be a businesswoman and also you hyperlink up with nice enterprise companions, however it doesn’t have so much 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 daily your stuff was the place it was alleged to be. I simply trusted and believed all people that got here into my life.”
Reflecting on her life’s journey, Barrino says these struggles have been “needed,” including, “I’m grateful for it. … If I didn’t undergo that, I wouldn’t be the girl that I’m right now.”
Barrino stars within the musical The Shade Purple, directed by Blitz Bazawule, based mostly on the stage musical of the identical title, which in flip is predicated on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker. The “I Imagine” singer performs the position of Celie Harris-Johnson, the precise position she performed within the Broadway musical in 2007.
