Fantasia Barrino: You go girl!
2009 is THE year for “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino! Not only has the 24-year-old lost 20 pounds but she has decided to hit the books and earn her high school diploma!
“I’ve been talking about it for so long,” Fantasia told E! ‘s Marc Malkin earlier today. “I have a lot of young people who look up to me, like my 15-year-old brother and 7-year-old daughter. It’s something that I really need to do and that I want to do.”
Fantasia who caused a bit of controversy during her days on Idol partially because people considered her a poor role model for youth is making those people eat their words. She says she got tired of waiting for other to make things happen for herself, so now she wants to be in control.
“I had to sit back for awhile and had to get some things settled,” she said. “I had been with a lot of people not doing what they said they were going to do. I didn’t have time to sit back and cry. I didn’t have time to go to a mental health counselor. I had to keep my s–t on straight—excuse my language!—and handle my business, because it’s not just about me. It’s about me and my whole family.”
You can see more of Fantasia when she hits the red carpet for the Grammy Awards this Sunday. Fantasia and her bff Jennifer Hudson are up for an award for their duet, “I’m His Only Woman.”
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Let me tell yhu Tasia iz back and she not gonna give up. She iz a gud roll model to me. And everybody iz doubting her but she iz a single mother doing things by herself. She has to provide for Zion. Kids needs to grow up these days i bet dat ur parents iz n debt too. Just by her being a celebrity yall wanna expect more. GROW Up…This iz unbelievable. Get off Tasia’s back becuz she luvs singing n dats wat she iz going to continue to do. Now enough said if anybody got sumthing smart 2 say about Tasia Fuk YALL!!!!!
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