Fantasia Barrino Reveals She's Illiterate |
 Oct 1 2005, 07:54 PM
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 dakishimetainoni...  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,322 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 75,318  |
i was poking around yahoo news and when i saw this headline i was like
 ...her life seems so depressing  QUOTE NEW YORK - "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino reveals in her memoirs that she is functionally illiterate and had to fake her way through some scripted portions the televised talent show, which she won in 2004.
"You're illiterate to just about everything. You don't want to misspell," Fantasia told ABC's "20/20." "So that, for me, kept me in a box and I didn't, wouldn't come out." The 21-year-old R&B singer says she's signed record deals and contracts that she didn't read and couldn't understand. But the hardest part, she said, is not being able to read to Zion, her 4-year-old daughter. "That hurts really bad," she said, adding that she is now learning to read with tutors. In her memoir, "Life is Not a Fairy Tale," which she dictated to a freelance writer, Fantasia also said she was raped in the ninth grade by a classmate. She says the boy was disciplined, but she blamed herself for the attack. She dropped out of high school that year and became an unwed mother at 17. |
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Oct 1 2005, 07:57 PM
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 Lauren loves YOU. Group: Member Posts: 2,357 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 32,793 |
Oh, that's terrible. I hope she learns to read soon. If bad people are in charge of her contract, they could take advantage of her.
I'm glad she won American Idol. She's been through so much, and she really deserves it. |
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Oct 2 2005, 09:07 AM
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mood: content Group: Member Posts: 2,063 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 42,325 |
QUOTE(yummy_delight @ Oct 1 2005, 7:57 PM) I'm glad she won American Idol. She's been through so much, and she really deserves it.  I think the only people who deserves winning American Idol are the people who can actually sing... But she has been through a lot and since she won, she can sing, so good for Fantasia. |
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Chii Fantasia Barrino Reveals She's Illiterate Oct 1 2005, 07:54 PM
..:loveee.NuTTii Her life does seem depressing. At least she... Oct 1 2005, 08:00 PM gigiopolis I just read that! Coolios.
Anyway, I hope sh... Oct 1 2005, 08:00 PM bab3egurl8o5 Aww..that's sad. =(
I would hate not being abl... Oct 1 2005, 08:02 PM sandy_lumpy_shore ^what happened to toni braxton? Oct 1 2005, 08:05 PM nerdpride11 that's quite shocking. but at least she has pr... Oct 1 2005, 08:30 PM mzkandi Wow that's sad. I'm sorry to read about he... Oct 1 2005, 08:56 PM andromeda_90 That's terrible... but to be heartless, sounds... Oct 1 2005, 09:24 PM xcaitlinx That really sucks. you would never know that she w... Oct 1 2005, 10:54 PM stephinika wow, thats surprising. its good she's learning... Oct 1 2005, 10:56 PM L!ckitySplit fantasia stupid
kidding! Oct 1 2005, 11:11 PM yanners wow. that's surprising. but yeah, it's g... Oct 2 2005, 12:08 AM Nugget Aw, that's horrible. Althought I didn't wa... Oct 2 2005, 12:22 AM EmmalieV Wow , being in a buisness that involves papers and... Oct 2 2005, 01:31 AM PreludeTears wait but how did she make it to high school.
with... Oct 2 2005, 01:33 AM simx That sucks Oct 2 2005, 03:54 AM racoons > you ^
wel, i agree, but genally, mostof the peo-pel w... Oct 2 2005, 09:15 AM
danielle_x3 wow, she's been through a lot. i hope she lear... Oct 2 2005, 11:15 AM |
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