Fantasia Barrino on Suicide Attempt: ‘I Just Wanted to Be Away From the Noise’
Fantasia Barrino on Suicide Attempt: ‘I Just Wanted to Be Away From the Noise’
In ‘GMA’ Exclusive, Singer Opens Up on What Drove Her to Dangerous Breaking Point
(ABC) Two weeks after Fantasia Barrino overdosed on aspirin in an attempt to take her life, the 26-year-old singer opened up in an exclusive interview on what drove her to her breaking point.
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“I think I was just overloaded with everything, with carrying six years of so much,” Barrino said on “Good Morning America.” “I always take a licking and keep on ticking…it just became heavy for me to the point that I just wanted to be away from the noise.”
The 2004 “American Idol” winner said that feelings of hurt, pain, loneliness and trust issues had built up over the years and overwhelmed her.
“There’s so much that people don’t understand. They just see the glitz and the glamour, and they feel like life is so perfect, but we’re human and we go through things,” she said, listing the loss of her career and management among the major blows.
But Aug. 9, the day Barrino attempted suicide, she was reeling from allegations and the threat of a lawsuit surrounding her relationship with Antwaun Cook, a married man. Cook’s wife Paula Cook of Charlotte, North Carolina, accused Barrino of having an adulterous affair with her husband and named Barrino in a complaint seeking custody of the her sons, along with alimony, child support, the family home and a 2000 Lexus.
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