Fantasia Barrino Reveals She's Illiterate
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 **** 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 **** mother at 17.
High Point, NC is a lot rougher than most would think.... :???:
anywho, that's very deep though... it must really hurt that she can't read to her daughter... that's why she won the whole "American Idol" for her.... :-(
yea i seen this on dateline
i think it's good she's learning right now
and it also shows how superior Blacks are
she couldn't read yet memorized stuff very quick and fast
what other race of people can lack in one area then totally excell in many others allthewhile playing it all off with ease
only us baby 8)
My aunt and I were talking about this earlier. It must be really rough for her to experience this. She has a lot of courage to admit the fact that she's illiterate, because that is something very serious. But I'm glad that God blessed her with the opportunity to make something of herself for her and her daughter.
yea i seen this on dateline
i think it's good she's learning right now
and it also shows how superior Blacks are
she couldn't read yet memorized stuff very quick and fast
what other race of people can lack in one area then totally excell in many others allthewhile playing it all off with ease
only us baby 8)
I agree with you on this one Change. I believe that we as Blacks possess skills that a lot of others really lack. ie. survival skills(Katrina) But anyway, I'm proud of her for admitting that to the world. I'm sure she's an even bigger inspiration to other people who are also illiterate. Hopefully she's inspiring them to learn how to read. I'm sad that those things had to happen to her, especially ****, but God will take care of her and he has just begun.
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 **** 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 **** mother at 17.
