Why fantasia overdosed

You can't accidentally take a whole bottle of pills. She'd been crying all day. Fantasia was just numb. Fantasia texted me, saying 'I love you. About 10 minutes later, Fantasia texted me back, and she said, 'Already did. Prior to the overdose, Fantasia Barrino found her name in the headlines when one North Carolina woman threatened to sue the American Idol winner for having an affair with her husband, Antwaun Cook, per People.

Paula Cook called Barrino a "home-wrecker" and blamed the singer for the couple's divorce. With her name smeared across the news, Barrino wanted to escape. I was over it. He didn't want to be back with his wife — that is what I was told," Barrino added. The seventh season of "Idol" ended in a storm of controversy with the apparent suicide of Paula Goodspeed , who had auditioned for the show in but had not made the cut.

After Goodspeed was found dead in a parked car a few doors away from Abdul's home in November of , Abdul lashed out at producers and Cowell for allowing the young woman to audition. Abdul told ABC's "The View" that Goodspeed had been stalking her for 17 years and later told co-host Barbara Walters on Walters' radio show that she pleaded with Cowell and the producers not to let Goodspeed audition.

They did, she said, for the "entertainment value. It's fun for them to cause me stress. This was something that would make good television. When Walters asked why Abdul remains on a show that would put her in peril, Abdul said: "I'm under contract. Goodspeed's death also reignited the debate over whether the judges' comments go too far.

Season 4 finalist Jessica Sierra had several brushes with the law after her time in the spotlight. First Sierra was given a year's probation in November after pleading no contest to felony battery and cocaine possession charges. Less than a month later, she was arrested again at a Tampa, Fla. A judge sentenced her to a year of rehab at a California facility run by Dr. Corey Clark, one of 12 finalists during the show's second season, told ABC's "Primetime Live" that as a year-old he had an off-camera relationship with Abdul, then 40, that was at first platonic but later sexual.

Clark was abruptly booted from the show in April when producers learned he had been arrested for a domestic dispute with his sister the previous year. After Clark's allegations, Abdul's rep issued a statement at the time saying she "will not dignify the false statements made by Corey Clark with a response.

He is communicating lies about Paula Abdul in order to generate interest in a book deal. In the seventh season it became clear that some "Idol" wannabes were not as green as they appeared to be.

When it was discovered that Hennessy , the Irish singer with the big voice, had once been signed to a million-dollar record deal, some fans cried foul. Hennessy only sold a few hundred CDs and was not under contract at the time she auditioned for "American Idol," which is in line with the show's rules.

How Simon Cowell's Haiti single was made. Cowell: Facebook music campaign 'cynical'. Music's biggest divas sing together. Cowell pays off couple's mortgage. Image source, Reuters. The petition, which said the couple separated in June, described a phone conversation in July in which Barrino allegedly told the wife: "He don't want you.

Maybe the next time that you get a husband, you'll know how to keep him. That's why he is here with me. While Barrino is not directly involved in the current legal case, North Carolina is one of only a few states that allow a spouse to sue a third party who interferes with a marriage for alienation of affection. Barrino's raw talent as a songstress, combined with her hard-luck story as a teenage mother, won her many fans, starting with her winning "American Idol's" third season.

Her six-year-long entertainment career has been pockmarked with adversity, including being sued by her own father and well-publicized financial troubles. The High Point, North Carolina, native's newest album, which has received favorable reviews, will be released on August 24, while the second season of her reality show debuts next month.