We recently learned that former American Idol winner, Fantasia Barrino, attempted to take her own life. This news came in connection with a relationship Barrino is having with Antwaun Cook, a married man. Since this relationship has been made public, Barrino has been called every name in the book from a home-wrecker to a whore. What Fantasia chooses to do and who she chooses to do it with is her business so I will not speak on that. I don’t know her or Cook personally and can only speculate. One thing I did find interesting was that her “relationship-with-a-married-man” situation is quite similar to another stellar musical artist’s recent situation. Alicia Keys was also involved in a relationship with a married man, Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean.
In both situations, it is reported that the marriages were estranged.However, Fantasia appears to be receiving the brunt of media’s back talk. Keys was not looked down upon in the same manner Barrino is. Why is this? Well, there isn’t one answer to this. And again, I can only speculate. Could it be the two women’s backgrounds? Keys comes from a strong, single-parent family, she’s intelligent, talented and highly revered on an international scale. Barrino dropped out of high school, became a teen parent, made a name for herself on a reality television show, and plays out the trials of her life on her television show Fantasia For Real. I would have to argue that this is a major factor in the way the two stories are being portrayed in the media. I believe that people have developed ideas of these two women based on their backgrounds and it isn’t right.
Are they home-wreckers? According to the men in their lives, they are not. This is what should matter. Unfortunately, it is the beliefs of a few, the media, that influence the thoughts of many, the public. It is with poor taste that the members of the media tell these stories. Because of it, women like Barrino are looked down upon while others in her situation are not. In my opinion, the media should stick to reporting the NEWS and not the personal lives of others.
In my observation, I believe the both got negative backlash from the media. Although, one seemed to have handle it differently. AK ignored the negativity and went on with making her mistakes by getting preggie then wedding the two timer. FB obviously, allowed the media to overcome her and shatter her already unstable life, which was plays out in her very sad reality show. She allowed the media by giving them ammunition, unlike AK. You cannot deny that they are different people and who made similar mistakes. Despite the fact that they both fell for married men does not talk the responsibility from the men and their infidelities.
Although I really don’t care about either one of these female’s dirty deeds, if I’m grading, I would say that AK is the dirtiest of the two. But like Stef stated, AK went all the through with hers, and now she’s wearing the wedding shoes. FB was really jus a side piece, and dug herself down, instead of building herself up in that situation. If u gon do dirt, don’t half step…kick up the dirt!
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