Fantasia Barrino is pregnant! This was a long time coming. Last year, Fantasia made major news after her affair with a married man, Antwaun Cook, became public as his wife Paula publicly called out Fantasia’s home wrecking ways. At first, Fantasia lied and denied the affair, but Paula had lots of evidence to back up her story, so Fantasia attempted suicide (with an overdose of aspirin and sleeping pills) which seemed like more of a cry for help than an actual bid to kill herself (she called her friend after she took the pills – the friend was just a few yards away). After the suicide attempt, Fantasia’s recovery tour began in earnest, and she admitted the affair, which she said was okay because she already knew that Jesus forgave her. She then “confronted” her married lover for her reality show. There were also lots of rumors that Fantasia was pregnant last year, with the Enquirer and Bossip declaring the pregnancy (paternity by Antwaun) a sure thing. Months later, Fantasia revealed that she had an abortion during that time period (around August 2010).
Anyway, Fantasia announced her pregnancy at a charity event in Jacksonville, Florida over the weekend, telling the crowd, “You are the first persons that I share this news with. And I share this with you because I can relate to you. And for a while I walked around figuring out what will they say and what will they think about me. But now I tell you I don’t live my life for folk. So… this child that I’m carrying, God has given me this child. And I don’t have to hide it from none of y’all.” There’s video:
So the question is now “Who is the baby-daddy?” Global Grind says, “Everyone believes that the father is her long-time boyfriend, Antwaun Cook.” The YBF has photos (see them here) of Fantasia and Antwaun on holiday together in Barbados just a few weeks ago, so it does seem that they are still together, and it’s my guess that Antwaun is the baby-daddy again. She looks second-trimester too. Hm… I wonder if his divorce has been finalized?
Photos of Fantasia from June of this year, and one from last year. Courtesy of WENN.
