Fantasia on pregnancy: 'God has given me this child'

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American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino announced that she is pregnant during a concert Sunday in Jacksonville, Florida.

The 27-year-old R&B singer was performing at the opening of the Riverview Apartments complex, when she decided to let fans in on her big secret.

“You are the first persons that I share this news with, and I share this with you because I can relate to you,” said Barrino. “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. This child that I carry, God has given me this child. And I don’t have to hide it from none of y’all.”

Barrino has a 9-year-old daughter, Zion Quari Barrino, from a previous relationship.
She did not confirm who the father of her second child is, although she has been recently linked to her ex-boyfriend Antwaun Cook, with whom she reportedly had an affair with while he was still married. In June, the two were spotted in Barbados on the beach, with Barrino appearing pregnant.

For Fantasia, life in the public spotlight has been filled with highs and lows, since winning American Idol back in 2004.

In August 2010 the “Bittersweet” singer was hospitalized in North Carolina from a suicide attempt after overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid.

During a VH1 Behind The Music, she later confirmed the incident was a suicide attempt. “At that moment I wanted out. I wanted it to be over with,” she said. In the interview she also admitted to aborting previous a child with Cook.

Barrino currently stars in the VH1 reality series, Fantasia for Real.