CHARLOTTE, N.C. — American Idol champ Fantasia Barrino was hospitalized late Monday after she overdosed on aspirin and a sleep aid.
The 26-year-old singer was rushed to the hospital after emergency crews were called to her North Carolina home around 9 p.m., according to WCNC-TV.
"Her injuries are not life threatening. She was dehydrated and exhausted at the time," her manager, Brian Dickens, said Tuesday. "Fantasia is stable now. She will be released from the hospital soon."
The incident was classified as a suicide attempt by local police. It happened just hours after Fantasia's personal life made headlines with news she's been involved with a married man named Antwaun Cook. The man's wife, Paula Cook, filed a complaint last Wednesday in Mecklenburg County District Court, accusing the twosome of having an affair and making sex tapes of their adventures together.
"Fantasia has always been an open book. Honesty, self-respect, and personal responsibility are values she wears proudly," Dickens said. "Fantasia believed Mr. Cook when he told her he was not happy in his marriage and his heart was not in it. She believed him when he told her he and Mrs. Cook separated in the late summer of 2009. She believed Mr. Cook when he told her he lived elsewhere. He even took her there.
"One of Mr. Cook's most redeeming qualities was his complete devotion to his children. Fantasia fell in love with Mr. Cook and believed that he loved her. Fantasia and Mr. Cook dated on and off for about eleven months. The pressure of the constant media attention was hard on their relationship. Fantasia gave inconsistent interviews about the status of her relationship with Mr. Cook because sometimes they were on and sometimes they were off. When they were on, they spent most of their time together when she was not traveling with work.
"Fantasia read Mrs. Cook's Complaint against Mr. Cook for the first time yesterday. She knows some of the allegations in Mrs. Cook's complaint are totally false. There are others she strongly doubts. There is plenty she does not know. Fantasia is heartbroken and is sorry for any pain she may have caused. Yesterday, she was totally overwhelmed by the lawsuit and the media attention."
Barrino has appeared publicly with a tattoo on her left shoulder reading "Cook," an apparent tribute to the man, who has a similar tattoo on his shoulder.
"Fantasia is a fighter and a survivor," said Dickens. "This is not the hardest thing Fantasia has endured. Fantasia will be stronger, smarter, and better for it. Her work has always inspired her and served as a source of strength."
Barrino's new album, Back to Me, drops on Aug. 24.
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