Former AMERICAN IDOL star FANTASIA BARRINO has revealed a tumour on her throat was the reason behind her decision to pull out of Broadway show THE COLOR PURPLE. The singer, who was a hit as Celie in the stage spectacular last year (07), sparked rumours of pregnancy when she missed a run of shows - and her publicist merely told the media Barrino was unwell. Now, the star has confirmed her battle to stay healthy took a lot out of her and left her feeling drained and too tired to perform every night. She tells urban magazine Sister 2 Sister, "I couldn't get enough sleep and sometimes onstage, I could taste blood... every now and then. "They (producers) would send me to the hospitals and they would say, 'Well, she's dehydrated; that's what's making her tired.' They would put IVs in me.But it just wasn't enough." Eventually, Barrino realised something more serious was wrong and she called on the advice of a top throat doctor in Los Angeles, who put a camera down her throat and discovered she had what he thought was a cyst. The singer recalls, "I went into surgery and he (doctor) came out and told my mother it was a tumour." Now healthy again, Barrino is still frustrated about all the negative publicity she received for pulling out of shows. She adds, "It really hurt my feelings... I told my manager, `Please, somebody protect me,' because I've never missed a show... I like to perform. "I felt like, after I had my surgery, nobody knew about it. The Color Purple didn't know about it, my record company didn't know about it, and I was very hurt that... I wasn't receiving any flowers, any balloons."
Poor Tasia, she went thru a lot with that health issue. Then the Management dropped her but you know her talents are hot so hell with every hater.
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