'American Idol's' Fantasia Barrino Announces Pregnancy at Concert (Video)

8:21 AM PDT 8/1/2011 by Lindsay Powers

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"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" says the season 3 winner.

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Season 3 American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino is pregnant.

The 27-year-old made the announcement Sunday at a charity concert in Jacksonville, Fla. Watch the video, below.

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"You are the first persons that I share this news with," she said at the opening of the Riverview Apartments building.

"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," she added.

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"So, this child that I carry – God has given me this child. And I don't have to hide it from none of y'all," she went on. She did not name the baby's father.

Barrino is also mother to daughter Zion, 9.

Her VH1 reality show, Fantasia for Real, was reworked in 2010 shortly after she was hospitalized for a suicide attempt.