In the words of ‘Tasia last episode…
…TEENAAAAAY!!!
Because Fantasia displays such an array of emotion that you could practically convey the action of her reality show’s storyline just by reading her expressions, we’ll continue to do that, just like we did last week in the premiere-episode recap. We start with her I-mean-business face:
This is her talking about storming her record company and demanding “Move On Me” be made a single. She’s sick of people asking her where her album is so she says it to a label exec straight-up: “I feel like ‘Move on Me’ is a single, how ‘bout it?”
He disagrees. And so, ‘Tasia busts out her Missy-got-my-back face:
Missy Elliott “who by the way loves ‘Move on Me,’” according to ‘Tasia, has offered to produce something even hotter for her album, according to the suit. Fantasia doesn’t care. She wants it out and she wants it out now. “I don’t want to come up here anymore,” she tells the exec. “Next time I come here, I’m not coming to fight. I’m coming with my gun.” Well, no one ever accused her of lacking in passion! It seems like a great time to segue to her murderous-intent face:
Don’t let the soft eyes fool you, here’s what she says as accompaniment to this expression: “If Teeny goes over the budget, I’m going to kill him.” She sets Teeny’s studio-building budget at $8,000. Teeny, as you can see in the first screen shot of this recap, ends up spending five times that amount. Fantasia doesn’t actually kill him, but if she did, he’d probably end up looking like this:
He wouldn’t die, just come back as a zombie but instead of moaning, “Brains…” he’d be all, “Income. Must consuuuuume…”
Anyway, this leads to Fantasia’s over-it/irritated face…
…which leads to her kicking Teeny out…
…and Teeny doing so while saying that we’ll never see him back in that house, which yeah right.
But! There is a kink in the emotions. Fantasia ends up putting on a remorseful face when she sees the result of Teeny’s work…
“I wish my brother was here to see me see it!” she said, surveying Teeny’s admittedly banging but over-budget decision…
And, you know, he wasn’t there to see it, but at least the cameras were! Next best thing in these uber-connected times.
Of course, don’t get Fantasia’s remorseful face confused with a reconciliation face…
She still doesn’t want to talk to him. Why go over-budget on compassion, too?
But at the same time, why not spend more money? Fantasia now has to furnish that studio, so she puts on her buyer’s face:
“I like…different thangs,” she says. “As long as nobody else has it, that means ‘Tasia wants it.” At the very least, it’s refreshing to see her spend her own money, for a change.
Speaking of that, when Aunt Bunny visits Teeny in his new living space, he wants to know why Fantasia feels like she has a right get on him for not having a job.
Because supporting a grown man who refuses to work is damn frustrating, is probably the simplest answer. Does he really not get that? Does he really not get anything? One thing he does get, apparently, is roaches in this new living space:
This leads to the quote of the week (courtesy of Bunny): “You can’t defog when I’m in here! You can defog when I leave!” If only he approached his employment status with the same immediate-action response as the roaches! Then he wouldn’t be fighting with his family, and there also wouldn’t be roaches…maybe.
While things are looking down and infested for Teeny, they’re looking up for Fantasia, who puts on her triumphant-return face…
…and rejoins a stage production of The Color Purple. The footage we see suggest that everything’s coming up Fantasia! For once!
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I really love the show. If the person reading this can pass a message to Fantasia, please tell her that I am praying for her. Tell her that I love her spirit and her energy is so contagious. She has a beautiful smile and tell her that if God brings you to it, He will bring you through it. Tell her when it gets too hard, listen to the song, For Every Mountain. The verse that I love the most, for every moutain you brought me over, for ever trial you’ve seen me through, for every blessing, Hallelujah, for this I give you praise. If this message ever gets to Fantasia, please tell her to praise Him anyhow. Praise Him in spite of what it looks like. Tell her to Keep her head up. Also, I LOVE her bomb style hair do’s, called my stylist so she can check out online since she doesn’t have cabl.
Fantasia, I enjoy your show. I also enjoyed seeing you and your mother on the Gospel show. Your brother has big dreams with no money. Most family members try to lay a guilt trip on you when you get money.Now singing is your career stay focus God gave you a gift. Don’t let your family blow it for you. They should earning the money you give them, somebody can go to school for business/management, somebody can go for law. Your main responsibility is your daughter. Your brother is a grown dusty behind man. He needs to start acting like one.
What we see on Fantasia with regard to her lazy, no future having brother is quite prevalent in the inner city where there is no father and mothers emasculate their boys. There are no demands, standards to met, expectations, they are allowed to hang out on the couch all day and this is the result – a 26 yr old man without a vision smooching off of his sister with no remorse. In fact he seems to think he is entitled to her $ that she earned and his girlfriend tolerates this nonsense, so imagine him as a father, what a disaster. Women you are not preparing your sons to be independent, productive members of society when you tolerate this nonsense. Fantasia need’s to put this bum out of her house, for good.
HI BOO I’VE BEEN KEEPING YOU IN MY PRAYERS. YOU HAVE A GOD GIVEN VOICE YOU SHOULD BE DOING GOSPEL GIRL EITHER WAY YOU GIVE ME CHILLS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK IM WAITNG ON THAT ALBUM LOVE YA XOXOXOXOXO GOD BLESS
Fantasia you have a good heart and a good soul. I just want to tell you that family is important, but family can bring you down. Sometimes if you do to much for family, you can end up hurting them more than helping.
$40,000 that’s is way to much money oh yeah and 8,000 dollars c’mon teenay get out of my house fantasia was in the house she say TEENAAAAY!!!!
I have been enjoying your show. I think that Teeny needs to get a job and be on his own. You have helped him but you can not support him for life. Why you can’t give Ricco a chance at one of your shows and let him sing a song. You can not let everyone spend your money.
Fantasia you are a truly blessed jewel, just keep god first, and he will continue to take you places. Have you ever thought about starting a group. If so please hit me up. Need a background singer I’am in need of a job.
i love the show.u go girl
I have been watching the show from the start. I glad to see that it there is no coonery. I will say this you need to cut all of them lose. Your mom I can see living with you because she affords you the luxury to travel and perform while providing your daughter with a safe environment. However, Teeny has champagne wishes on a lil jug budget. He has no license, no job and no prospects. He can’t see that he has been afforded a gift that you didn’t have, nor did you have to share with him. Perhaps when he looks at this show after filming has stopped-he see himself for who he really is a MOOCHER (sp.). His desire is to use you and your money up until it is dry. Take control of life, your money and your destiny. Love ya gurl
Hey Fantasia, I really like your show, I think your doing the right thing with your brother Teenee.It’s ok to help family. But you really have to think of your daughter, if your not right then she won’t be right.Thats really your only responsability.You have to think of her future. You said you can’t sleep, eat, do the play, your work period.You hit it on the nail. Time to think bout you.Thats not being selfish, if anything your family is selfish for putting all this pressure on you. I admire you for taking care of your family.But it’s time to stop. LIke you said everyone is grown. “Love is tough” “Tough Love” Love you Tasia can’t wait for your next album. Not tryin to lexture just have a lot of love for you.I told the same thing to one of my sisters that made it in sports.And it’s 12 of us. Yes 12 brothers and sisters. So I know exactly what your going through. Love you girl, keep your head up!!!!!!!!
Hey Fantasia, I really like your show, I think your doing the right thing with your brother Teenay.It’s ok to help family. But you really have to think of your daughter, if your not right then she won’t be right.Thats really your only responsability.You have to think of her future. You said you can’t sleep, eat, do the play, your work period.You hit it on the nail. Time to think bout you.Thats not being selfish, if anything your family is selfish for putting all this pressure on you. I admire you for taking care of your family.But it’s time to stop. LIke you said everyone is grown. “Love is tough” “Tough Love” Love you Tasia can’t wait for your next album. Not tryin to lexture just have a lot of love for you.I told the same thing to one of my sisters that made it in sports.And it’s 12 of us. Yes 12 brothers and sisters. So I know exactly what your going through. Love you girl, keep your head up!!!!!!!!
I love the show. I love you Fantasia! I am glad that you have begun to set some boundaries with your family. They need that, codependency is a sickness, lol. In any event, on the show when both brothers are explaining themselves and how they feel about aspiring to do their own thing; they sound envy hearted. Thats just what I see. The older brother seemed like he was really coming from both sides with feeling like he wanted to stand on his own two feet- (which everyman should want that) but he also looked very jealous when you were getting all the nods from the other famous folks. But one can also get in trouble judging someone else’s motives, but you have to protect what you worked hard for- family or not. But I love your energy girl! You keep it movin!!
It’s really how Fantasia says “I came from nowhere and rose to the top.”yr not supposed to diss where you’re from! High Point<3
I can’t imagine how a family that was brought up believing and living for the love of GOD has come to this. I could only imagine the humiliation that this family has brought unto themselves by being on a reality show.
Love you Tasia…YOU ROCK. Make a Move On Me is the joint. Anything you sing is a hit. Family is important. Don’t let your family ruin your career for you.Grown folks need to take responsibility for themselves. Too much of your kind of help has proven to be handicapping.You have a heart of GOLD. God has truely blessed you.
LOVE YOU…Fan forever
Love the show!! Fantasia you’re fantastic. The show needs to be at least an hour!!!
Tashia — you do your thing! Stay strong. Do NOT back down on your position with your brother! I know from experience! I have someone just like him in my life! DO NOT let guilt rule you. Toss those emotions!! It’s hard but it’s needed!! Trust me.
If you back down, you will never be free to do your thing. He will destroy you!
If you don’t back down, you will force him to become a man! He’s living in a dream world. He needs some hard reality.
Hold your position and stay strong!!
Take some advice from Keyshia Cole. I think you guys families are very similar. Keyshia said she needed some peace in her life and she has distanced herself from her family. She is waiting for the ‘right time’ to reunite with them, but not now. They brought too much drama in her life and they were stressing her out.
I can see thats exactly what your family is doing. Especially your brother. I’m glad you’re woman enough and realized your mistakes you made as a teen and now taking responsibilities and going for GED. But…your first priority should be your daughter first, and you second. Everybody else needs to give you a break.
You need to concentrate and sorry,but your family is taking some of that concentration.
Good Luck !!
Tasia, you are the realist.I must tell you i love your show every tuesday its the topic of the conversation.Oh and here in Palm Beach we LOVE you.You have only been here twice to my knowledge and every time you come you set our city on fire.Keep up the gud work and hell of a job on the Celebration of Gospel.oh and dont worry about Tenny he will be ok. he is entirely too to be so sensitive.And, can someone tell aunt bunny that she was not born to be a mediator.with all due respect this isnt the brady bunch let life work itself out.and to “Tracylee”, who said that tasia dissed her upbringing,SHUTUP.You cannot be a hater your entire life.Tasia came from nothing to the top and obviously ur still on the bottom because you are hating.Tasia do Tasia.We love you and hurry up and drop your single and the album cause we waiting patiently.
Tasia I fully support you on throwing your brother out of the house. He’s a grown man and should be treated like one. In the real world there’s no one to do everything for you like buy expensive cars and cloths, give you money for whatever you want whenever you need it. YOU WORK FOR IT! You say you can’t work when things aren’t right with your family, but what happens when you loose everything you worked so hard to get. Where will your brother be then? Can he foot the bills for the entire family when there’s no Fantasia? Think about it
I love this show. I pray that tasia receives everything that GOD has for her. She is a very annoited and pointed sister by GOD. Stay bless!
Keep your brother in check he is a grown man but still always love him and pray 4 him LOVE YOU FANTASIA IM YOUR BIGEST FAN!!!!!!!!! LOVE,
ALEXANDRIA QUARLES.
Fantasia I have been watching the show and I am praying you do not let your family pull you down. They now have contacts they never had before and they should be doing something with that. You now have your own studio I no that stressed you out a little but honestly I was wondering what kind of studio you were going to get for 8000 and he ripped the walls out. Teeny just needs to step out side of teeny and take a look at the world. But he is still your brother and you and your brother need to get in that studio and make great music together and I can’t wait to hear a gospel track from momma barrino stay strong and stay family and I will be praying for all of you
I just watched the show and I think it is a great insight into the life of Fantasia. I however think that “Teeny” is a joke. This is a 28 year old GROWN man living off of his sister with no remorse. For some reason he feels she owes him something when in reality she only owes herself and her child. Teeny needs to get off of his lazy a– and get a job! He says music is his passion, well get a j-o-b in the industry. I am disgusted by his mentality and anger towards his sister. She is his sister, not his meal ticket. The sad part is no matter what he does if he fails he is going to blame Fantasia. Tasia, although I know difficult should do exactly what she did, cut him off, and make him stand on his own 2 able bodied feet. Even his girlfriend recognized his laziness…you go girl! While watching his behavior I began to think of Joe Jackson and Ike Turner. Displaying much of the same anger with the world I just hope he doesn’t turn to drugs and or alcohol, but if he does it is his fault and his fear of standing on his own and possibly failing. Tasia do not take on his demons.
Fantasia, I love & support you. Watching your show clearly, shows that you are not in it just for Zion, and yourself. One thing I would ask, please tell Tenny, please don’t be a Jermaine Jackson. Fantasia, continue to blow us away with your music and most important keep GOD FIRST.
Fantasia, please, please, please let Teeny’s lazy’s, want to live off of everybody,can’t sing, old ass go somewhere where he has to get a job to take care of himself. You are doing way too much for the girl. You have one child. She is your responsibility. I can also understand you taking care of your mother because I’m sure that she is your daughters care giver while you are worker. LET THEM ALL GO! LOVE YA GIRL!!!!! STAY FOCUSED.
Ok. I am a Fan of Fantasia, I luv her Sultry, raspy, soulful voice. But I am not a Fan of her family, they r trifling. I am 29, and if my Brother made it or Sister or whatever, you think I wold want them to take care of me and support me like I am their responsibility, no. They should take the burden off of her and work on what their dreams are, not jus live off hers, a supportive family would do that, so that she can stay focused. If she feels obligated to enable them, she needs to seek out some counseling to help put things in perspective. Her brothers are immature. Teeny, loud, irresponsible, immature and sloppy, AND ungrateful, shoot live with them roaches, that’s how u get the steam to get what you want! Her other brother, in order to get your own sometimes you have to follow and support the other person in the background until they have an open door. I just feel they should allow her space to work and dream and get a dream of their own and stop making her their sole foundation.
I enjoy the show I am not in the same situation as you but I have observed some things that are concerning. I wish your mom would step up and stop mediating and guide you guys. Your brother needs to hear from his mother that he should not have gone against your wishes. I am so glad it wasn’t your last because he could have put you in a bind. I think that you shutting down everytime life happens is not healthy. There will be issues you will be faced with and as long as you confront them with God first then you know everything will be fine.
Is it me or does the part when Teeny says, “Shhhuuut up, you getting on my dam nerves” sound like it should be a ringer… make some money Teeny
There is so much than can be said, let me start by saying I’m enjoying the show.
Fantasia Baby, you may have to pull a Keisha Cole on your family!! I was totally blown away when you stated that you were finacially taking care of six people. I understand unity in a family very well and there can be unity without all of them thinking that this includes your money that they should be united with. Your brother Teeny needs to get a job, you can’t allow him to live off of you the way he does; he did a fabulous job on the studio, well I’ll be here is a possible job option for him and be in business for himself until he establishes himself as an artist; doing studios for people who are in the business, he probably will make more money doing this than singing (cuz I didn’t think he was all that great). I know you love your mother but where is her back bone? She shouldn’t be allowing her son to take advantage of you the way he does. I can see you supporting your mom, because after all she gave birth to you and I’m sure she helps you with your daughter tremendously and I’m sure without her you couldn’t do what you do! Every one else who is a healthy & is able working body adult needs to work for a living just like you do. This won’t stop until you stop it!!
Family is a beautiful thing and one that is united is even more beautiful, but you have to get them out of your pocketbook!! I know it’s easier said then done, but if you keep this up you will be broke and let’s see how quick the family will be in uniting!!! Practice in saying NO!! Stop letting your brother Teeny play mind games and lay guilt trips on you to keep getting what you he wants. At some point you will have to draw the line; when will that be when your accountant tells you that your bank account is zero.
teeny is so funny and fantasia can really sing.
go with move on me , gurl you know wats good ant thats how you made it to this point today…
love u gurl, stay crazy and funny tenny!!!!!!!!!!!1
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy,Fantasia just wanted you to know that i watch your show every monday and im areally big fan of yours and i was just watching your movie Fantasia Barrino story: life is not a fairy tale and that was a great way to tell people that life is not a joke so i just wanted you to know that so i will talk to you soon and p.s your bro xavier is cute and dont take it the wrong way it’s just a comment talk to you soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy,Fantasia just wanted you to know that i watch your show every monday and im a really big fan of yours and i was just watching your movie Fantasia Barrino story: life is not a fairy tale and that was a great way to tell people that life is not a joke so i just wanted you to know that!
P.S your bro xavier is cute and dont take it the wrong way it’s just a comment talk to you soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Fantasia you are grate person i am in the same place as you with my schooling i can’t read very good can’t spell very but try to do it all love you wish i can mate one day will. P.S. I love the show
Samantha shanea’brown
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Indianapolis,In
well i love fantasia period i mean give your child the life you didnt have so spoil her with gifts and love but i have to give it up for tasia’s hair stylist whom ever you are you did the damn thing on miss tasia’s hair you BAAAADDDD lol and rico damn boi you can saaanng plus you sexy as* hell too but fantasia keep up the good work ma always love
birmingham rides for you gurl friend
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