We all heard about Fantasia and her recent issues of being a mistress and overdosing on aspirin. My heart aches for her story since she’s been through so much. Everyone was happy when she finally received her high school diploma, and then it was bad news after bad news.

I honestly didn’t want to comment on her situation since it’s too tragic. I couldn’t fathom wanting to commit suicide if I had a child.

But then when I try not to comment, said celebrity always snaps me back to reality. In an interview with Vibe, she explains that she was treated unfairly by the media during her scandal because she was dark-skinned.

“I was on Nancy Grace, CNN, every gospel station, and in every magazine and every newspaper,” she said of the scandal. “It was on. You would have thought I was the President or something.

“I’ve battled and have had to deal with that before. Lord forgive me and I don’t want to offend anybody,” she continued, “but when [I did Idol] it seemed like everybody there was Barbied out. Slim, long hair, light eyes, light-skinned. And here I come with my dark skin, full nose, short hair and full lips —it was hard.”

Come on, Taisa! She won Idol, what, five years ago? The comment might have been relevant then, but now not so much. Apparently, Alicia Keys has been given preferential treatment as Homewrecker of the Year because she’s light-skinned. Seriously? Keys definitely had backlash for her alleged affair with Swizz Beatz before she tied the knot with him. The difference between Fantasia and Keys is that Keys stayed quiet and her situation wasn’t as extreme.

Let’s run down the events:

1. August 7 – Reported that Fantasia had a sex tape come out with her married boyfriend Antwuan Cook. Cook’s wife, Paula Cook filed papers with a North Carolina court about the infidelity. According to TMZ, her reps released a statement saying, “Fantasia will weather this storm with the dignity and grace that she has exemplified throughout a life in which she has repeatedly overcome obstacles and challenges. Fantasia’s faith in God, herself and family remain as strong as ever.”

2. August 10 – It was reported that she attempted suicide by overdosing on aspirin and sleeping pills.

3. August 20 – She did a surprise performance at a birthday celebration for Charlotte Bobcats player Tyrus Thomas.“I been in the house for a week so you know I’m bout to act ugly… When they said it was over for me, I’m here to say I’m back!”

4. August 23 – Fantasia admitted the suicide attempt was intentional in her episode of Behind the Music. “I didn’t have any fight in me. I didn’t care about anything. I  just wanted out. At that moment, I wanted out, “she said. “I wanted it to be over with – all of it, all of that [expletive]. I just sat in the closet and looked at the mirror and took all the pills in the bottle. I wanted to go to sleep and just be at peace. I knew exactly what I was doing. You can’t accidentally take a whole bottle of pills.”

It’s only August 28, so the month isn’t over yet, and all of that happened in less than 30 days. Complexion is not the issue at all. Crazy knows no color. Fantasia gave us so much to talk about. Her antics were comparable to Britney Spears back in ’07. When someone acts crazily, we’re going to talk about how crazy and foolish they are.

If Fantasia wants to play big girl games, she has to accept the big girl consequences and understand our reaction to it. Scandal sells.