Fantasia Barrino’s Valentine’s Day concert in Houston was supposed to be about love. Instead, it has turned into a family controversy after her father, Joseph Barrino, publicly criticized her husband, Kendall Taylor, over his on-stage re-proposal.
Joseph took to Facebook shortly after the Valentine’s Day moment made headlines. He did not celebrate the gesture. Instead, he questioned it. In a post that quickly circulated online, he called the proposal “Fake Cry Bull Crap” and suggested there was more going on behind the scenes than fans realized.
He went further, accusing Taylor of being connected to missing money in Fantasia’s camp. Joseph wrote, “He’s giving back some of the missing money the fired financial committe says he’s probably stole…that they couldn’t account for…y’all pray for Fantasia! I hate this for her!”
Those claims immediately shifted the tone of the conversation.
During her Valentine’s Day show, Kendall Taylor surprised Fantasia by getting down on one knee and presenting her with a large ring in front of the crowd. The audience cheered as she reacted on stage, and the romantic moment quickly spread across social media.
However, Joseph followed up, slamming fans for only wanting to be entertained by his daughter without caring for her well-being.
Fantasia has not publicly responded to her father’s claims.
Fantasia, please listen to your Father. I did even when I did not want to. I knew I would be hurt if I listened to my Father. I listened to what my Father had to say me about the guy I was with at that time. My Father never seen the guy. I had to true to my self and that is why I listened. I knew my Father loved me and would not tell me anything that would hurt me. My parents divorced when I was five and he was always in my life. My Father had his vices like many Black men. But, I always respected him even when we argued over the telephone about his stuff unrelated to my relationships to men. As an adult in my 30s at that time, I felt uncomfortable talking with him about the situation with this particular guy. But I did. I wish I would have talked with him about this guy 13 years prior because it would have saved me much heartache. Approximately one year later, I found out from a female I did not know but who felt comfortable speaking with me about her best friend and her boyfriend. God blesses you when you listen—My Father was Right!