When Fantasia Barrino left the hit Broadway Musical The Color Purple, all kinds of rumors were swirling around regarding her departure, chief among them that she was pregnant.

She has now revealed that it was a tumor on her throat that caused her to miss several shows and eventually pull out of the show for her own health reasons.

Fantasia told Sister 2 Sister magazine, “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 a top Los Angeles doctor put a camera down her throat and discovered the tumor.

She’s healthy again, but is still hurt by all of the bad press she received for leaving the show.

It’s possible that Bobby Brown could have a wedding on his mind again.

After divorce from Whitney Houston in 2007, he has now confirmed that he and his mangager, Alicia Etheredge, are officially an item.  He recently toldy Sister 2 Sister magazine, “That one (relationship) is gonna work ’cause I’m gonna make it work.”

In a 2007 interview, Etheredge said, “I think that Bobby is a big romantic and really does believe in love.

“His parents are still married after all these years and I think that he will find that again.”

Complaining of the high gas prices, Sean Diddy Combs has announced that he will no longer be using his private jets.

He recently told photographers while boarding a plane, “I’m actually flying commercial. That’s how high gas prices are. Tell whoever the next president is we need to bring gas prices down.”