I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having the courage to get out of them. I learned how many I touched and inspired through the journey of 'Idol' because I was just singing on the show. I wasn't really being an advocate for anything.
— La'Porsha Renae
Labels, boxes, and politically correct terminology all seem small and irrelevant when being compared to the violent and brutal attacks on the lives of people who are different than what society says we should be.
Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another.
A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good.
A lot of people behind the scenes were telling me that I was going to have to do something with my hair, my weight, all of that stuff.
People say a lot of hurtful things, but in a way, the abuse that I endured from my husband prepared me for that. The things I had been told and drilled into my head from him were worse than what anybody could say to me.
I have never spoken for anyone but myself.
