Kandi Burruss: ‘I Was Falling Into Depression and Had to Snap Out of It’
After the deaths of her uncle and fiancé, Kandi Burruss is undergoing her own healing process by keeping busy with her upcoming album and the opening of her ATL boutique. ESSENCE.com caught up with the Georgia Peach to talk about how she’s been coping with her losses, the opening of her store and the release of her new album.
ESSENCE.COM: We are so happy to hear from you and extremely sorry about your uncle and fiancé’s untimely passing. How have you been coping?
KANDI BURRUSS: To be honest with you I’ve just stayed busy. I didn’t want to go anywhere and just wanted to stay in bed all day. I was falling into a depression and then I had to snap out of it. I didn’t want to fall into that place. As long as I stay busy and talking about other things I can manage. It makes me upset sometimes, especially when I would go out and I knew people were just trying to comfort me, but they were pitying me and that made me cry. I just tried to be around people who kept my spirits up so it didn’t have to be a pity party, and work, and think about other things. But, yeah, that first week it was really hard because that’s all they wanted to talk about, so I stayed to myself a lot.
ESSENCE.COM: That’s understandable. This has been a rough year with A.J.’s nephew’s car accident, your uncle’s passing and, of course, your fiancé, yet you persevere. Any regrets?
KANDI: Yes, A.J. didn’t necessarily care for the show itself and all the negative talk. He really was upset about that. If I had to do anything differently it would be that. I hate the way he felt about being on the show. Personally, I feel everything on my end was fine. I just tried to stay true to self and I feel like I came off that way. I hate that everyone got to see me cry so many times. I’m not a cry baby! (Laughs.)
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