4 Keyisha Cole Shared the Story of her Childhood on Reality TV
Singer Keisha Cole became a foster child when her mother’s drug addiction led to her incarceration and Cleveland.com reported Cole was adopted by a family in her native Oakland, Calif. She got candid about the experience on her reality show, “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is,” which was BET’s number one series in network history.
“I am thankful for my mother even adopting me, very thankful,” she said on “Bethenny.” “My mother loved me like her own and I don’t feel any different. Me and my brothers and sisters are still close.”
3 Alonzo Mourning Credits Foster Mother for Teaching Him to be a Man
Retired NBA center and Miami Heat vice president of player programs Alonzo Mourning acted out at home as a 10-year-old when his parent’s marriage fell apart and chose to live in a group home instead. CBN reported he arrived at the home of Fannie Threet who had raised 49 kids during her life, many of whom were fosters.
“Once I walked in, I never wanted to walk out. And I didn’t. That’s where I lived until I went off to college,” Mourning told CBN. He later told Forbes, “She implemented so many positive things in my life. When I say positive things, I mean she taught me how to be a man.”
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