Fergie Admits To Past Of Drug Use, Cholo Lovin’

La Fergie has shared a little tidbit about her life that we’ve always just assumed anyway: She had a thing for cholos. 

Fergie used to be a child start on the popular children’s series Kids Incorporated and later went on to be a member of the wildly unpopular girl group Wild Orchid. During her time as a member of a forgettable pop group with a heinous name, she dabbled in ecstasy and, later, meth. She recalls one low point where she spent hours talking to a hamper and blackened her windows because, in her drug-induced paranoid state, she thought the FBI were after her.

And then there’s the cholo thing:

Oh yeah. It was very alluring, very romantic. Well, I romanticized it. I thought it was artistic. I still think gangsters are cute.

But a lot of what comes with the [Cholo] lifestyle is not what I wanted for my future. So I started becoming attracted to qualities that didn’t involve guns and drugs and gangs. I changed my behavior through therapy and started becoming attracted to things like integrity and loyalty. Who would be a good father? Who would be a good husband?

Not all cholos are gang members, though! And we’re sure some are good dads, if the various tattoo portraits of their babies are any indication. Damn, Ferg. Why you gotta hate? Although, to be fair, Fergie is never directly quoted as using the word “cholo” in her interview. She does mention, however, that she once had a gun held to her head during a drug deal gone bad in East LA. 

Singer Fergie on giving up gangs and drugs [Times Online]