"American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino said she intended to take her own life when she overdosed on aspirin and sleeping pills two weeks ago.

"I didn't have any fight in me. I didn't care about anything. I just wanted out," the "American Idol" winner, 26, told U.S. cable channel VH1. Celebrity magazine website People ran advance excerpts of the interview.

The R&B singer, who won the TV singing contest in 2004, took an overdose after being named in divorce papers filed by the wife of her long-time boyfriend and was overwhelmed by media attention.

"I just sat in the closet and looked at the mirror and took all the pills in the bottle," Fantasia said.

"I wanted to go to sleep and just be at peace. I knew exactly what I was doing. You can't accidentally take a whole bottle of pills."

She thanked the nurse that helped her after her overdose, saying she had been "a blessing".

Fantasia was taken to a North Carolina hospital after overdosing and released several days later.

She issued a statement saying she was "heartbroken" over the relationship and sorry for any pain she had caused.

She releases her third album, "Back to Me", on Tuesday.