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*Chaka Khan will be the guest of honor this weekend on "TV One on One." The Cathy Hughes-hosted series on TV One will feature the ten-time Grammy winner for the full hour on Sunday, July 13 from 10-11 p.m.
During the interview, Khan says during the period she was out of the public eye, there were some tough times. But it had unforeseen, positive results.
“I’ve had a couple of life-altering experiences in my absence, but I come back to you new and improved,” she tells Hughes.
Khan also opens up about the 2004 shooting of a family friend in her home by her son Damien. He was eventually acquitted after a 2006 trial. The incident, however, took a toll on her family. She tells Hughes that the experience also brought her a kind of enlightenment.
“I’ve grown. I am in present time [now] at all times. And not afraid. More fearless because I am trusting in my higher powers," says Khan. "I still get my usual butterflies, but I think what we’re referring to here is just a fear of feeling, a fear of feeling any pain; a fear of experiencing anything unpleasant. Fear of life. I didn’t want to experience it, and so I hibernated and medicated. “
She continues, “I got shaken out of that with the ordeal with my son. But I took that as an opportunity…I was being spoken to in a profound way. It was definitely a lesson – a life lesson and a message. I had to be there. I had to sit up and show up [at the trial] every morning. But it’s not just that. I had to carry the Holy Spirit with me everywhere I went and stay in a constant state of prayer and surrender to God. That’s when I really learned what it means when people so flippantly say, ‘Give it to God.’”
In the last segments of the show, Khan is joined by a surprise guest, her friend R&B vocalist Betty Wright, and the two talk about the early days of their careers.