{"id":309511,"date":"2024-03-30T09:04:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=309511"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:21:46","slug":"american-idol-teen-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/american-idol-teen-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"American Idol contestant performs original song she wrote while pregnant at 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teen mom Cate Gartner made it through the first round of auditions for American Idol Season 22 with an original song. \u201cThe Place That I Call Home\u201d was written for her son Cooper while she was pregnant with him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the video of her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OJzASu9XEYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">audition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which aired on Sunday, March 24<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Gartner, now 18, shared her experience of finding out she was pregnant at just 16. She said, \u201cWhen I found out I was pregnant at 16 as a junior in high school it was really scary. I was very upset with myself and it was a hard thing to go through, but I just knew immediately I had this connection. I really do love being a mom\u2026 If I could go back I wouldn\u2019t change it at all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJzASu9XEYw?si=YqU4v66BVqClbUoM\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chorus of \u201cThe Place That I Call Home\u201d is below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They say I&#8217;m too young that I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m supposed to do<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I know one thing for sure, that I love you more than anything I had before<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I didn&#8217;t know I needed you<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After everything my heart had been through<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every moment that I walk with you<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ll learn things I never knew<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all of my love, I&#8217;ll hold onto you<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and sure that every dream comes true<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The American Idol judges <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/from-16-and-pregnant-to-american-idol-cate-gartners-real-life-lyrics-earn-a-standing-ovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were clearly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> captivated by her vulnerable song and praised Gartner for both her talent for singing and for storytelling as well. Gartner received three confident votes to move her on to the next stage of competition in Hollywood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/little-glimpse-hope-three-trisomy-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018A little glimpse of hope\u2019: The powerful stories of three Trisomy families<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cooper, Gartner\u2019s boyfriend, and her father accompanied her to the audition. At the end of her audition, she said to her son: \u201cI love you so, so much and this is for you buddy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner was already pursuing a career in music when she found out she was pregnant. Drew Hill, who was helping her write music and teaching her guitar, suggested she write a song for her baby. \u201cThe Place That I Call Home&#8221; was finished just three weeks before she gave birth. In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CsJWN3Mt66B\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TikTok video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before the song was released, she explained more of the story behind the song. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is the most vulnerable I\u2019ve ever been probably ever, but this is the most meaningful song I\u2019ve ever written. And if it can help at least one girl in my situation, I\u2019ll be happy,&#8221; she explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But young moms haven&#8217;t always been treated favorably on American Idol. Last year, judge Katy Perry came under fire for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/katy-perry-mom-shame-american-idol\/\">mom shaming&#8221;<\/a> a 25-year-old contestant with three young children, and by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/american-idol-contestant-responds-katy-perry\/\">insinuating<\/a> that she had to choose between being a mom and being a performer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hopefully, Gartner\u2019s story will <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/shakira-thanks-sons-vmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">help change the narratives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that women can\u2019t have a career and children and that teen moms will fail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/actnow.io\/ARQQhk1\"><b><i>The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30 seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teen mom Cate Gartner made it through the first round of auditions for American Idol Season 22 with an original song. \u201cThe Place That I Call Home\u201d was written for her son Cooper while she was pregnant with him.\u00a0 In the video of her audition, which aired on Sunday, March 24, Gartner, now 18, shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":678,"featured_media":309523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,9456,9459],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American Idol contestant performs original song she wrote while pregnant at 16<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"American Idol 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