Chess
Piece
won’t
be
calling “checkmate”
on
season
12
of


The
Masked
Singer.

The
mystery
actress
was
sent
home
during
the
Fox
singing
competition
series’
Oct.
23
Barbie-themed
episode.
But
prior
to
the
unknown
celebrity’s
elimination,
she
teased
her
true
identity
to
the
audience
and
special
connection
to
the
iconic
toy
doll. 

“As
a
kid,
I
was
a
rich
target
for
others
to
tease,”
Chess
Piece
shared
in
a
video
package. “It
seemed
like
every
piece
of
me
was
something
others
could
poke
at.
And,
on
top
of
that,
I
loved
Barbie.
But
the
part
that
hurt
was
that
I
wasn’t
allowed
to
play
with
her.”

The
star
added, “The
criticism
and
scrutiny
continued
over
the
years
and
made
me
question
everything
I
love
about
myself.”

“So,
I
had
to
take
control
of
my
own
board
and
the
one
thing
that
helped
me
heal
was
the
one
thing
I
was
missing
all
along:
Barbie,”
she
recounted. “I
started
buying
them
for
myself
and
realized
it’s
never
too
late
to
have
a
happy
childhood,
even
decades
later.
And
now,
they
even
modeled
one
after
me.
Barbie
can
be
anything.
She
made
me
and
every
woman
feel
like
we
can
be
anything
too.”