Singer Duffy Reveals She Was “Raped, Drugged And Held Captive”

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The Welsh soul singer Duffy on Tuesday attributed her lengthy musical hiatus to a violent attack that noticed her “raped and drugged and held captive over some days.” The Grammy winner, who in 2011 mentioned she was once “taking a destroy” from the general public highlight, mentioned in an emotional Instagram publish that “I’m adequate and secure now” however that restoration “took time”. “There is no gentle method to say it. However I will be able to let you know within the final decade, the tens of millions of days I dedicated to short of to really feel the light in my middle once more, the solar does now shine,” the 35-year-old posted.

“You surprise why I didn’t make a choice to make use of my voice to precise my ache? I didn’t wish to display the sector the disappointment in my eyes. I requested myself, how can I sing from the center whether it is damaged? And slowly it unbroken,” she added.

The singer-songwriter discovered world popularity after freeing her debut album Rockferry in 2008, which received a Grammy for Absolute best Pop Vocal Album. In 2009, the artist born Aimee Anne Duffy additionally received 3 Brit awards.

She mentioned in Tuesday’s social media publish that she had determined to wreck her silence over her trauma after giving an interview to an unnamed journalist final summer season and would start “posting a spoken interview” within the weeks to come back. “You probably have any questions I wish to solution them, within the spoken interview, if I will be able to,” she mentioned and added: “I’ve a sacred love and honest appreciation on your kindness through the years. You’ve gotten been pals.”

You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this. The way I would write it, how I would feel thereafter. Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk. I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why. A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak. The truth is, and please trust me I am ok and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days. Of course I survived. The recovery took time. There’s no light way to say it. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine. You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken? And slowly it unbroke. In the following weeks I will be posting a spoken interview. If you have any questions I would like to answer them, in the spoken interview, if I can. I have a sacred love and sincere appreciation for your kindness over the years. You have been friends. I want to thank you for that x Duffy Please respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience.

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In 2013, the singer carried out in an Edith Piaf tribute live performance in New York and contributed track to the 2015 movie Legend, wherein she performed a task.

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