Singer and actor Paloma Religion has shared the harrowing story of a near-fatal encounter with a former companion, describing a violent assault that left her bodily and emotionally scarred.
Talking on the most recent episode of her Mad Unhappy Dangerous podcast, the 43-year-old revealed the traumatic expertise to visitor Ruby Wax, recalling a scary occasion from her youth.
‘This man, after I was youthful, attacked me very, very, very violently, and I almost died,’ she mentioned.
‘It was a high-speed automotive chase… he drove his automotive into the entrance of anyone’s home, smashed my driver’s aspect window in and pulled me out. I had a black eye and a smashed-up face.’
The singer defined that she later took out an injunction towards the person, however the previous caught up together with her years later in a second she described as weird and empowering.
‘Seven years later, I noticed him once more,’ she mentioned. On the time, she was working in an underwear store and feeling assured in her uniform when she observed him passing by.
‘He will get out of the automotive and says, “Can I take you for a drink after work? I really feel like we have to clear it up.” And I mentioned, “Yeah, I’d prefer to go.”‘
The pair met for a drink, however the tables had turned: ‘I let him communicate. I didn’t say very a lot. I requested him some questions. His solutions have been form of boring,’ she mentioned. ‘After which I simply mentioned, “I’m gonna go now.” And he mentioned, “Why?” I mentioned, “I discover you fairly boring.”‘
Paloma mentioned it marked a private victory: ‘I felt like I’d conquered one thing.’
That is considered one of many tales Paloma has mentioned on her podcast, which covers psychological well being, trauma, and identification with honesty and wit.
In the identical episode, Religion additionally provided a glimpse into her present love life, poking enjoyable at her personal romantic contradictions. After beforehand mocking Spencer Matthews for being ‘posh,’ she admitted to courting somebody from the same background.
‘Yeah, however I’ve now obtained a complicated boyfriend,’ she laughed. ‘Now I’m courting one – I’m sleeping with the enemy.’
Religion, who usually speaks about her working-class roots in Hackney, added cheekily: ‘I’m pondering of it extra like a social experiment.’
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