The singer Duffy, in April 2008. - Danny Moloshok / AP / SIPA

On Tuesday, singer Duffy revealed that she had been "raped, drugged and kidnapped for a few days". It does not specify the period during which the events took place.

"I'm ok and safe now" but "it took a while," wrote the singer, who announced "taking a break" from her music career in 2011, on her Instagram account.

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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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“There is no easy way to say it. But I can tell you that for the past decade I have promised myself that I will want to feel the sun shine in my heart and the sun is shining now, ”added the 35-year-old singer.

Duffy decided to break the silence after a reporter contacted her. "He managed to reach me and I told him everything last summer. He was nice and it was great to finally speak. "

"I didn't want to show the sadness in my eyes"

"You wonder why I didn't choose to use my voice to express my pain?" She suggested in her post. I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I wondered how to sing with my heart if it's broken? And slowly it repaired itself. ".

"In the coming weeks, I will post an interview," she warned her audience. If you have any questions, I would like to answer them, if I can. "

Duffy won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2008 with Rockferry . In 2009, she won three Brit Awards. The songs Mercy and Warwick Avenue are among his greatest hits.

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