New York:
Multiple Grammy winning singer Mary J Blige has opened up about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child, saying that it has haunted her all her life.
Discussing a painful past with VH1's Behind the Music, the 40-year-old singer said the episode left her feeling worthless and ashamed, reported New York Daily News.
"When I was five years old I was molested. I remember feeling, literally right before it happened, I just could not believe that this person was going to do this to me," Blige, said of the abuse by a family friend.
"That thing followed me all my life. The shame of thinking my molestation was my fault - it led me to believe I wasn't worth anything," she added.
The emotional pain grew and as a teenager Blige turned to men and drugs for escape.
But, the hip-hop and soul singer said finding love with husband Kendu was the push she needed to finally sober up.
"When I stopped drinking, it was will power. It was prayer. It was really hard. But most of all, I cared so much about [Kendu], I didn't want to be just this alcoholic burden on him," she said.
Discussing a painful past with VH1's Behind the Music, the 40-year-old singer said the episode left her feeling worthless and ashamed, reported New York Daily News.
"When I was five years old I was molested. I remember feeling, literally right before it happened, I just could not believe that this person was going to do this to me," Blige, said of the abuse by a family friend.
"That thing followed me all my life. The shame of thinking my molestation was my fault - it led me to believe I wasn't worth anything," she added.
The emotional pain grew and as a teenager Blige turned to men and drugs for escape.
But, the hip-hop and soul singer said finding love with husband Kendu was the push she needed to finally sober up.
"When I stopped drinking, it was will power. It was prayer. It was really hard. But most of all, I cared so much about [Kendu], I didn't want to be just this alcoholic burden on him," she said.
