FKA twigs claimed in a new interview that she was left behind at PTSD after divorcing Shia LaBeouf a month after she filed a lawsuit against the actor for ‘ruthless abuse’.
The 33-year-old British singer – real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett – appeared on the Grounded With Louis Theroux podcast on Monday when she boldly explained her relationship with the 34-year-old actor.
On December 11, 2020, she sued him for physical, mental and emotional abuse. LaBeouf said at the time that many allegations against him were untrue, but added that he “must accept responsibility for the things I did”.
The two met in 2018 on the set of his movie Honey Boy, while she claimed on the podcast that they had an intense honeymoon period before things started to change.
Her side of the story: FKA twigs (seen in February 2020) claimed in a new interview that she was left behind at PTSD after a month after she filed a lawsuit against the actor for ‘relentless abuse’ of Shia LaBeouf divorced.
twigs began to become aware of the fact that he was ‘becoming jealous’ when she noticed the ‘little things you could do wrong that could take away happiness’.
“For me, it was nice to be with a waiter or to be polite to someone who could be seen as flirting or wanting some kind of relationship with someone else when I was literally just ordering pasta and being polite.
‘I was told I knew what he was like, and if I loved him, I would not look men in the eye. So it was my reality for a good four months towards the end of the relationship, that I could not look men in the eye. ‘
She further explained that she would look at the ground if she were in public together and even began to separate from her friends and family.
Back in the day: The 33-year-old British singer – real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett – appeared on the Grounded With Louis Theroux podcast on Monday as she boldly explains her relationship with the 34-year-old actor, as they are seen together. back in November 2018
Twigs explained, “I just lived a lot of regiment and contained the life that I thought had the least trouble.”
She also claimed that she was expected to meet a daily amount of love and even said that LaBeouf expected her to kiss a certain number of times and repeat how much she cared for him, but on one or the other otherwise it was not enough.
The Mirrored Heart hitmaker said: ‘He will wake me up at night to accuse me of all sorts of things.
“Accuse me of staring at the ceiling and thinking of ways to leave him … accuse me of wanting to be with someone else, but it always will be – I would say between four and seven o’clock.”
Legal battle: On December 11, 2020, she (seen in January 2020) sued him for physical, mental and emotional abuse. LaBeouf said at the time that many allegations against him were untrue, but added that he “must accept responsibility for the things I did”.
Twigs claims it all took a while for her even after their relationship ended.
She said: ‘For a long time everything that woke me up at night, even if it was just my dog, or a noise outside, or just going to the bathroom, could cause a very intense panic attack.
‘I was left behind with PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder] out of it, which again is just something I do not think we really talk about as a society, just in terms of healing when you leave, and how much work needs to be done to recover, to get back to the person who you were before. ‘
The talented artist said she could never have imagined going through her relationship with LaBeouf before.
She said: ‘All I can do is just think of myself when I’m 50 years old [and] I have children, I think about what I want to stand for.
“It simply came to our notice then. I never thought something like this would happen to me … when I’m older, when I have a daughter, I want to be able to say, ‘This thing happened to me. And I handled it. ‘It’s a great thing to heal in public and have to do it in front of everyone, but I can do it. I’m a big girl and can do it. ‘
Twigs also said she thinks it’s really impossible to leave him.
Project: The two met in 2018 on the set of his movie Honey Boy when she claimed on the podcast that they had an intense honeymoon before things started to change
She explained: “I feel so controlled and feel so confused and feel so low under myself that the fear of going away and knowing that I have to do all this work just to feel good again was absolutely overwhelming.”
On December 11, 2020, FKA branches filed a lawsuit against Shia, accusing the actor of “ruthless abuse”.
The case, first reported by The New York Times, was filed in Los Angeles Supreme Court with the singer alleging that Shia physically and sexually assaulted and battered her.
The British artist claims that he knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease during her long-term relationship.
The ex started dating in 2018 after she was cast in his movie Honey Boy and divorced them in the spring of 2019, with the singer saying she found the courage to leave him with the help of a therapist.
‘He will wake me up at night to accuse me of all sorts of things’: Teigs (seen in January 2019) also claims that she is expected to meet a daily amount of love and even said that LaBeouf expects from her to give her a kiss. certain times and repeated how much she cared for him several times, but somehow it was not enough
In the court documents, FKA alleged that he had a gun next to his bed while they slept, and feared that he would shoot her if she went to the bathroom and thought she was an intruder, as well as an allegation that he grabbed her arm ‘to the point of bruising’ and ‘violently’ her as she tried to move out.
She also alleged that he threw her against a car at a gas station and harassed her in public.
“What I went through with Shia was the worst thing I’ve ever done in my entire life,” she told The New York Times via People. “I do not think people would ever think that this would happen to me. But I think that’s the thing. It can happen to anyone. ‘
Shia told The New York Times’ many ‘of the allegations are not true, and that he’ has no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, but only rationalizations. I have insulted myself and everyone around me for years. I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I am ashamed of that history and am sorry for those I have hurt. There’s nothing else I can really say. ‘
The actor also said he was giving the women ‘the opportunity to make their statements public and accept responsibility for the things I did’, according to NYT.
Shia also told NYT that he was currently in therapy and in a 12-step program, although he was ‘not cured of my PTSD and alcoholism’.