Rebecca Ferguson claims she was ‘bullied’ in her career, ‘called a black face’ and had her ‘music blocked’ in Twitter message to fans
Singer has issued a lengthy statement and made a number of claims about her time as a musician in the entertainment industry
REBECCA Ferguson has made a number of serious claims about her experience of being in the entertainment industry.
The 34-year-old singer also alleged she was told “they want you because you’re a black face” and said her “music was blocked” during her time in the limelight.
Rebecca did not state who she was speaking about in the post which she tweeted earlier this evening.
The lengthy post started with Rebecca telling her fans the post was “”.
She went on to tell fans “My story” and wrote:” On the surface, my career would appear to have been at times a dream come true. However, the reality of the abuses I have suffered behind the scenes is a completely different tale and one of abuse, bullying and the total misuse of power.”
Rebecca then claimed she was “forced to sign a contract” and when she tried to say no says she was told “if you do not sign it you will not have a career...”
Rebecca then opened up about finding pre-cancerous cells in her body which she says caused her to collapse.
She told her fans: “Over this period I became very, ill I had a physical collapse, and medical staff told me “your body has given up.”
“I then went on to have tests that showed I had pre-cancerous cells. I collapsed three times and started to see and feel myself lose who I was, but still, I felt I had to smile in interviews to maintain how amazing my life was but in actual reality I was unhappy.”
In her statement she went on to say that she suffered mental “abuse” and warned it was “killing her”.
She wrote: “One day sitting in a hotel room feeling like my life was not worth living, I wrote to them, saying stop! Please stop! This is going to kill me! On that same day, they continued to up the [ante] and sent me a barrage of letters and emails.
“With nowhere to turn, as all those around me had been threatened and told they must not help me. The abuse turned much worse.
“I was afraid and broken how could a woman like me fight this. In the end I had to accept defeat!”
Rebecca continued to claim she was told she couldn’t cancel a commitment to see her mother who was “very ill” and when tried to stop a gig was told she couldn’t.
The statement went on: The oppression had reached it’s absolute worst when I was called and told I had to do something that compromised my integrity I was requested to do a gig and told.
“They want you because you’re a black face. You need to do it. Nobody gives a s**t about you what else are you going to do?”
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She ended her statement by saying: I have written this statement today unable to stay silent anymore however still fearful and also at a great risk to my future career in music but choosing to exercise my human right of freedom of speech and human expression, this is something I cannot continue to run away from I refuse to operate in fear.
“I will not be silenced I will not be forced to sign words I do not mean...
“I will stand true to my convictions I will not be bullied.”
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