Mary J. Blige used to think she was ugly.
In a new interview with an Australian newspaper, the Family Affair hitmaker admits she was insecure about the way she looked.
Blige also claimed she suffered physical beatings from former boyfriend, singer K-Ci Hailey.
I used to think I was ugly,” she said. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn’t love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I’ve seen squirrels, I’ve seen a bird, I’ve seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I’ve learned to say: ‘You know what? I am a beautiful black woman’.
I beat alcohol dependence and drug addiction. A lot happened to me during my childhood. As I got older, these things resurfaced. In order to deal with it and in order to cope without it hurting so bad, I drowned it in alcohol and drugs. It lessened the pain for that moment. I started at 16 years old. By the time I got into the music business, it was bigger than me.
I overcame an abusive relationship by learning to love myself.
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