Rebecca Humphries
Bryony Gordon's Mad World
The Telegraph
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In 2018, Rebecca Humphries was thrust into the spotlight when her boyfriend cheated on her very publicly with his Strictly dance partner. Seeing your partner snogging someone else on the front page of a tabloid might not be the ideal way to discover you've been cheated on, but Humphries has come to realise it was the best thing that could ever have happened to her. Set free from an emotionally abusive relationship, she was able to finally live the life she wanted to... with amazing results.
Rebecca joins Bryony to discuss her book about the painful but valuable lessons she learnt through the very public disintegration of her long term relationship, from the impact of Little Mo in Eastenders and Disney, to learning your own worth.
Why Did You Stay? by Rebecca Humphries |
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| 0:00.0 | The telegraph. Podcasts. |
| 0:13.0 | Today's guest is an actress and writer who found herself thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. |
| 0:19.0 | In 2018, Rebecca Humphrey's toxic five-year relationship ended when her boyfriend, who was appearing on Strictly Come Dancing, |
| 0:26.0 | was splashed across the front pages of tabloids snogging his dance partner. |
| 0:30.0 | He had repeatedly called her nuts when she questioned where he was that night, which also happened to be her birthday. |
| 0:36.0 | Rebecca's dignified response is the stuff of Twitter legend. |
| 0:39.0 | This whole business has served to remind me that I'm a strong, capable person who is now free and no victim she wrote on the platform shortly after the news broke. |
| 0:48.0 | I have a voice and we'll use it by saying this to any woman out there who deep down feels worthless and trapped with a man they love. |
| 0:55.0 | Believe in yourself and not your instincts. |
| 0:58.0 | Despite everything, I hope he gets what he wants from this. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm not sorry, I took the cap, though. |
| 1:04.0 | Now, Rebecca has written a book about what she learned from the experience. |
| 1:08.0 | Why did you stay a memoir about self-worth? |
| 1:11.0 | It's just, I'm going to swear already, it's going to be an absolute fucking classic. |
| 1:16.0 | It's required reading for all women and men, and I believe it's going to be the work of 2022. |
| 1:22.0 | Rebecca Humphries, welcome to Mad World. |
| 1:25.0 | Hello. |
| 1:26.0 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:28.0 | What an introduction. |
| 1:29.0 | Oh my god. |
| 1:30.0 | I almost forgot to ask the question, which I have to ask everyone who comes on this. |
| 1:34.0 | It's getting a bit dated now. |
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