Leona Lewis says a ”merciless” remark a lady made about her look two years in the past would’ve broken her if she was youthful.
The ‘Bleeding Love’ hitmaker took to social media on Friday (06.12.19) after spending time mentoring teen hopefuls on ‘The X Factor: The Band’ to share the story in a bid to point out youngsters and younger ladies that individuals who make nasty feedback are the individuals with the problems.
Leona, 34, overheard a lady say ”she’s probably not fairly in actual life” when she was out for a meal with pals in 2017, and for a ”second” it actually hit ”a nerve”, however as an alternative of being indignant with the individual, she truly felt ”an ideal sense of disappointment” for them.
In a sequence of posts on her Instagram Stories, Leona shared: ”Been working with 16-18 yr previous women for the previous couple of days on Xfactor bands.
”I wish to share a narrative that occurred to me about 2 years in the past, that I feel is vital to place on the market was a lady wanting again.
”I used to be sitting in a restaurant with some pals having dinner and on the desk subsequent to me there have been 2 ladies having dinner that recongized me.
”One of them fairly loudly stated ”she’s not even fairly in actual life”.
”I bear in mind considered one of my pals being so outraged , and for a cut up second it touched a nerve in me.
”… But then all I bear in mind feeling was a deep sense of disappointment for the girl that stated it.
”I knew that someplace inside she felt that approach about herself, and I abruptly had a deep understanding for her ache and the truth that she needed to inflict it on one other individual as a result of she is hurting inside …. (sic)”
The ‘Better in Time’ singer stated that if she had been in her teenagers or twenties, she would have been badly affected by her phrases and would have probably ”subconsciously harmed” herself and go to excessive lengths to alter her look.
She continued: ”This is the results of society on the feminine consciousness and that is what we have to heal from a younger age.
”If I had heard these phrases as a teen or in my 20’s it might have minimize me so deep.
”I’d have subconsciously have harmed myself by choosing aside my options or crash weight-reduction plan or another madness that we’re offered to ”make us higher” via so many damaging mediums. (sic)”
Now in her thirties, Leona says it is best to only really feel ”pure love” for the bully and described that realisation as a ”stunning second”.
She concluded: ”As a lady in my 30’s I simply felt pure LOVE for this different girl.
”I wished to like her so arduous that she would by no means wish to say a merciless phrase about anybody or herself ever once more.
”I used to be overcome with that LOVE and understanding and it was a transcendent and delightful second I’ll always remember… (sic)”
