Angela Simmons Details Experience Of ‘Jumping Out Of Moving Cars’ In Past Abusive Relationship
While appearing as a guest on Taraji P. Henson’s Facebook Watch series “Peace of Mind with Taraji,” Angela Simmons opens up about her harrowing experience being in an abusive relationship.
The episode covered the topic, “Why Do Women Stay in Hurtful Relationships?”where Taraji even talked about her past. However, during the show, Simmons shared that she “dealt with somebody with a temper and I didn’t know. It started off as small things, and next thing you know, stuff is getting thrown at me, I’m against the wall, or I’m jumping out of moving cars because I’m afraid or I’m calling cops,” she shared. “I never thought in a million years I was going to be that person.” She added, “When I was going through it I was like, this is insane. And at the same time, you’re not wanting to tell no one around you because you’re in a relationship with the person and you don’t want them to judge them. In a weird way, you’re still guarding them but going through it yourself.”
She went on to explain that because she was so in love at the time, she didn’t notice the red flags. “I didn’t fully see it until it was too late. Once you’re like knee-deep in a relationship and you’re like, is this really my life?” Simmons didn’t share who her abuser was but has been linked to several well-known people in the past.
Simmons shared that she was able to cope with what she went through when the relationship came to an end: “Eventually there’s a mechanism where you just start blocking stuff out because you realize how much if effects you mentally. It shook me up. I felt horrible after it all.”
The Growing Up Hip-Hop reality star’s last relationship was with her late ex-fiancé Sutton Tennyson, who she has a 5-year-old son with.
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