Emma Daumas (Star Academy 2) reveals having been a victim of domestic violence

Monday October 14, several celebrities were on the set of It starts today on France 2 to talk about a specific theme: “These artists who have learned to live with their flaws”.

Depressive phases and alcohol addiction

After the testimonies of Keen’V and Ycare, Emma Daumas, semi-finalist of the second season of the Star Academywon by Nolwenn Leroy, took the floor to recount his experience after leaving the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys. “There were very beautiful things and much more difficult things to experience. At the age of 18 I went from being absolutely anonymous to becoming famous overnight,” she explained to Faustine Bollaert. .

A very violent former companion

After his participation in the Star AcEmma Daumas went through “depressive phases” and “addictions to partying and alcohol” for eight long years. At the time, the singer was trying as best she could to “fill a void”. “I really had to fall very low to get out of it,” she confided. “8 years after the Star AcademyI had a phase of self-destruction. Until staying in a toxic relationship, with domestic violence.” Emma Daumas had never spoken about this subject: “It’s the first time I’ve said it. It’s an integral part of my story and my journey so I have to start accepting it.”

The singer left her partner when she realized she was in danger. “It went that far. I had to see myself die, and a friend tell me: ‘Actually, now you have to run away because otherwise you’re going to die,'” -she remembered. “And when I had this awareness, it was the beginning of the survival instinct which makes us go back up.” After managing to extricate herself from this toxic relationship, Emma Daumas traveled all over the world and made friends with “people who didn’t look at her as a star”. She then met the man of her life with whom she had two children, now aged 5 and 11.