Lily Collins Was In An Emotionally Abusive Relationship

And you would possibly know that she’s been married to filmmaker Charlie McDoeffectively since 2021.

In a current episode of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast, Lily revealed that she was in an emotionally abusive relationship previous to being with Charlie.

Emily says that it felt like the person who she was in a relationship with “chose” her and that she modified her personal habits because of this.

“I leaned into what it was that he wanted me to be like,” she said. “Wanted me to say or not say. Wear, not wear. Do, not do. There was a lot of control. A lot of emotional abuse.”

Lily stated that the person she was in a relationship with would name her “Little Lily,” and he would additionally demean her appears to be like and name her misogynistic slurs.

“He’d use terrible phrases about me by way of what I used to be carrying and would name me a whore and all these items,” she stated.

As a results of how she was handled, Lily stated she “turned fairly silent and cozy in silence and feeling like I needed to make myself small to really feel tremendous secure.”

Lily additionally stated that the stress from the connection actually made her bodily sick and that she was solely capable of get well from the expertise after getting into remedy.

Lily additionally shared how she and Charlie have prioritized wholesome communication and habits of their relationship.

“We do talk and discuss a lot that he would be the first particular person to be like ‘You know that’s not regular, proper?’ Or ‘that’s fairly fucked up’ or ‘that should really feel bizarre.'”