The mother who hit her. The nights in the squats. The “Dancing with the Stars” contestant tells our newspaper about her redemption
Ema Stokholma, the radio host and Dancing with the Stars competitor, reveals on TODAY’s newsstand Thursday how the show has fundamentally changed her: “I’ve been following a path of analysis for many years and I realized that there was a wall : I did not accept my picture. The tattoos, the pink hair is a way to hide my body… everything changed in a couple of weeks. It’s like discovering that I have a body, an attitude, a sensuality ». – Photo | Video
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“I LOVE TO UNDERSTAND” – Then she talks about childhood trauma, with an inadequate mother who hit her: «My mother is gone and she has never apologized to me, there is no need to forgive her. I preferred to understand her, to feel empathy for her. Forgiving would mean: Okay, I’m starting from scratch, but no. I remember everything that was done to me and my brother. But now I know that she too was a victim, she was not well ». And the difficulties of the past: “I squatted, slept in squats because I was fed up with following the rules of society, I hit rock bottom and then I said to myself: That’s enough, I want to go there, Where there is light, where is the air that I want to breathe. I’ll never get lost again.’
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“BETTER SUN” – Looking to the future, he finally admits to TODAY: “Being single is the only way to be happy. I don’t need anything, I’m independent, it’s hard for me to let anyone enter this paradise that I built, that is my life ». And then: «I regret doing the tattoos, I’m trying to erase them all, even if it will be impossible. If I can give you any advice, don’t do it.”
The full interview is available on newsstands today
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