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Mel B on Happy Valley’s abuse plotline: ‘Glassy-eyed and battered – I was that woman’

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Melanie Brown went through a 10-year abusive marriage. She wrote about it in her book Brutally Honest, because no one talked about it. More than 60 per cent of abused women self-medicate because their lives are hell. So when Mollie Winnard appeared on screen glassy eyed and battered, with low-level terror seeping from her pores, this was a woman I was.

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Mel B on Happy Valley’s abuse plotline: ‘Glassy-eyed and battered – I was that woman’

Former Spice Girl Mel B felt her blood run cold as she watched the latest series of Sally Wainwright’s BBC drama. As someone who experienced domestic abuse in her own marriage, she writes about why it’s vital for mainstream shows to explore the subject

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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