Content warning: This story discusses domestic abuse.
Joss Stone is getting vulnerable about a difficult time in her life.
The SuperHeavy vocalist recently spoke out about her past experience in an abusive relationship after receiving a question from a fan for an upcoming episode of her A Cuppa Love podcast, sharing that she related to so strongly she didn’t want to wait to record her answer.
“It said, ‘I’m ready to leave him—help,’” Joss explained in an August 17 Instagram post, adding that reading it made her “take a breath.”
After sharing a preview of the unreleased episode in which her guest Rabbi Shais Taub toldthe anonymous listener to care for themselves as they would their own child, the Grammy winner shared why she felt the question was so important to get answered right away.
“I was in a relationship like this one,” Joss explained in a separate post. “I had tried to leave him—I can’t tell you how many times. Each time, it felt like it was getting more and more dangerous.”
Indeed, the 38-year-old went on to detail a moment where her ex-partner threw her out in the rain in nothing but a T-shirt, before manipulating her into returning after she tried to run away.
“I was able to leave him because I’m a touring musician,” Joss recalled. “I used to go on the road to do my job and I just decided to never go back. That was actually easy.”
And the mom of four—who wed Cody DaLuz in 2023—emphasized that it was her ghosting her partner that was the only way she could actually get away from him.
“I don’t need to be noble and kind and break up with him face to face,” she added. “I tried to do that many, many times and it was extremely dangerous.”
The “Right to Be Wrong” singer went on to add in the same post’s caption why she felt compelled to share such a personal story.
“I’m telling this story to highlight the fact that we are not alone, sadly it is super common,” she wrote. “Don’t let it become your identity, don’t let it crush your beautiful spirit. Only a coward abuses a woman. He is weak, you are strong. That’s why he is trying to make you feel small. Men that abuse women are little b—hes. Full stop.”
To the person who wrote to her, she added, “It’s time to go. So pack that bag. Make your plan and execute it with grace and class and precision.”
