You may remember Duffy as the bluesy singer of “Mercy”, (song at the bottom of the page), that was at the top of the charts in 2008.
She hasn’t been around for the last few years and even though you may not have noticed, when you hear “Mercy” again you instantly think “what happened to this chick? She’s great!”
Well now we know. Duffy took to Instagram for her first and only post to break the terrifying story to her fans.
“You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this,” she starts. Here’s the entire post:
You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this. The way I would write it, how I would feel thereafter. Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk. I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why. A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak. The truth is, and please trust me I am ok and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days. Of course I survived. The recovery took time. There’s no light way to say it. But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine. You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken? And slowly it unbroke. In the following weeks I will be posting a spoken interview. If you have any questions I would like to answer them, in the spoken interview, if I can. I have a sacred love and sincere appreciation for your kindness over the years. You have been friends. I want to thank you for that x
DuffyPlease respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience.
So now, of course, I am anxiously awaiting more details on the event. Nothing too gruesome, unless that’s what is cathartic for her. But I hope to learn if the attacker has stood trial for his crime and if she has anything she learned in this horrific event to pass on to the rest of us. Things to look out for or how she got free.
I wish her the absolute best for her as she reveals this part of herself to the masses.