Halle Bailey is opening up about her struggles with psychological well being following what she calls DDG’s efforts to “humiliate” her of their custody battle.
Supply: Allen Berezovsky
Final month, Bailey obtained a short lived restraining order and full custody of child Halo forward of her court docket listening to with DDG. The listening to was set for June 4, however was delayed after the streamer filed a competing custody case early this month. In his submitting, he offered textual content messages that highlighted Halle’s alleged historical past of threatening self-harm, claiming she’s not match to handle their youngster.
Now, Halle has responded to these claims, insisting that her ex-boyfriend’s claims “exaggerated, lied and misconstrued for the court docket, not solely the historical past of our relationship, however our parenting and my psychological well being.” She went on to emphasise that she is on the market and totally able to caring for his or her son, Halo.
“I’ve been very vocal about my nervousness, despair, and former ideas of suicide,” Bailey wrote in her declaration, per Billboard. “With out waiving the psychotherapist-patient privilege and physician-patient privilege, I’ve reached out to my physician and obtained therapy to deal with these points. I’ve been and stay 100% out there and succesful as a dad or mum to our son, Halo.”
Bailey went on to level out {that a} majority of the psychological well being incidents DDG cited in his submitting occurred in 2022 and 2023, saying his habits throughout that interval is what made her so “emotionally devastated.” She additionally emphasised the truth that her ex by no means questioned her parenting talents till the day the court docket scheduled a listening to for her abuse allegations.
“Had Darryl actually been involved about my parenting, he would have taken motion previous to this time,” Bailey wrote. “That is chilly retribution to embarrass, humiliate and brought about me extra emotional misery.”
Halle breaking her silence comes after the YouTuber filed an emergency movement to stop her from taking Halo in another country forward of her scheduled journey to Italy on Saturday, June 7. A decide dismissed his petition to ban journey, however partially granted his momentary restraining order relating to bodily and verbal abuse.
As identified in her response, Halle has beforehand opened up about her journey into motherhood and fighting postpartum despair.
“I don’t know if any new mothers can relate, nevertheless it’s to the purpose the place it’s actually unhealthy, and it’s onerous for me to be separated from my child for greater than half-hour at a time earlier than I begin to sort of freak out,” she defined in a Snapchat video, in response to PEOPLE. “I really feel like a very totally different particular person. Once I look within the mirror, I simply really feel like I’m in an entire new physique. Like, I don’t know who I’m.”
DDG has additionally issued a considerably of a response within the public custody conflict, taking to X on June 5 to talk out. Late Thursday evening, he posted a tweet seemingly venting about being well-known, elevating some eyebrows as he threw in a comparability to Michael Jackson.
“now i understand how michael jackson felt being well-known.. s**t loopy,” he wrote.
Although the steamer didn’t clarify any additional, followers assumed he was referencing his custody battle with Halle Bailey. It’s not precisely clear what he meant with the comparability, however of us throughout social media known as DDG “delusional” for evaluating himself to somebody like Mike.
