“Something happened that prompted me to leave. If somebody does something to me that’s too much, I have no problem cutting them completely out of my life.”

She also added :

“I am thankful to him in a lot of ways. I have to forgive him for being so restrictive. With Tommy, it felt like I had this controlling situation where I wasn’t allowed to be myself.”

On her 2001 meltdown and hospitalization for exhaustion,she said :

“I’m far from perfect. I’m still learning,” she says. “I overworked myself, and I paid the price. I’m grateful to be alive.”

She continues, “I consider the breakdown a breakthrough. I needed to hit rock bottom. I needed to understand the cost of pushing so hard; fighting so hard against the system. But was I out of control at that moment? Yes.”