Amelle Berrabah wishes she could go back in time and tell herself not to “take any s**t”.
The singer joined girl band Sugababes in 2005, but has admitted she hasn’t always enjoyed being in the group. She had a fraught relationship with Keisha Buchanan, who was asked to leave last year, resulting in her spending time at a health retreat in Austria as she tried to sort herself out.
Keisha left after Amelle and bandmate Heidi Range said they were quitting as they could no longer deal with her. Amelle is now much happier, but wishes she hadn’t put up with as much as she did. “If I could go back I’d tell myself, ‘Don’t take no s**t, girl!’ All I did was be nice,” she said. “I’m almost embarrassed because I’m a grown woman and I never usually let anyone walk over me.”
Amelle also parted ways with her long-term boyfriend Freddie Fuller last year. She admits the split was tough, explaining she even changed her phone number because she wanted time away from him to regroup.
One of the toughest things was return to the dating scene. Amelle and Freddie were together for six years, and she could barely remember how to talk to men let alone flirt.
“I’d only had one proper boyfriend. I didn’t go out with guys at school because I’m from a traditional family and I’m really shy,” she told Company magazine. “My first date since the split was scary – I was shaking, being so clumsy and I couldn’t eat!”
-MusicRooms
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