In a new interview with Louis Theroux, FKA twigs opened up about the importance of speaking out about her relationship with Shia LaBeouf, which she said in a 2020 lawsuit consisted of "relentless abuse."

Speaking with Theroux for an episode of Grounded, twigs—who's since received public support from LaBeouf collaborators Sia and Alma Har'el—said LaBeouf would often pick fights with her in the late hours of the night and into the early morning if she failed to meet a "quota" of kisses and touches.

"He would start an argument with me, berated me for hours, make me feel like the worst person ever," she said, adding that these fights left her with PTSD.

"I was left with PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder from that, which again is just something that I don't think we really talk about as a society just in terms of the healing when leaving, and how much work that has to be done to recover, to get back to the person that you were before," she said.

After a fight (also mentioned in the lawsuit) during which LaBeouf allegedly threatened to crash the car and "ended up basically strangling" her, twigs said she reached out to a helpline for women in abusive situations. The resulting conversation, she said, was a "massive wake-up call" and quickly inspired her to start talking with her friends and a therapist. Within a few months, she was able to leave the situation.

"This is something that was completely unexpected," twigs said of the relationship. "I never thought something like this would happen to me… When I'm older, if I have a daughter, I want to be able to say, 'This thing happened to me. And I dealt with it.'"

FKA twigs also pointed to the importance of raising awareness about how hard it is to leave an abusive situation, as well as reflected on the new album she's made during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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F*** him

anybody who thinks twigs is a liar can f*** themselves on god. yall defend shia all you want but that jitt been f***ed up for a minute

F*** Shia and everyone who loves him

Extremely sad, she deserves so much better.

stop f***ing with those white boys and come back home

what happened to even stevens man smh

Very sad and unsurprising considering the details of that NY Times article

trauma from abuse is hell, only wishin the best for twigs as she gets through this

LaBeouf would often pick fights with her in the late hours of the night and into the early morning if she failed to meet a "quota" of kisses and touches.

As f***ed up as this is the visual got me in shambolix

How are you short and abusive pick a struggle

This man needs to seek real help before he kills someone fr

On god. F*** shia

Weird man, needs help

Shia didnt even deny it lmfao dude guilty af

F*** him.

Be prepared for some of the loser KTT users to say "we gotta hear his side of the story first"

calling shia a jit is hilarious

f*** that nigga though lol