Rebecca Ferguson

Former X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson has claimed execs fed her 'pills before bed' at the height of her success, making her life 'hell'.

I collapsed in a lift and my head hit the floor’, she shared. But I’d get given tablets and I’d get put to bed after I’d done all my work’, she said, adding that those higher up would ‘shout’ at her ‘like I was a child’. Or they use their power, money and influence to bury the story.’ So basically I fell out with these people and it had a massive, massive effect on my career.’ The mum-of-three became tearful as she continued: ‘I can honestly say that the past nine years of my life, although I’ve found happiness now, were torturous. No ambulance was called for me, no ambulance.’ ‘And then I had another interview and I collapsed, head hit the floor. ‘The doctor was so worried about me but it didn’t stop me working and I was just about to do an interview with Rolling Stone magazine but the interview was cancelled. She added that one of her albums, Freedom (released in 2013) was ‘blocked in some international territories, and one of those territories was the US’, with the block only lifted a couple of years ago. [X Factor](https://metro.co.uk/tag/the-x-factor/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1) star [Rebecca Ferguson](https://metro.co.uk/tag/rebecca-ferguson/) has [called for a crackdown on mistreatment in the music industry](https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/08/rebecca-ferguson-quits-music-to-campaign-against-bullying-artists-15735158/) over recent years, and has now opened up about more alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of executives. She shared a series of videos on her TikTok account, speaking candidly about her time in the industry: ‘A few years ago I had an issue with two quite major people in the music industry and my life was a living hell from that day when I decided to stick up for myself and not take any BS. While she didn’t name names of the individuals, she continued: ‘I really peeved off two people in the music industry who had quite a lot of power and influence, and were able to hinder my career.’