While speaking on Sanyu FM’s Hit Selector over the weekend, socialite-cum-business-woman, Zari Hassan poured out her heart. She revealed that she endured an abusive relationship while with Ivan till she could not take anymore.
” Ivan was not really a bad guy. I think he was so obsessed. He was really obsessed with me. I went to some point that it went physical then nasty physical. It came to a point where I had to decide whether I was going to stay in that kind of life. I really tried to work on it. The many times I would book a counselor, he would pay but fail to turn up. I tried another person, he had our families, elders, coming together”, she revealed.
She stated that people were quick to judge her and call her all sorts of names after moving on and dating a number of guys here and there. She stated that she would not just walk out over frivolous matters.
“People always judge. People are quick to judge. I was the one trying to keep this relationship together. We had our life going. I stayed in a very abusive relationship until I was like no, I cannot continue. It reached a point, when he would say, if you wanna leave you will have to go through the balcony and literally, he would face me down the balcony”, she opened up.
She further revealed that by the time of the death of her late husband, they enjoyed a friendly relationship.
“It was a very hard time but with time comes healing and forgiving. When he was passing on, we were really good friends. I would joke about the girls he is dating. He would joke about Diamond”, she stated.