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Singer Leony spreads a good mood with her songs. But when she was in school, she was bullied. She still can’t forget the spells and attacks.
In this year’s DSDS jury, singer Leony, 25, is the sunshine. While Dieter Bohlen and Katja Krasavice are publicly bickering, she stays out. She almost always has a nice word ready for the candidates and sometimes lets candidates pass who may not have convinced her completely at the first attempt. Their songs, which are played on almost every radio program, also spread a good mood.
But Leony has had difficult times: she was bullied at school. In an exclusive interview with star she reveals: “Children can be so cruel. They don’t even know what they’re doing. But it can be really bad and it’s always been for me. It’s continued throughout my school career. I had friends without I wouldn’t have survived that.”
Even as a schoolgirl, she dreamed of starting out as a singer and making a career. Her classmates knew that too. And that’s exactly where they started their bullying attacks.
DSDS: Leony was bullied at school by her classmates
“There were many who said: You can’t do it with singing anyway and you’ll come back to the village humbled because you’ve failed,” says Leony. “There were also rumors so that others would bully me about it. For example, that I insured my vocal cords for a million euros in seventh grade or that I have a list of people who can be friends with me. If it’s not on it, you can’t be friends with me. Of course, that was complete nonsense.”
To this day, Leony cannot forget what happened to her when she was at school. But when she comes to her home town of Chammünster, a small Bavarian town, things are different. In the meantime, she also has numerous fans at home who look up to her: when children and young people see their car parked in their parents’ driveway, they come to ring the bell, bring gifts, and want autographs. “They excitedly talk about it the next day at school.”
In accordance with her sunny temperament, Leony tries to find something positive in her difficult school days. “Now I’m thinking: maybe that wasn’t so bad, because it prepared me for life now. Today, hate comments just bounce off me. I made something good out of the bad and it made me stronger.”
Source: Stern
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