Charlie Ebersol and Britney Spears
Charlie Ebersol believes that if he had not gone through what he had gone through in his personal life he would not have been prepared to be in a relationship with Britney Spears.
Ebersol and Spears have been dating since the beginning of November and the entrepreneur has credited the singer with having an ‘enormous’ heart.
Ebersol may be a huge business success, but he suffered from bullying when he was young, which left him feeling that he was not worthy of love.
Speaking to People Magazine, he said: "My personal life is my personal life, but I will say this: If I had not gone through what I've gone through, I would not have been prepared to be in a relationship of any kind, much less in one with someone like Britney, who has the enormous heart that she does have.
"I was bullied very badly in high school. I was a very successful kid. I sold my first company at a young age. There was a lot of misplaced rage in high school towards me.
“My brothers and sisters identified it as bullying, but I didn't at the time. What was amazing to me was I started feeling I wasn't worthy of being loved...I ended up blocking this from my memory."
Charlie - who is the son of 'Saturday Night Live' co-creator Dick Ebersol and actress Susan Saint James - was speaking to promote his fourth 'NFL Characters United' documentary which shows NFL stars revealing personal stories of overcoming prejudice and bullying, and said he hopes the programme inspires people to embrace themselves.
He told People magazine: "I can't imagine. Everybody deserves to be loved. My hope is that lesson shines forth in this documentary, and in life."
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