‘Truth Hurts’—Lizzo & 5 Other Famous Black Women Who’ve Shared Their Mental Health Struggles - Page 3
3. Michelle Williams
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The Destiny’s Child member and Broadway actress revealed in February 2025 that her mental health struggles with depression led her to quit her role in the Broadway show, Once On This Island.
“Back in 2018, I had to leave a Broadway show because of my mental health,” Williams said during her Feb. 3 appearance on Good Morning America. “I thought that door was closed for me to return on Broadway. I thought I blew it. I thought I’d be seen as a liability.”
“I wasn’t as well as I probably should have been, and it just got to the point where I had to check out of the show,” the 43-year-old singer recalled. “To me, that was two blows in the same year. Checking into a treatment facility for depression and then checking out of show, still, because of it.”
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