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The Irish Sun
07-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Emotional moment pop star reveals horrifying sexual assault by family friend when she was just eight years old
A BRITISH popstar has revealed the horror moment she was subject to a sexual assault aged just eight. The Brighton-based songstress spoke bravely about her ordeal at the hands of a family friend on Paul Carrick Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast. Advertisement 6 Popstar Caity Baser has revealed she was subject to a horrifying sexual assault by a family friend when she was just eight years old Credit: YouTube/We Need To Talk 6 X and Y singer Caity is best known for her music career Credit: Getty 6 Yet the chart star has now given a brave look into her private life Credit: Getty X and Y singer Caity Baser, 23, was inspired to become a singer after watching Katy Perry at London's O2. The chart star, known for tracks including Pretty Boys, began writing songs in lockdown. Her tune Average Student is about how mundane life is and amassed half a million views in less than a day after being uploaded to TikTok. She has already collaborated with Sigala, Mae Muller and Stefflon Don. Advertisement Yet away from her success on the music scene, she spoke frankly about her terrible childhood ordeal in the MAFS expert's latest podcast. Caity, who was born in Southampton, revealed the meaning behind her new track The Weight Of You and said the meaning was "a big one." Paul encouraged her to "throw a boundary" in the chat whenever she needed to as he raised how she was sexually assaulted at the age of eight, and to "say only what you are comfortable saying." Caity then confessed: "I was eight years old and I was out with my grandad and going back to his house and it was my grandad's next door neighbour that did it to me. Advertisement "Who I knew, and spent a lot of time together, and he was really lovely to me. Celebs Go Dating Paul Carrick Brunson agent reveals series of explosive bust-ups "My grandad parked the car up and just went inside because he [the neighbour] was like 'hi Caity are you OK' because that was normal." She then continued of the alleged perpetrator: "He started talking he sort of like grabbed me and pulled me in, and yeah. "That [sexual assualt] happened, I came out, and obviously was like 'that was wrong.' Advertisement "I went to my grandad and burst into tears and said 'take me home'." Caity then told how the ordeal had sadly strained her relationship with her grandfather. She broke down in tears as she suggested the incident had been where "all the issues with myself had stemmed from." Fans were quick to offer their support and praise Caity's candid approach. Advertisement One wrote: "Wow what a beautiful conversation and big up Caity for your honesty. Talking about these difficult conversations will help so many people." A second put: "This really spoke to me. I related a lot. Well done for speaking up x" A third then posted: "This interview is so powerful! Caity babes you are an inspiration." One then put: "This is everything these conversations are so important and all of the topics were handled with such grace and sensitivity. Advertisement "Thought I was going to have a little cry at my desk but you both created such a safe space!" CAITY BASER'S CHART HITS BRIT popstar Caity Baser has rocketed in popularity in the UK - yet what are her hits? The Brighton-based star, known for tracks including Pretty Boys, began writing songs in lockdown. Her tune Average Student is about how mundane life is and amassed half a million views in less than a day after being uploaded to TikTok. She has already collaborated with Sigala, Mae Muller and Stefflon Don. Her highest-charting hit is Pretty Boys which reached number 26 on the UK chart. Dance Around It, with Joel Corry, reached 61, while X and Y charted at 91. Feels This Good then peaked at 93. Her debut EP was Thanks For Nothing, See You Never SPEAK OUT Previously, Caity told how she funelled her own personal experiences into her songwriting. She admitted to Ticketmaster Discover it had been an evolving process and said: "I think it's because I spent so much of my life beating around the bush and sugar coating everything. "I was afraid I was gonna hurt someone's feelings, afraid to say how I actually felt. Advertisement "Now that I have a platform of people supporting me and telling me that they want me to tell them how I feel, why wouldn't I do it? "So I'm just like, 'Here's what happened, here's how I feel about it!'" 6 Caity told how her alleged abuser was a family friend Credit: YouTube/We Need To Talk 6 Caity was praised by fans for her honesty Credit: AP Advertisement
Daily Mirror
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Pretty Boys singer Caity Baser reveals secret family feud after 'blocking' her mum
The viral TikTok star, 23, also opens up about two harrowing sexual assault experiences as she talks to Paul C. Brunson on his hit podcast We Need To Talk TikTok star Caity Baser has revealed she has a secret family feud that saw her 'block' her mum, who she has not spoken to for TWO YEARS. In a heartbreaking new interview, Caity also details two harrowing experiences of sexual assault - and says she wants to use her platform as a 'voice for Gen Z' to be more outspoken about such difficult subjects. It comes a year after she bounced back from her troll hell as she took a stand against body-shamers. Speaking candidly to Paul C. Brunson on his hit podcast, We Need To Talk, the Pretty Boys singer, 23, explains the deep-rooted reasons that she decided to 'block' her mum: 'On paper, she was great - emotionally, not so much.' The relationship with her mum became strained when Caity turned 17 and asked if she could get a contraception implant, and says the conversation that followed left her feeling 'shamed'. Brit Award nominee Caity recalls: 'She was like: 'Why? Are you a s**g? Are you sleeping around? 'What are the boys going to say about you?' 'I literally remember being in the car being like: 'Oh my God!' 'Sex is a thing you should talk about with your kids. I had to have it with my dad - the birds and the bees conversation. 'My dad was like: 'So this is what happens….' I was laughing the whole way through it, and he was like: 'Right, so who was it then?' 'Because he knew I'd already done it. 'My mum would… just boys, relationships, anything - it was forbidden, taboo.' Caity was brought up on a council estate in Southampton with two big brothers, and says she had a 'great upbringing' and a 'lovely life'. Her brothers and dad bet her £50 that if she posted her first musical video, she would go viral - 'it went viral, but they never got their £50,' she laughs. However, she says she would love to go back in time and tell her mum she needs 'a floor of acceptance' from her mother and 'open communication' with her, 'without being shamed or s*** on'. However, the pair now 'don't talk' - and Caity feels the past two years have been 'peaceful' as a result. 'She's been blocked for like two years,' she explains to the Married at First Sight relationship expert. 'I wouldn't just not talk to her for no reason. It gets to a point where you're like: 'You literally make me so unhappy.' 'And if it was anybody else, I would have gotten rid of you years ago. But you're my mum, it's different.' However, she continues: 'It's her first time living too. And she's allowed to make mistakes. I'm cool with that - it's how you deal with it.' She adds: 'I saw her for the first time at my brother's wedding… a couple of months ago, was the first time I saw her. 'This is so sad, but it's been the most peaceful two years of my life without her… interfering with my brain.' Caity continues: 'I feel like it's just so far gone now - two years. When I saw her at the wedding it was just so weird. She was like: 'Oh look I love you.' And I was like: 'I love you.' 'And she was like: 'Do you though? Really? 'I was like: 'Oh God. I feel like I'm this big again and I'm going: 'Please mummy, love me.' Paul advises Caity to set out her feelings in a letter to attempt to reconcile with her mum. Elsewhere in the conversation, Caity details how her grandad's neighbour sexually assaulted her when she was eight years old, which she has written her track Weight of You about, which she says affected her relationship with her grandad. 'I feel like that's where all of my issues with myself and with relationships stem from,' she says. 'Because like when you're little, you trust an adult to do the right thing and make you feel safe. 'That's such a massive part of who I am, and the way I deal with things.' Caity says her dad 'cries every single time' he hears the song. Caity also reveals that her song Drank Me Dry was written about being raped by a friend she had been seeing romantically when she was 19. 'There were two separate occasions where it happened and I didn't want it to,' she explains. 'The whole song Drank Me Dry is like: 'It's so annoying because I really liked you and I really loved you and you were so much fun. And all it took was one night for you to be so weird and make me feel so uncomfortable and ruin everything. What was the point in that?' Caity recalls how she was 'pretty drunk' at the time, and stipulated that she did not want to have sex without a condom, but sobered up when the man started to have sex with her anyway. She continues: 'I never thought there was anything wrong with what happened to me." It took her a year to discuss the incident with her friend, who told her that what happened was not OK. 'I text him like a week later saying: 'By the way, I just thought you should know that that night… I remember everything that happened. 'I literally wrote it down, sent it to him and he went: 'We're gonna have to agree to disagree on this one, I don't think that's how it happened.' 'I've not spoken to him since. Awful.' As Caity describes how the man had seemed to assume they could have sex as they had done so before, Paul explains: 'This is also part of this ongoing myth that if you have had sex once, that it's consent forever. Absolutely not.' Caity now has aspirations to become an 'advocate' for victims of similar abuse. 'This is a specific topic that I am going to figure out how I can become an advocate around,' she says, adding that she 'loves' being considered to be 'the voice of Gen Z' and wants to use her platform for good. 'I'm personally going to continue to try to do more,' she says. 'Having these conversations are such a strong starts. 'I feel like if I am the voice of a lot of young people, then I will continue to talk about things that aren't often talked about. Those difficult topics. Because it's really important to have someone to look up to and go: 'That happened to me.'' To speak to someone about the issues discussed, contact
