British boxing icon Kell Brook has admitted Ebanie Bridges “saved his life” and the Blonde Bomber said “that he was possessed by this devil”
Kell Brook has opened up on his relationship with Ebanie Bridges(Image: @ebanie_bridges/Instagram)
British boxing icon Kell Brook faced numerous battles in the ring – but his toughest happened away from the gym.
Brook, 39, recently claimed that girlfriend Ebanie Bridges, who he welcomed a son with earlier this year, “saved his life” as he battled his demons to “get out of the darkness”.
And speaking to Boxing King Media, the Blonde Bomber, 39, has now responded to Brook’s comments: “I thought publicly it was nice. I don’t do it for credit, I never did it for credit – I did it because I loved him.
“I helped him because I loved him and because I’ve seen the person that he could be and that he is underneath.
“I saw the person, the man he is underneath. I could see that he was possessed by this devil – addiction and depression. I could see what was underneath and I wanted to bring that out.
Ebanie Bridges opened up about Kell Brook’s battles(Image: @ebanie_bridges/Instagram)
“To hear that, it was nice for Kell. And it was also because, Kell, he’s a very, very private person. So for him to talk about me in that (way)…it’s very private and deep for him.
“So for him to come out about that was really lovely.”
The Blonde Bomber continued: “I felt it was nice, like ‘thanks babe’. It’s nice – that’s it really, I was just like ‘yeah it was nice’, you know? It wasn’t like it was ‘oh finally’.
Kell Brook said Ebanie Bridges saved her life(Image: @ebanie_bridges/Instagram)
“Because again, it’s between us, I know his family, everyone that knows us, knows the story…“It was nice to get ‘credit’ – but he did all of the work.”
Speaking on his current health, Brook said: “I’ve got a beautiful son, he’s my pride and joy – I’m just happy because, I’m in control of my life!”
And when asked about Ebanie, he said: “She’s a fantastic mum, she’s a ferocious fighter…she’s so clever…she’s played a massive part [in Brook being clean], you know, she saved my life!
Ebanie Bridges and Kell Brook welcomed their son earlier this year(Image: Twitter)
“She put me in the right path and in the right environment; she spent a lot of time talking to me and got very knowledgeable about addiction and mental health.
“In those darkest times when I felt so alone she was the bright light, she got me out of that darkness.”
Ebanie, herself, also opened up on her “two full time jobs” of being a professional boxer and a mum – joking it takes a village to raise a kid.
The Blonde Bomber is eyeing a return to the ring, but she explained how she’s juggling training while spending raise baby Ezerra Ray.