Celebs Make Shocking Confessions About Their Lives

Diahann Carroll wrote candidly about her long, painful affair with Sidney Poitier, revealing how passion slowly gave way to control and cruelty. She described being verbally attacked, called degrading names, and accused of belonging to him, even as he continued seeing other women during their relationship.

Things worsened after Poitier chose to remain with his wife. Carroll recalled being shut out of an apartment she planned to share with her daughter, locked out entirely, then pressured into writing him a check for expenses. She described herself as submissive and desperate at the time, offering a stark account of how love, power, and fear became dangerously intertwined.