Jewel says her mother 'embezzled' over $100M from the singer

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Singer-songwriter Jewel is getting candid about her relationship with her parents and how it affected her mental health. On a recent episode of "Verywell Mind Podcast" with Amy Morin, Jewel shared that her mother Lenedra, who was her manager, stole "all of her money," which was over $100 million. "I didn't really realize what my mom was until I was 30-something.

I woke up and realized she embezzled all of my money, over $100 million," Jewel said. "Thirty-four years old, realize I'm $3 million in debt, realize my mom stole it, realize everything I thought my mom was, isn't what she was, very difficult psychological thing to come to terms with," Jewel continued.

Speaking of her childhood and her relationship with her mother, Jewel said, "My mom and dad got divorced when I was 8, and we went to live with my dad.

Nobody told me it's because my mom didn't want to be a mom. She left us, and so my dad took over raising us. I didn't know that at the time." The award-winning singer shared that she grew up with an abusive father. "My dad was this volatile alcoholic that hit me, very easy to identify ‘bad guy.’ My mom seemed like the opposite.