KIDMAN OVERCOME WITH EMOTION AS UNIFEM AMBASSADOR
NICOLE KIDMAN has had to toughen up as global women’s organisation UNIFem’s goodwill ambassador - so she can sit and listen to rape victims’ stories without sobbing.
The Aussie actress admits she was overcome with emotion when she took her first overseas assignment with the United Nations offshoot group in Kosovo, and she had to be taken aside by aid workers and told to stop crying.
The Oscar winner recalls, "I’m a terrible person sometimes for this because I can become so emotionally involved.
"In Kosovo, I had to be taken aside and told, ‘This is gonna be a very emotional path for the rest of your life. You’re gonna see and hear things you should never see or hear.’" Kidman tells CNN the victims themselves have given her the strength to cope with the terrible stories she hears while visiting shelters.
She adds, "They have such courage… They have big dreams. I wanna help… (but) I certainly feel and it brings me to my knees."
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