The musical musical Scooter Braun He has revealed intimate and painful details of his personal and professional life during an interview at the Pódcast The Diary of A CEO.
The 43 -year -old was openly spoke about the deep emotional consequences that he lived after his media dispute with Taylor Swift.
The controversy between Braun and Swift began in June 2019, when the Executive acquired the rights of the master recordings of the first six albums of the singer for an estimated sum of 300 million dollars.
The conflict unleashed a wave of public criticism towards the musical producer, headed by the singer, who accused him of having taken control of his work without his consent.
The former musical exmanogen expressed a surprisingly introspective vision, in which according to him he obtained a great lesson.
“It was a gift. The greatest learning was to realize that All the praise I received before that were not deservedand all the hatred that came later was not, because none of those people really knew me, ”he said.
Despite the tense past, Scooter Braun He showed no resentment: “I am happy for her. Taylor now owns all his music, and that is something positive”He said.
The interview coincided with a significant moment in the singer’s career, who on May 30 legally recovered the rights of his first six recordings when buying them from Shamrock Capital, a company that had acquired them to Braun in 2020.
Although it was rumored that Scooter had facilitated the agreement, sources close to Swift denied it, ensuring that the singer recovered her music “despite him, not thanks to him.”
Your marriage with Yael Cohenwith whom he was married seven years, he began to deteriorate and, as he revealed in the interview, in October 2020 came to consider suicide.
“I had a suicidal thought for 20 minutes. I thought: ‘If my marriage is going to end, I will not be with my children all the time. I cannot control this. I don’t want to be here if I can’t keep this perfect image‘, ”He confessed.
That dark episode led him to seek help. It was thanks to the intervention of two friends who decided to attend a personal retreat in the Hoffman Institute Foundation In California. “I am not that person. I would never leave my children. I don’t want to leave this world. Something had to change, ”he reflected.
Although the withdrawal did not prevent its divorce from being completed – the separation was formalized in July 2021 and divorce in September 2022— Scooter Braun He said that since then he has not experienced depression again.
“I have gone through difficult things After: the rupture, the public trial, leave the world of management … But I was never depressed again”He said.
In 2024, Braun surprised the world of entertainment by announcing his withdrawal from artistic representation. During his career, he worked with some of the largest pop stars, including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Kanye West and Demi Lovato.
“Six years ago he was the biggest manager, he had the perfect marriage, and everything he played became gold. Today I am divorced, I no longer handle artists, and I could not be happier”He said.
