Huda Mustafa opened up about her childhood trauma from an "extremely abusive" household in a new episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast.
The Love Island star, who is a child of Palestinian immigrants and the youngest of five siblings, said she didn’t have a “fortunate” childhood, explaining that her parents had “nothing” when they came to America.
“I wasn’t raised with money,” Mustafa told host Alex Cooper around the six-minute, 45-second mark of the video above. “Growing up, my dad was extremely abusive. He was very abusive towards my mother, towards me, and my siblings.”
Mustafa recalled an incident of domestic violence involving her parents.
“I remember hearing my dad beating the shit out of my mom in the room, and I remember finally, I think someone got the door open, and I just remember seeing my mom’s face," Mustafa said. "Her glasses were broken, and then I just see him snatch her head back and slam the door. I’m going to cry. Literally, that was my childhood.”
Mustafa said even though violent moments were common, her adolescence was still “fun.”
“Me and my siblings were extremely close in the midst of the chaos," she said.
Her parents separated when she was in the fourth grade. She remembered her mom and siblings “packed up everything and left” when their father was at work. The 24-year-old, who is the mother of a 4-year-old daughter named Arleigh, is now estranged from her father.
“I haven’t talked to my dad in eight years,” she shared.
Mustafa has often been regarded as the villain on the hit reality show, Love Island, but the father of her daughter, Noah Sheline, recently defended her.
"At the end of the day, I hope everyone remembers we're human,” Sheline reportedly wrote on his TikTok Story. "Her going on that show to find love, or whatever you think it was she’s doing, remember she’s still human, she has a daughter and a life.
“It’s crazy I have to involve myself in this, but I don’t want my daughter’s mom to get out and see this, and her mental health goes down a hill,” the post continued. “For people who have been respectful and nice and defending her as a mother, thank you! She tries just as much as any other young parent in this world.”
If you are a victim of domestic abuse or want more information on domestic violence and resources for victims, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline online or at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).