The end of Yom Kippur was used by Bar Cohen, who left the "Big Brother" house after a particularly stormy and dramatic season with the title of first runner-up, for a kind of closing of the circle that was personal, but also aimed at all those righteous souls who made sure to shoot arrows of harsh criticism at her for months on her function as a mother.
As I recall, Cohen is raising her four-year-old son Leo alone in Israel, while his father and ex-partner, Isaac, lives in the US (he even recently came to Israel to meet the two in honor of Rosh Hashanah, which was also documented in Cohen's story). The little one stayed behind for a long time, Cohen "earned" difficult attacks claiming neglect due to a desire for publicity.
"The truth is that I don't understand how she chose to cut herself off from her child for publicity, this is not a lioness mother, this is an egotistical mother, a stupid mother. You don't leave a child at that age for any fortune in the world," Cohen began a post she published on her Instagram account, quoting from a representative response to Eliyom experienced
The post was accompanied by two photos of her and Leo in sweet moments of closeness and love.
"I left the 'Big Brother' house, and many people tried to mediate the reality for me, to explain to me what awaits me as soon as I open the cell phone," she said of the days after the end of the program, which were no less stormy than those she experienced within the walls of the house.
"Leaving the house was straight into a huge hug from so many people, many of whom I didn't know. I couldn't believe the amount of people who approach me on the street, hug me and tell me that I strengthened them. Girls who cry from excitement, and I stand in front of them shocked, moved and embarrassed."
"There is no stronger force than female power."
Cohen at her entrance to the "Big Brother" house, photo: Koko
"You know I'm not really scared anymore," she wrote to her 205,000 followers.
"Furthermore, I also found myself falling into this discourse, even though it is as foreign to me in real life as the situations I faced in the brotherhood. I don't think a woman should love and connect with every woman just because she is a woman, and criticism is a very essential part of who I am today and so it was All my life, but I have always believed that there is nothing like a woman to strengthen another woman, that there is no power stronger than female power, and I have tried in my life with the women around me to always be that woman for them, even for the women who have hurt me over the years. I have seen it happen before my eyes all my life. I grew up In a house where women are strong both in everything and in everything."
"As women, our dilemma is between doing something for ourselves, for example fulfilling dreams, and giving up everything and staying at home," she added.
"It's a painful debate and an endless struggle. It's important that we all remember that there isn't one right choice here, and every woman is entitled to make and know how to deal with the consequences, and that, in my eyes, is what makes a woman strong."
"There is no one right choice."
Cohen (on the right) in the "Big Brother" finale,
"Precisely now, at the end of Yom Kippur, after we all asked for forgiveness and received a 'pure' stamp for the year, it is important for me to try to be better at this myself as well," she shared her inner process and her resolutions for the new year.
"There were so many amazing women who hugged me without me knowing. You should know that I will give my strength to be such a woman myself."
"When asked what I took away from this whole experience - it's one of those things," Cohen signed off the post, which has garnered tens of thousands of likes and received quite a few embracing and supportive responses from other celebrities as well.
"I hugged you and the mother you are," Ortal Amar wrote her excitedly.
"I love you. You are the strongest and the best mother," concluded partner Eliav Tati.
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