{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/603cd1678576437c1bcc8730/60a22a3e45c64b74577a53df?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ruth aka Totally Ruthless","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/603cd1678576437c1bcc8730/1621245575901-4add717c4fc726d9dd7821895e48eeb0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this weeks episode I sit down with Ruth Leonard. Her totally Ruthless videoed have amassed millions of viewers around the world. But behind this very funny persona is a story filled with great sadness and immense bravery.</p><p><br></p><p>Ruth talks to me about growing up in Drogheda and how unfortunately your childhood was far from a safe haven as she watched her father violently beat her mother and at just 13 years as of age witnessed a beating that would surely end her mothers life.</p><p><br></p><p>We chat through the devastating&nbsp;effects this has had on her not only as a child but as an adult too, We chat through the effects it has had on her relationship with her mother, Siblings, Husband and even her father.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about how over a celebratory dinner. We and drinks totally Ruthless was born&nbsp;</p><p>We talk about her children Jessica and Joe and about Joe’s recent diagnosis.</p><p><br></p><p>Ruth thank you for being so open and honest, domestic violence is a global problem of enormous proportions and you Ruth are one of the bravest people I know&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Rebecca Kelly"}