Beverley Knight 'pulled knife on ex'

Beverley Knight has reportedly revealed that she once pulled a knife on a former boyfriend.

The soul singer apparently claimed that she was forced to take the drastic action when the unnamed man attacked her over her choice of clothing.

"I was a victim of abuse. This guy I was with had an issue with what I wore," she told the The Daily Telegraph.

"He grabbed me by the throat and I told him I wasn't going to change, and he slapped me round the face.

"I went to the kitchen and grabbed a knife and waved it in his face, and said, 'Don't you ever do that to me again'."

The 36-year-old also admitted that she ended up in another abusive relationship shortly after the incident.

"After that, I ended up seeing a guy who was just terrible: emotionally abusive," she said. "He would really put me down and I became this shadow of myself."

Knight released sixth studio album 100% in September 2009.