Reality star hid the truth from his partner: "I was incredibly ashamed"
Dvir Solomon tells in "Suissa + 1" why he found it difficult to share with his partner Lia Noga what he was going through, what he told her instead of the truth, and how she reacted when he finally opened up to her: "There is no one more supportive than her."
Dvir Solomon and Lia Noga left "New Love" as a couple, and now Solomon tells in "Suissa + 1" about a moment when he found it difficult to share with her what he was going through. In a conversation recorded for the podcast, he says he tried to hide from her an incident of loss of physical control, and only later managed to open up.
For celebrities, relationships are often measured by a joint photo. For Solomon and Noga, the test came in a much less photogenic place. "The first thing I shared was with Lia, my partner," he says, but immediately admits that even in front of her, he found it difficult to speak.
"I felt it diminished my masculinity"
Solomon says that the difficulty in speaking clashed with his image as a fighter. "Why would I suddenly open up? You know, a fighter and all that, suddenly opening up feelings and such, that's not me."
When asked how he felt when he tried to open up to Noga, he says:
"I was ashamed. I felt it diminished me, my masculinity, my strength."
According to him, Noga told him that the ability to speak and open up does not diminish him, and can also help others.
What he said instead of the truth
Solomon says that on the night Noga realized something had happened, he still couldn't tell her the truth.
"Eran, I was incredibly ashamed. And not in the sense that I don't trust her, but in the sense that I was ashamed with myself that this happened to me," he says.
According to him, he told her: "I drank water at night and the glass spilled because I didn't see because it was dark." Solomon notes that after he finally told her what really happened, Noga admitted she had already figured it out. She did not pressure him and waited for him to share on his own terms.
Lia waited, and then pushed for therapy
After Solomon opened up, Noga pushed him to take action. "There is no one more supportive than her," he says. Solomon explains that Noga encouraged him to seek psychological therapy and even contacted his mother to help find a therapist. She also set a clear boundary, telling him he must take care of himself.
"She is the most pushing person there is. The best, the most pushing, the most supportive and the most accepting. Really, I couldn't have asked for anything better," he said.
