I knew what divorce was before I really knew what marriage meant
my parents hated each other
I just became the ***hole
Christina showed up
with a label exec.
She will not be taking that part.
She was looking at
me like, you finished?
After five minutes he
left like I can't help her.
I tell the truth and it gets
me into trouble sometimes.
And that's okay, cause I stand by it.
It was always gonna take
a certain bloke
to tame the headstrong superstar.
She met motocross rider, Carey Hart
at the X Games in Philly.
He made a lasting impression.
We were falling in love and it was easy.
Is there one thing for you
that you could look back on
and say, that's the moment
that changed for me.
Carey crashed
in a motocross competition.
All four of his limbs were shattered.
It went from really cute to really hard.
It's a pretty painful thing to go through.
20 minutes later, I was sobbing.
She just checked out.
So I said, I can't be with you.
We couldn't move forward.
We just kind of kept slipping
deeper and deeper into this hole
I realized once he was gone
that I loved him and I needed
him to tell me he loved me
That was a time where I was
really angry at the world,
I was angry with her.
You swore off love,
so how did you fall for Carey?
He was the cutest thing
I've ever seen in my life.
Motocross rider, Carey Hart
made a lasting impression.
I jumped on my motorcycle
and went out for my run
and crashed my brains out
and broke like 16 bones.
We thought he was dead.
And I turned to my
girlfriend and I was like
I will never date a motocross
rider as long as I live.
Alecia's brutal upbringing
kept her from opening up to anyone.
My household was world war three.
My parents hated each other.
I knew what divorce was and what it meant
before I really knew what marriage meant.
Jim and Judy Moore
finally decided to divorce.
Well, when you're coming
back dad, well no, I'm leaving
I was completely devastated.
And I was just hysterical.
My mom, she had real trouble with me.
It was just conflict over everything.
I was about 15 years old
when my mom kicked me out.
Confused, angry, depressed.
Singing was the only way
that I could get people to
stop talking and listen to me.
Performing,
made Alecia feel strong
enough to handle any rejection
that came her way.
You can just imagine a white girl
coming down in a Philly club scene
With people going white
b*tch get the f*ck off the stage
who the f*ck do you think you are?
There was never a point in my life
where I even thought
something else was an option.
And DJ Storm said,
"You can sing,
come back and I'll give
you a guest spotlight"
Alecia followed her dreams
of becoming a singer
but hid herself behind
a tough girl exterior.
One day she was Alecia Moore
and a week later, she shows up
at my office and she's Pink.
She was always outspoken.
She was never shy.
She would say what
exactly was on her mind?
Pink's talent,
caught the attention
of recording companies.
But her tough persona
kept anyone from seeing the real Alecia.
When I first signed I was
supposed to take media coaching
and etiquette classes.
I thought that etiquette
classes were an insult.
I tried the media coaching and
after five minutes he left.
He was like, I can't help her.
I just became the ***hole
And it was a role that I figured out
I was gonna play a lot in this industry.
She thought the Pink armor
would shield her forever
until Carey crashed into her life.
Last year at this time,
you watched Carey fall from the sky
and literally this year you're
here watching as a girlfriend
Are you nervous?
Last year I said, as that happened,
I said, mark my words,
"I will never date a
freestyle motocross rider."
And here I am, yes I'm a nervous wreck ...
He's the most consistent, reliable man
that I've ever known.
We were falling in love and it was easy.
We were sitting in a diner
and we wrote a contract
on a napkin and said,
"Okay, we won't go more than eight days
without seeing each other"
But when she went on tour,
her old fears came rushing back.
It went from really cute, to really hard.
Eight days turned into four weeks.
When a person is put into a position
where they're trying to
make career number one,
the relationship falls number two.
We couldn't move forward,
we just kind of kept
slipping deeper and deeper
into this hole.
I was lonely and in London,
sitting in a bathroom stall crying,
and I needed him to tell me
he loved me and he wouldn't.
So I said, "I can't be with you."
It was obvious she just checked out
and didn't wanna really put
a lot of emotion into it.
I didn't wanna go deep.
I didn't really have much to say.
It was brutal for me.
It's a pretty painful thing to go through.
Pink had pushed Carey away
and then she almost lost him for good.
Carey crashed in a motocross competition.
All four of his limbs were shattered.
Pink rushed to his side.
I realized that I loved him.
That I'd pushed him away because of fear.
I've never been so humbled
by a relationship in my life.
Pushing through her fear,
Pink refused to let her
relationship with Carey
see the same fate as her parent's.
I was at a motocross race
and halfway through the race,
I'm coming up past the pit board area
and she holds a pit board out,
it says, will you marry me? on it.
Well, I came skidding off the track
and I kind of looked at her,
cause I was obviously
pretty preoccupied doing my race.
And I was like, are you serious?
She's like, yeah, get your
butt back on the track.
We're both so connected and so in love
that nothing's gonna tear us apart.
With Carey by her side,
Pink was ready to take the risk
of showing the real Alecia.
Carey kisses me on my
neck and says, good luck.
And he goes out to his seat.
And then it's time to go.
This is Pink
The Grammy performance,
do you realize what you did there?
Yeah, I felt like I had
introduced some people finally
to Alecia in that moment,
as opposed to this angry
man eating crazy pop girl, Pink.
I felt like all of me
had shown up that night.
I was feeling just stimulated
and it was a beautiful time.
I felt alive.
Is there one thing for you
that you could look back on
and say, that's the moment
that changed for me?
Carey and I's ride this whole time,
going from a kid to becoming a woman
and figuring out who I am.
I'm much more open,
I'm much more accepting of myself.
I used to just be really dark
and now everything's a song
and it's just a lot more fun.
And the world loved the real Alecia
just as much as Carey did.
We take the gravel in the shell
and we make a Pearl and we
help other people to change
so that they can see more kinds of beauty.
There's a power in believing in yourself.
There's a power in not giving up on life
and on not giving up on yourself.
No one else can ever be you.