When the scenes aired earlier this year, the show’s creators were praised for shining a light on such an important topic, especially since Perry’s abuse of Celeste always happened in private, thus none of her friends – who believed them to have a ‘perfect’ relationship – knew it was happening.

Domestic violence is an issue that is prevalent in England and Wales, with statistics showing that two women are killed every week by a partner or former partner, while one in four women will experience some kind of domestic abuse in their lifetimes.

“I think one of the lessons to learn is that we don’t ever really know what domestic violence looks like from the outside,” Mariam Durrani, public policy attorney at the US National Network to End Domestic Violence, told The Huffington Post in March.

“People don’t think that someone rich and beautiful in a seemingly idyllic life would be facing something like this,” she added.

“There’s a really dark cloud over her that isn’t visible.”

Nicole Kidman reveals emotional toll of filming Big Little Lies abuse scenes