“Bruised” director, 55, opened up to host Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air” and described her life with the late Jerome Jesse Berry, who died in 2003.“There’s lots of abuse in my childhood.
I grew up with an alcoholic father that was very abusive, both verbally, emotionally, physically,” Berry said.“When he died, I was given a gift of talking to a spiritual healer and someone that took me through some spiritual exercises to sort of heal my wound with my dad,” the Ohio-born Oscar-winner continued.
Berry revealed that her dad’s behaviors occurred “largely because of the love and the guidance he didn’t receive as a child.”She added: “He wasn’t born into the world an abusive, alcoholic man who was out of control.
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