Jerry O'Connell is reacting to his "Stand By Me" co-star Wil Wheaton's revelation that he was abused at a young age around the same time the 1986 movie came out.
Wheaton claimed that he suffered a "combination of an incredible emotional abuse from my father, and a lot of manipulation, using me, from my mother" in an interview with Yahoo Entertainment last week.
O'Connell, 47, who was one of Wheaton's co-stars in the coming-of-age film, expressed sympathy for Wheaton, whom he called a "great friend," while appearing on Wednesday's episode of "The Talk." "That film was 35 years ago.
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