[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Julianne Hough is opening up about the trauma she suffered as a child… and it’s just horrible.
The Dancing with the Stars co-host sat down for a candid conversation on The Jamie Kern Lima Show on Wednesday and revealed a deeply upsetting truth for the first time ever: she was sexually abused at just 4 years old. Related: ND Republican Pleads Guilty To Traveling To Europe To Sexually Abuse Young Boys While talking about vulnerability and “abuses of power,” the 36-year-old made the shocking confession: Poor, poor Julianne.
What an awful thing to happen to someone of any age, let alone a 4-year-old. And what makes her story even more sad is that her abuser was her “neighbor.” Heartbreaking.
The Footloose alum bravely admitted it was the “first time” she’d ever “said that out loud to anybody in an interview,” before explaining how growing up within the Mormon community in Utah made the situation all the more “confusing.” She shared: Unfortunately that sounds all too familiar.
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