Julianne Hough shows her most vulnerable side. During the Aug. 15 episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show shared about getting sexually abused at the age of 4. Moreover, The Dancing With the Stars co-host revealed the abuser was her neighbor. She also addressed how her parents reacted to the allegations and the way she coped with the trauma. Check out what the American dancer-actress has disclosed.
Julianne said it was very confusing at that time
The 36-year-old told host Jamie Kern, “My first experience was when I was about 4 years old. By a neighbor in our cul-de-sac. I’ve actually never said that out loud to anybody in an interview before.”
Moreover, the actress also explained how it’s immensely difficult for her to come to terms with the incident.
She recalled, “That was a very, very confusing time because obviously growing up in the Mormon culture, everything needs to be perfect. Everybody needs to put on the shiny, ‘We’ve-got-our-stuff-together.’ And there was not a lot of repercussion for what had happened. So that was a very challenging thing to come to terms with, that nobody did anything.”
Unfortunately, such a traumatic moment continues in her life after she experiences abuse at the age of 15 again. However, this time Julianne was determined to share her experiences with her family.
Hough also admitted that her parents might have felt “helpless” to address her allegations earlier but now things are different.
The dancer-actress noted, “Now that we’ve had these conversations, they’ve said those things. At the time, of course, you’re like, ‘Do more.’”
Nevertheless, Julianne’s parents were there for her amid her divorce from her ex-husband Brooks Laich, to whom she was married in 2017 and 2022.
She explained, “They showed up for me as my parents and I needed that.I reclaimed my parental relationship with them and I got to be the kid and they got to take care of me. That was the most healing time for us.”
The Safe Haven star continued, “I was in a vulnerable place of like, ‘I don’t have anything to protect myself, I am completely raw, so maybe I can hear you more now, and even though I didn’t think that you were understanding at the time, maybe you are, and I can actually receive it now because my guard is down and my heart is open.’ And so that’s what when we really went through more of our healing and communication as adults.”
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