She\u2019s described herself as a tormented child, forced to wear a \u201csexy facade\u201d because that was expected of her.Today, she speaks openly about the abuse she endured \u2014 all while building a stellar career that\u2019s earned her three Primetime Emmy nominations for one of the world\u2019s most popular series.Clothes inside outNo child should ever have to endure abuse, and it\u2019s absolutely horrific that it still happens all over the world.The successful star we\u2019re talking about today was abused by a neighbor at just 4 years old \u2014 a devastating crime that left a lasting impact.Yet, she didn\u2019t speak about it publicly until 2024.\u201cMy first experience was when I was about 4 years old,\u201d she said during an episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show. \u201cBy a neighbor in in our cul-de-sac. I\u2019ve actually never said that out loud to anybody in an interview before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She recalled the moment she told her mother about what happened after coming home as a child with her clothes inside out. Her mom \u201cfreaked out,\u201d and that\u2019s when the family decided to move. \u201cI guess my mom did do what she could,\u201d she admitted, fighting back tears. \u201cShe just wanted to move and leave. She didn\u2019t want to deal with it. She didn\u2019t want to talk about it, but she did want to get us out.\u201dHighlighting that she wasn\u2019t the only family member to go through similar trauma, she reflected, \u201cThat 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, \u2018We\u2019ve-got-our-stuff-together.\u2019 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.\u201d
Raised in a Mormon household<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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