Julianne Hough opens up about sexual abuse at age 4

Dancer and actress Julianne Hough recently opened up about her experience of childhood sexual abuse revealing that the traumatic event occurred when she was just four years oldAccording to The Hollywood Reporter in a recent interview Hough disclosed that her abuser was a neighbour living in the same Utah culdesac as her familyIve actually never said that out loud to anybody in an interview before Hough confessed reflecting on the confusing nature of her upbringing in the Mormon culture where the expectation of perfection often overshadowed personal strugglesEverything needs to be perfect everybody needs to put on the shiny weve got our stuff together And there was not a lot of repercussions for what had happened she said as per The Hollywood ReporterHough expressed that the silence surrounding such experiences was not unique to her revealing that other family members had also endured similar forms of abuseNobody did anything she stated emphasizing the collective challenge of confronting these painful truthsDuring the interview Hough explained that she did not disclose the specifics of her abuse to her parents until later in her life having forgotten about the incidentMemories of the trauma only resurfaced in recent years as she engaged in personal work aimed at healing I had forgotten about the neighbour thing at 4 years old until I started really doing this work in the last few years she saidAs per The Hollywood Reporter she added Thats why I think I blocked out from birth to 10 basically because I had completely disassociated from that ever happeningLater in the discussion Hough noted that her parents are no longer in contact with her abuser and that her mother acted swiftly to move the family out of the neighbourhood after learning of the incidentRecalling a critical moment Hough described how she communicated her distress to her mother after returning home with her clothes inside outShe said Tell me what happened Hough recalled explaining the metaphor she used to convey her feelings at the time adding I felt like I had a Sprite bottle between my legsThe emotional fallout from this revelation led her family to relocate a decision Hough now understands as her mothers attempt to protect her childrenI guess my mom did do what she could she admitted fighting back tearsAccording to The Hollywood Reporter Hough added She just wanted to move and leave She didnt want to deal with it She didnt want to talk about it but she did want to get us outHoughs experiences did not end there she previously disclosed in a 2013 interview that she faced further abuse during her time at a dance academy in London as per The Hollywood ReporterThe people that also violated my sisters or my brother or myself they never got reprimanded for it because we didnt say something she explainedThis cycle of silence and displacement has marked Houghs journey prompting her to reflect on how to navigate such traumaDespite the pain Hough has worked to reconcile her past with her family She acknowledged that her parents felt guilt upon learning of the abuse as she entered her teenage yearsAt the time when I was younger I think they also didnt know what to do she said adding And so I think now that weve had these conversations theyve also said those thingsThrough her healing journey Hough has found ways to reconnect with her parents especially after her divorce from Brooks Laich in 2020I reclaimed my parental relationship with them and I got to be the kid and they got to take care of me she shared adding And that was the most healing time for usThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever