{"id":254701,"date":"2024-08-15T21:43:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/15\/julianne-hough-reveals-she-was-sexually-abused-at-age-4-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:12:19","slug":"julianne-hough-reveals-she-was-sexually-abused-at-age-4-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/15\/julianne-hough-reveals-she-was-sexually-abused-at-age-4-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Julianne Hough Reveals She Was Sexually Abused at Age 4 \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-image\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2157865493_ed0200-e1723754046397.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc wp-post-image\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 16: Julianne Hough attends the The 77th Annual Tony Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City.  (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2157865493_ed0200-e1723754046397.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2157865493_ed0200-e1723754046397.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=768&amp;h=432&amp;crop=1 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2157865493_ed0200-e1723754046397.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=1536&amp;h=864&amp;crop=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption id=\"lead-image-credit\">Image Credit: Getty Images for Tony Awards Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- .entry-media --><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/julianne-hough\/8\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Julianne Hough<\/a><\/strong> opened up about being sexually abused when she was just four years old.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">The 36-year-old, known for her career as a professional dancer and for hosting <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em>, where she won two Mirrorball trophies, spoke on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YUgn3cnPU7o?si=aDaNDz9-_gjWkQgT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">The Jamie Kern Lima Show<\/a>\u201d on Thursday, August 15, to reveal her truth.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">The sister of DWTS judge <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/derek-hough\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">Derek Hough<\/a><\/strong>, grew up taking care of her mother, who displayed \u201cmanic behaviors,\u201d while her father worked and her siblings were at school. In this role, she lacked a voice for herself and described the period as \u201cconfusing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Julianne Hough: How to Reclaim Your Voice, Journey to Healing and Step Into Your Power!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YUgn3cnPU7o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Julianne shared while growing up in Utah, her \u201cfirst experience\u201d with sexual abuse occured when she was \u201cabout 4 years old.\u201d She added that the perpetrator was a \u201cneighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Unfortunately, she unveiled, \u201cThere was not a lot of repercussion for what had happened \u2013 and by the way, I\u2019m not the only one in my family who went through similar things. It was very challenging to come to terms with. Nobody did anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Her parents, Marriann and Bruce, felt \u201cguilty\u201d and were \u201cin a position of not feeling capable and also feeling helpless.\u201d Julianne did not reveal the abuse until she was 15, and this was the first time she had addressed it publicly in an interview.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">She noted that her traumatic experiences during childhood left a lasting impact, saying, \u201cBeing so young, and those being your first experiences \u2013 whether physical, mental, or sexual \u2013 those abuses of power set a precedent that others have control.\u201d Coming from a Mormon background, her life had to appear perfect, which was far from the reality.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">These hardships led her to block out memories from birth to age 10. As an adult, she has been able to discuss these issues with her parents and acknowledges that this has helped her heal. \u201cNow, as an adult, and after the healing I\u2019ve undergone, I actually want to talk about it more. It\u2019s uncomfortable to have these conversations repeatedly\u2026\u00a0because it\u2019s not just, \u2018OK, we\u2019ve had this conversation once and cool now we\u2019re all good.\u2019 I think you have to have those conversations to feel that reassurance and safety that I get it. I\u00a0really\u00a0get it.\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/08\/15\/julianne-hough-revealed-she-was-sexually-abused-at-age-4\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Image Credit: Getty Images for Tony Awards Pro Julianne Hough opened up about being sexually abused when she was just four years old. 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