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Julianne Hough is opening up about her abusive childhood. Hough sat down with Cosmopolitan magazine and talked about the abuse she endured as a child dancer in England at the age of 10. “I was 10 years old looking like I was 28, being a very sensual dancer. I was a tormented little kid who had to put on this sexy façade because that was my job and my life. But my heart was the same, and I was this innocent little girl. I wanted so much love. While I was in London, I was abused, mentally, physically, everything. I’m a very forgiving person, and I don’t want to hurt anybody. What’s past is past.” Hough added that the abuse worsened, “when I started hitting puberty, when I started becoming a woman and stopped being a little girl” and then the abuser threatened her. “I was told if I ever went back to the United States, three things were going to happen. One: I was going to amount to nothing. Two: I was going to work at Whataburger. And three: I was going to end up a slut. So it was like, I can’t go back, I have to be this person. I’d rather take the pressure on myself. To this day, I don’t want to be a burden. I didn’t talk unless I was spoken to. I would look over to see if it was okay if I answered. I was perfect – perfect to a fault. I don’t want pity. To me it’s more about being that voice for people who don’t necessarily have a voice.”
Hough has such a bubbly personality you would never even know she was hiding something like this!
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