Dancer Julianne Hough gets candid with Cosmopolitan magazine for their February cover story and speaks about child hood abuse.
Two-time “Dancing with the Stars” winner Julianne Hough, 24, recently interviewed with Cosmopolitan and admitted to have been abused as a child while training to become a world-class dancer. The abuse happened while she was in London at the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Arts.
Photo credit: Cosmopolitan
“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 facade 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.”
Hough said the abuse became worse when she started hitting puberty. “When I started becoming a woman and stopped being a little girl. This is the farthest I’ve ever gotten into [discussing] my London situation. 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.”
When asked about her abuser, Hough declined to disclose…only stating:
“I’m a very forgiving person, and I don’t want to hurt anybody, what’s past is past.”
For more of Julianne’s interview with Cosmopolitan pick up the new issue on newsstands Jan. 8.
