Earlier this year, Jessica Simpson opened her heart in her memoir "Open Book" and revealed the heartbreaking cause of her addictions: the sexual abuse she suffered as a child by a girl who was considered a family friend. . However, years before the singer shared her story with the world, she had already confronted her abuser.
It was during a recent interview for the podcast of Katherine Schwarzenegger , "The Gift of Forgiveness", where the star 40 years spoke of the affair happened about eight years ago.
"I went to her and just said, 'I know you know what's going on and I know they were abusing you,' because a bigger boy was abusing her," Simpson told Chris Pratt's wife.
"He was always there in the house too, so he never touched me, but he abused her and she came with me and did things to me and so, in many ways I felt bad for her and was allowing the abuse to occur."
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However, Simpson recalled the following: "I said to him at the time, 'I know you have a lot to deal with,' and I said that I should probably talk to someone, and find a way to understand those moments, forgive those moments, and heal. these moments".
The celebrity, who is now married to Eric Johnson and is the mother of three children, also let the woman know that in her heart he held no grudge against her.
"'I just want you to know that I forgive you and that I really don't care about being around you anymore, but I want you to know that I know what happened between us and that I'm not going to live in denial about it,'" she recalled saying.
As for why the singer confronted her abuser eight years ago, Simpson said she doesn't remember exactly how things went, but noted that it happened after her divorce from Nick Lachey .
"I was celibate at the time and I was on this trip to explore myself and I knew I couldn't go ahead without warning him that I wasn't going to leave this unsaid," Simpson explained on the podcast . "I kept him quiet for too long."
"I knew that if I was honest with her, it would clear my conscience," she said. "I even sent him the book and said I hope it brings him healing."
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In excerpts from "Open Book", previously shared by People , the singer and actress reveals, for the first time, that at the age of six she was the victim of sexual abuse, which caused her various problems.
Simpson details that the abuse occurred when he shared a bed with the daughter of a family friend, "It would start with tickling my back and then I would go into things that were extremely uncomfortable. I was the victim, but somehow I felt like I did. something bad".
Simpson mentions that he did not tell his family anything immediately and that it took six years for him to reveal it to his parents, Tina Simpson and Joe Simpson, while they were traveling by car.
The singer relates that her mother slapped her husband on the arm and shouted, "I told you something was going on."
However, Joe's reaction was not what was expected, "Dad kept his eyes on the road and said nothing. We never stayed at my parents' friends again, but we didn't talk about what I said either."
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