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Glenn Close in the pandemic: "It helped that I had a dog"
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Your documentary series, according to Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey, should show "honest conversations about mental health".
US actress Glenn Close has now made a very personal contribution to this in an episode of the show.
The 74-year-old reported on the program entitled "The Me You Can't See: A Path Forward" from her youth in a sect.
Her family introduced her to a group called MRA (Moral Re-Armament) when she was seven years old.
The cult had strong control, Close said on Winfrey and Prince Harry's show.
At the age of 22, she managed to leave the sect.
But the sect era had serious consequences for her family: "It was terrible," she said.
"We were so broken." It is astonishing that something that one went through as a young person can still have so much destructive power later on.
Sect shaped relationships
Close also blamed her childhood experiences for her three divorces: "I haven't been successful in my relationships and finding a constant partner, and I'm sorry."
The sequel to "The Me You Can't See: A Path Forward" deals with issues related to mental health.
The first part was published on May 21st on Apple's streaming service.
Read the review here: Everything must go.
In the most recent episode, Close compared the effects of the corona pandemic with those of the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center.
"We have had incredible, unprecedented times," she said.
"In my opinion, it means as big a change for the world as September 11th." Everything is changing: "It will take a while before we can formulate what that means for us as individuals."
The actress ("The Nobel Laureate's Wife") admitted that the pandemic had also put a strain on her psyche.
Her pet was a support, she said: "It helped that I had a dog."
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