Charlize Theron truth

    by Jim Cruz Official: Charlize Theron

    “This is my truth, and I don’t want to hide from it anymore.”, Charlize Theron. She was 15 when her abusive alcoholic father came home drunk and turned violent. He fired shots through the bedroom door where she and her mother were hiding. Her mother fired back.

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    You experienced such trauma at such a young age. How did that impact you in the next couple decades of your life? The first part of it was full denial because my mom didn't really have the tools to deal with that tragedy. But it was also just years and years of this consistent kind of like walking into a house or waking up in the morning and not knowing what I was walking into. It's like what a lot of people say about living with an alcoholic. Whatever they're feeling that day or wherever they are, that's what is going to be the vibe and the energy of the house. And that inconsistency, I think, was what affected me way more than just that one night. I think it took me like well into my late 30s to really be able to look at that and actually like shake off the weight that I felt like I carried for my father, for my mother. You know, I felt like even when I got famous, like I couldn't quite honestly speak about it because I didn't want to hurt her feelings. I felt like people were involved that didn't ask to be in the spotlight. But then I also got older and I was like, but this is also my truth. Like, this is where I come from. And I don't want to have shame about it anymore. You know, my.