Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesEllen DeGeneresis sharing her story in the hopes of helping other victims.In her upcoming interview onDavid Letterman‘sMy Next Guest Needs No Introduction,DeGeneres reportedly opens up about her mother, Betty, marrying a “very bad man” when DeGeneres was a teenager.According toEntertainment Tonight, DeGeneres explains that at the time, her mother had just been diagnosed with breast cancer and had one of her breasts removed. PerET, DeGeneres says her stepfather used this information to sexually assault her.“He told me when she was out of town that he’d felt a lump in her breast and needed to feel my breasts because he didn’t want to upset her, but he needed to feel mine,” she tells Letterman.“I’m angry at myself because, you know, I didn’t — I was too weak to stand up to — I was 15 or 16,” she continues. “It’s a really horrible, horrible story and the only reason I’m actually going to go into detail about it is because I want other girls to not ever let someone do that.”According toET, DeGeneres says she hopes her story will inspire other victims of sexual assault to come forward.“We [women] just don’t feel like we’re worthy, or we’re scared to have a voice, and we’re scared to say no,” she says. “That’s the only reason I think it’s important to talk about it because there’s so many young girls and it doesn’t matter how old you are. When I see people speaking out, especially now, it angers me when victims aren’t believed, because we just don’t make stuff up. And I like men, but there are so many men that get away with so much.”“It is just time for us to have a voice,” she adds. “It’s time for us to have power.”RELATED VIDEO: Simone Biles Says She Slept ‘All the Time’ to Cope with Sexual Abuse: ‘I Was Very Depressed’DeGeneres, 61,first shared her storyin an interview withAllurein 2005, revealing that after her mother’s mastectomy, her stepfather told her: “He thinks he feels a lump in (my mother’s) other breast, but he doesn’t want to alarm her so he needs to feel mine to make sure.”DeGeneres, who did not name the man but toldAllurehe had since died, said he “made me lie down because he said he felt hers while she was lying down.”DeGeneres did not specify how long the abuse lasted, but she said her stepfather once tried to break down her bedroom door.“I had to kick a window out and escape and sleep in a hospital all night long,” she recalled.In addition to DeGeneres, the upcoming season of Letterman’sNext Guestwill also feature interviews withKanye West,Tiffany Haddish,Melinda Gatesand Formula 1 racerLewis Hamilton.Season 2 ofMy Next Guest Needs No Introductionlaunches May 31 on Netflix.
Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Ellen DeGeneresis sharing her story in the hopes of helping other victims.In her upcoming interview onDavid Letterman‘sMy Next Guest Needs No Introduction,DeGeneres reportedly opens up about her mother, Betty, marrying a “very bad man” when DeGeneres was a teenager.According toEntertainment Tonight, DeGeneres explains that at the time, her mother had just been diagnosed with breast cancer and had one of her breasts removed. PerET, DeGeneres says her stepfather used this information to sexually assault her.“He told me when she was out of town that he’d felt a lump in her breast and needed to feel my breasts because he didn’t want to upset her, but he needed to feel mine,” she tells Letterman.“I’m angry at myself because, you know, I didn’t — I was too weak to stand up to — I was 15 or 16,” she continues. “It’s a really horrible, horrible story and the only reason I’m actually going to go into detail about it is because I want other girls to not ever let someone do that.”According toET, DeGeneres says she hopes her story will inspire other victims of sexual assault to come forward.“We [women] just don’t feel like we’re worthy, or we’re scared to have a voice, and we’re scared to say no,” she says. “That’s the only reason I think it’s important to talk about it because there’s so many young girls and it doesn’t matter how old you are. When I see people speaking out, especially now, it angers me when victims aren’t believed, because we just don’t make stuff up. And I like men, but there are so many men that get away with so much.”“It is just time for us to have a voice,” she adds. “It’s time for us to have power.”RELATED VIDEO: Simone Biles Says She Slept ‘All the Time’ to Cope with Sexual Abuse: ‘I Was Very Depressed’DeGeneres, 61,first shared her storyin an interview withAllurein 2005, revealing that after her mother’s mastectomy, her stepfather told her: “He thinks he feels a lump in (my mother’s) other breast, but he doesn’t want to alarm her so he needs to feel mine to make sure.”DeGeneres, who did not name the man but toldAllurehe had since died, said he “made me lie down because he said he felt hers while she was lying down.”DeGeneres did not specify how long the abuse lasted, but she said her stepfather once tried to break down her bedroom door.“I had to kick a window out and escape and sleep in a hospital all night long,” she recalled.In addition to DeGeneres, the upcoming season of Letterman’sNext Guestwill also feature interviews withKanye West,Tiffany Haddish,Melinda Gatesand Formula 1 racerLewis Hamilton.Season 2 ofMy Next Guest Needs No Introductionlaunches May 31 on Netflix.
Ellen DeGeneresis sharing her story in the hopes of helping other victims.
In her upcoming interview onDavid Letterman‘sMy Next Guest Needs No Introduction,DeGeneres reportedly opens up about her mother, Betty, marrying a “very bad man” when DeGeneres was a teenager.
According toEntertainment Tonight, DeGeneres explains that at the time, her mother had just been diagnosed with breast cancer and had one of her breasts removed. PerET, DeGeneres says her stepfather used this information to sexually assault her.
“He told me when she was out of town that he’d felt a lump in her breast and needed to feel my breasts because he didn’t want to upset her, but he needed to feel mine,” she tells Letterman.
“I’m angry at myself because, you know, I didn’t — I was too weak to stand up to — I was 15 or 16,” she continues. “It’s a really horrible, horrible story and the only reason I’m actually going to go into detail about it is because I want other girls to not ever let someone do that.”
According toET, DeGeneres says she hopes her story will inspire other victims of sexual assault to come forward.
“We [women] just don’t feel like we’re worthy, or we’re scared to have a voice, and we’re scared to say no,” she says. “That’s the only reason I think it’s important to talk about it because there’s so many young girls and it doesn’t matter how old you are. When I see people speaking out, especially now, it angers me when victims aren’t believed, because we just don’t make stuff up. And I like men, but there are so many men that get away with so much.”
“It is just time for us to have a voice,” she adds. “It’s time for us to have power.”
RELATED VIDEO: Simone Biles Says She Slept ‘All the Time’ to Cope with Sexual Abuse: ‘I Was Very Depressed’
DeGeneres, 61,first shared her storyin an interview withAllurein 2005, revealing that after her mother’s mastectomy, her stepfather told her: “He thinks he feels a lump in (my mother’s) other breast, but he doesn’t want to alarm her so he needs to feel mine to make sure.”
DeGeneres, who did not name the man but toldAllurehe had since died, said he “made me lie down because he said he felt hers while she was lying down.”
DeGeneres did not specify how long the abuse lasted, but she said her stepfather once tried to break down her bedroom door.
“I had to kick a window out and escape and sleep in a hospital all night long,” she recalled.
In addition to DeGeneres, the upcoming season of Letterman’sNext Guestwill also feature interviews withKanye West,Tiffany Haddish,Melinda Gatesand Formula 1 racerLewis Hamilton.
Season 2 ofMy Next Guest Needs No Introductionlaunches May 31 on Netflix.
source: people.com
