Derek Hough’s Neighbor Put ‘A Gun To His Head’ During Childhood

In a stunning new interview, Julianne Hough revealed a devastating fact about her previous—she was sexually abused at simply 4 years outdated by a neighbor who additionally focused her brother, Derek Hough.

The sibling duo, who first made waves on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and have since constructed profitable careers throughout varied initiatives, have confronted greater than their share of struggles.

Julianne Hough’s candid revelations concerning the traumatic experiences she and Derek Hough endured throughout their early childhood make clear the tough journey they overcame to achieve their present success.

“My first expertise was after I was about 4 years outdated. [It was] a neighbor in our cul-de-sac,” she mentioned on the present, per Us Weekly. “I’ve truly by no means mentioned that out loud to somebody in an interview earlier than. That was a really complicated time, as a result of rising up within the Mormon tradition, the whole lot must be good.”

Julianne added, “And by the best way, I’m not the one one in my household that had gone by way of comparable issues. And in order that was a really difficult factor to return to phrases with, which is that no one did something. Being so younger, and people being your first experiences — whether or not or not it’s bodily, psychological, sexual — these abuses of energy to somebody who’s weak to it — it instantly units a precedent of: different folks have the ability.”

Those self same neighbors abused Julianne’s brother, Derek. “My brother was hung the other way up and there was a gun put to his head. There have been all types of issues by these folks,” the actress mentioned earlier than getting emotional.

After taking a second to compose herself, she added that her mother moved the household out of the home as shortly as she might and so they reduce ties with that neighbor. “I assume my mother did do what she might and he or she wished to maneuver and go away,” Julianne mentioned on the podcast. “She didn’t need to discuss it, however she did need to get us out.”

Julianne, who has three sisters along with her brother Derek, then revealed her siblings had their very own traumatic experiences.

“The folks that additionally violated my sisters or my brother or myself, they by no means acquired reprimanded for it. As a result of we didn’t say one thing,” she continued. “As an alternative we simply pivoted and we moved. Which is nice as a result of we acquired out of the state of affairs, however for me, that’s one other factor the place I simply pivot, pivot, pivot.”

Derek has beforehand opened up about his painful previous, revealing that he was relentlessly bullied throughout his youthful years. In line with the dancer, his ardour for dance made him a simple goal for bullies, who zeroed in on him merely due to his chosen path.

“They might tie my ankles up with, you understand, with rope and grasp [me] up in a tree,” Derek mentioned on an episode of “Good Morning America” in 2014. “My mother, you understand, she mainly instructed me to, she’s like, ‘Hear, contact them again, you understand, and hit them.’ So I did.”

Evidently the story he instructed in 2014 is similar one Julianne spoke about on the current podcast.

Sadly, the childhood abuse was not the final. In 2013, Julianne revealed that in her time in London, she “was abused, mentally, bodily, the whole lot.”

“I used to be 10 years outdated wanting like I used to be 28, being a really sensual dancer,” she instructed Cosmopolitan. “Whereas I used to be in London, I used to be abused, mentally, bodily, the whole lot.”

Whereas she didn’t go into element concerning the abuse, she did say she has discovered to maneuver on. “I am a really forgiving particular person, and I do not need to damage anyone. What’s previous is previous,” she mentioned.

Derek and Julianne haven’t simply teamed up for high-profile skilled initiatives like their “Transfer Stay On Tour” and Disney specials—they’ve additionally been there for one another of their private lives.

The brother-sister duo has constantly supported each other by way of varied challenges as they’ve a close-knit bond that extends past their skilled collabs. “We truly work fairly nicely collectively,” Derek instructed “Good Morning America” a couple of years in the past about his skilled relationship together with his sister. “We sort of have like this hidden language the place we do not actually speak … it is truly nice.”

He continued, “We’re very privileged, we really feel very fortunate to do one thing that you simply love with someone that you simply love and care about. It is a great factor.”