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

In a surprising new interview, Julianne Hough revealed a devastating reality about her previous—she was sexually abused at simply 4 years outdated by a neighbor who additionally focused her brother, Derek Hough.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 numerous initiatives, have confronted greater than their share of struggles.

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

“My first expertise was once I was about 4 years outdated.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 really 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, all the things must be excellent.”

Julianne added, “And by the way in which, I’m not the one one in my household that had gone via comparable issues. And in order that was a really difficult factor to come back to phrases with, which is that no person did something. Being so younger, and people being your first experiences — whether or not it’s bodily, psychological, sexual — these abuses of energy to somebody who’s susceptible 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 wrong way up and there was a gun put to his head. There have been all kinds 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 rapidly as she may and so they reduce ties with that neighbor. “I assume my mother did do what she may and he or she wished to maneuver and depart,” Julianne mentioned on the podcast. “She didn’t wish to speak about it, however she did wish 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 those 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 a substitute we simply pivoted and we moved. Which is sweet as a result of we acquired out of the scenario, 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 keeping with the dancer, his ardour for dance made him a straightforward goal for bullies, who zeroed in on him merely due to his chosen path.

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

Plainly the story he instructed in 2014 is identical 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, all the things.”

“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, all the things.”

Whereas she didn’t go into element in regards to the abuse, she did say she has discovered to maneuver on. “I am a really forgiving individual, and I do not wish 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 Reside On Tour” and Disney specials—they’ve additionally been there for one another of their private lives.

The brother-sister duo has persistently supported each other via numerous challenges as they’ve a close-knit bond that extends past their skilled collabs. “We really work fairly nicely collectively,” Derek instructed “Good Morning America” just a few years in the past about his skilled relationship along with his sister. “We form of have like this hidden language the place we do not actually discuss … it is really nice.”

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