Jessica Simpson On Confronting Her Childhood Abuser: “It Was Extremely Painful & Still Is”

Singer Jessica Simpson forced herself to endure an “extremely painful” confrontation with her childhood abuser in order to allow herself to heal from the trauma.

Simpson goes public with her secret past as a s*x abuse victim in her new memoir, “Open Book”, sharing that she was molested by the daughter of a family friend during sleepovers from the age of six to 12, reports aceshowbiz.com.

Her struggle to process the trauma eventually contributed to Simpson’s downward spiral of substance abuse, which she only managed to conquer in late 2017, when she sought therapy to help her through the tough time.

And to aid her journey of healing, she had to face off with her attacker, who had also been abused as a child.

“I needed to confront my abuser. It was extremely painful and still is. It’s still shocking. That little girl in me wanting to do the right thing, not knowing how to stand up for herself and not knowing how to stop it,” she told people.com.