A painful revelation from the award-winning actor and rapper has sparked a difficult conversation.
Rapper Common arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere of Alfonso Cuaron's"Roma" at American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in December 2018. By Kyle Swenson Kyle Swenson Reporter for Morning Mix Email Bio Follow May 9 at 4:02 AM Two years ago, Common, a rapper and actor who has a Grammy, a Golden Globe and an Oscar all sitting in his trophy case, was working through lines with actress Laura Dern.
Common’s mission echoes the reasoning actor Terry Crews described in 2017 when opening up about his own claims of a sexual assault by a Hollywood agent. “I was excited for a road trip I was about to take with my family,” he writes. “My mother; my godmother, Barbara; her son and my godbrother Skeet; and his relative, who I’ll call Brandon.”“At some point I felt Brandon’s hand on me,” Common writes. “I pushed him away. I don’t remember saying a whole lot besides ‘No, no, no.’”
Since then, he has worked with a therapist to understand the incident. Common said in the book that he has not seen his abuser in 25 years, but has forgiven him for the assault. I talked about being molested because, as a Black man, many men have hidden that. Many people have hidden that. And you carry that weight with you. But at some point, you’ve got to let it go. https://t.co/DRvuPBcJIp
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