'I shouldn't have had to deal with those feelings,' the “Full House' actor said of the alleged sexual abuse involving a former babysitter.
FILE - John Stamos poses at the IMDb Official Portrait Studio during D23 2022 at Anaheim Convention Center on Sept. 10, 2022, in Anaheim, California. John Stamos opened up about a traumatic experience from his childhood in his upcoming memoir "If You Would Have Told Me," revealing that he is a survivor ofthat he was abused by a former babysitter when he was about "10 or 11 years old.
"It was like you're playing dead so they'll stop. But it wasn't totally aggressive," the actor recalled. "I don't know, it was not good." Stamos noted how he didn’t want the book to be entirely about the alleged misconduct he endured as a child, but in writing his debut memoir, he felt compelled to be candid about all aspects of his life.
"My first marriage was shattering to me. I was shattered for way too long, too," Stamos told People. "I mean, a year, okay, good. But it went on years and years."
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