Dax Shepard revealed for the first time on Monday that he was molested as a child.
In an interview on Sirius XM’s “The Jason Ellis Show,” the “Parenthood” star revealed that he was assaulted by an 18-year-old neighbor when he was seven.
“All that time, I was like, a) ‘It’s my fault,’ as generic as that is, I’m like, ‘it’s my fault,” Shepard said. “And I’m gay, I must have manifested this because I’m secretly gay.’ I had all these insane thoughts for 11 years or 12 years.”
Shepard also connected the experience to his previous struggles with addiction, which he’s spoken openly about in the past.