Tammin Sursok has revealed that she suffered “small” sexual abuse during her childhood in the entertainment industry.
The former Home and Away star, who did not specify which projects the abuse occurred in, tells the Mental podcast like any other This week, the behavior of predatory men in the industry was considered normal.
“When the Me Too movement emerged, I thought, ‘I’m so lucky, sexual abuse never happened to me,'” the 41-year-old said.
“But then when I look at these microdoses of sexual abuse, I think, ‘Oh my God, so many things were said that I felt overly sexualized.’
Tammin says she had to deal with an older man who “said extremely inappropriate things to me and I was 15 or 16 years old.”
Another experience involved a man showing her a naked photo of himself while she was putting on makeup.
Tammin Sursok (pictured) has revealed she suffered “little” sexual abuse during her childhood in the entertainment industry.
“There were just these little things hidden underground that were, like little abuses, I guess, but I didn’t really know it at the time, because it was kind of normalized,” he said, adding that he believed the behavior was “okay.” ‘At the moment.
“I actually look at it and think I’m very lucky to have come out unscathed, but there were still things.”
Tammin explained that she would talk about the experiences in her first memoir, and earlier this year she announced that the volume would arrive in 2025.
“Honestly, this is a dream come true as I’ve been writing essays and snippets about my life for almost ten years,” Tammin explained.
“It’s very surreal that these revelations about my past are now being turned into a book,” he continued.
‘I have already talked about many things, but there is also much more to discover. Thanks to Pantera Press for joining forces with me. Watch this space.’
Another note from her editor said: “At a time when we are revisiting our often brutal treatment of women in the ’90s and ’00s, especially young women in entertainment, Tammin’s story, full of flaws and everything, reveals how this scrutiny played out in his own life. life, from the professional highs and lows to some devastating lows.
“This heartfelt book is a sprawling love letter not only to Tammin’s younger self but also to her own daughters, asking for a world that would be kinder to them than the one in which she grew up.”
“When the Me Too movement came up, I thought, ‘I’m so lucky, sexual abuse never happened to me,'” she said. “But then when I look at these microdoses of sexual abuse, I think, ‘Oh my God, so many things were said that oversexualized me.'”
Tammin says she dealt with an older man who “said extremely inappropriate things to me and I was 15/16.”
Tammin has always been open about her struggles in the industry and previously opened up about her battle with her body image.admitting that she “wanted to be desired, to be desired” as a child struggling with an eating disorder.
Post a series of heartbreaking stories on your Instagram in honor of International Women’s DayThe actress reflected on the devastating effects she suffered from being objectified by men.
The first story she shared was about a young man she had a crush on who told her she needed to lose weight at the age of 15.
She revealed that she was “paralyzed with fear and lust” when he approached her and said, “My heart stopped.” I had dreamed for years that this moment would come.
But his dream came crashing down when the boy brutally told him, “You have to go to Jenny Craig (weight loss program).”
Sursok moved on to his next story, which told of a time when he had lost up to 100 pounds by forcing himself to vomit after a meal.
“He had spent the last 40 minutes shoving raw, cracked knuckles down his throat. I knew this routine well. “I had become an expert at lying,” she said.
‘I looked in the mirror and saw my eyes; They seemed to be bleeding. I smiled weakly at my reflection. “I thought I weighed 100 pounds, and now people would love me.”
Finally, Sursok told the story of the 30-year-old man she dated when she was 21 and who she let make fun of her body because “in school they taught me that boys who like you make fun of you.”
The South African-born Australian ended her post by adding that she used to cry over her body after giving birth and spent more than 30 years hearing that “the only path to happiness, worth and love was for other people to see my body as good enough.” “. .
She said: ‘To all my fellow warriors who have ever struggled with self-esteem, body image and the fear of breaking free from old belief systems, I see you. May we all love ourselves.’
Tammin lives in Nashville with her husband Sean McEwen and their two daughters, Phoenix, nine, and Lennon, four.
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