Oprah Winfrey’s confession to domestic violence in her childhood

In an incident domestic violence which happened in her childhood was mentioned by Oprah Winfrey speaking on Dr Oz show.

The popular presenter recalled the savage incident which takes place when Oprah was up to six years old, that is, the years she lived with her grandparents.

“My grandmother and I slept together. My grandfather was in another room, on the other side of the wall. One night he got out of bed and came to our room. When I woke up to the voices, he had his arms around my grandmother’s neck, trying to strangle her. I still remember how loud he was screaming“, Described Oprah Winfrey.

Her grandmother tried to call for help by calling a blind neighbor, Harry, and since then her grandmother has placed a chair under the knob so that her violent grandfather could not open the door and some tin cans to wake him up. the noise.

Her interview Winfrey Opera was given on the occasion of the release of her new book “What Happened to You?In collaboration with neuroscientist Bruce Perry, who discusses childhood trauma and how it can affect later life.

This is not the first time that Oprah Winfrey has referred to her difficult childhood years as she has spoken “openly” in the past about sexual abuse by her mother’s cousin partner at the age of nine.

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