June 10, 2009
Queen Latifah gets the Cover of Essence
In the new July issue of Essence magazine, Queen Latifah opens up about sexual abuse in her childhood that she never discussed publicly before. Latifah reveals that she was violated by a teenage babysitter, saying, “He violated me. I never told anybody. I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people at an arms length. I never really let a person get too close to me.” She also admits that, because of the abuse, she’s since struggled with commitment. “I could have been married years ago, but I had a commitment issue.”
