Lonnie Rashid Lynn (Common) is out and about promoting his new memoir Let Love Have the Last Word. In the book, the Oscar and Grammy winner gets real personal about him being abused as a child.
Common said he remembered the sexual assault while getting ready for the 2018 film The Tale. The star recalls it happening on a family trip where he had to sleep in the same bed with his abuser at only 9-years-old.
“At some point, I felt Brandon’s hand on me. I pushed him away. I don’t remember saying a whole lot besides ‘No, no, no.’ He kept saying ‘it’s okay, it’s okay,’ as he pulled down my shorts and molested me. After he stopped he kept asking me to perform it on him. I kept repeating ‘No’ and pushing him away. I felt a deep and sudden shame for what happened,” writes Common in the book.
In an interview with TMZ, Common said, “It’s something I know a lot of people experience, especially black young men and women, and just people in general, have experienced that type of thing. A lot of people are afraid to talk about it, but the only way we stop the cycle is to talk about it. That’s why I chose to say something.”
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