Ellen DeGeneres Opens Up About Being Sexually Abused by Her Stepfather as a Teenager on David Letterman's Netflix Show

Ellen DeGeneres is all set to appear on the second season of David Letterman's Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. On the show, the 61-year-old TV host describes how her mother Betty married "a very bad man" when Ellen was a teenager. Ellen even recalls a terrible incident of being sexually abused by her stepfather. According to DeGeneres after her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, her stepfather would grope her breasts under the pretext of checking for lumps and it being a precautionary measure.

According to reports, on the show, Ellen said, "He told me when she was out of town that he’d felt a lump in her breast and needed to feel my breasts because he didn’t want to upset her, but he needed to feel mine. He convinced me that he needs to feel my breasts and then he tries to do it again another time, and then another time."

Back in 2005, Ellen had opened up about such incidents with her stepfather. Although, DeGeneres recently opened up on the same again, hoping that she could encourage survivors about coming forward. Shah Rukh Khan on David Letterman Show: King Khan Says He is Thrilled and Honoured to Share Story With American Talk Show Host

Check out the teaser of the show here:

In the first season, Letterman hosted famed personalities such as US President Barack Obama, actor George Clooney, Pakistan Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, hip-hop star Jay-Z, actress Tina Fey and radio producer Howard Stern. The second season will include conversations between Letterman and Kanye West, Ellen Degeneres, Tiffany Haddish, Lewis Hamilton and Melinda Gates.

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