The superstar said: “I went through some horrific things. I’m able to laugh now because I’ve gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy and emotional therapy to heal over the years, my music has been wonderful for me.
“I was a shell of my former self at one point. I was not myself.
“I was about 19. I went to Catholic school and then all this crazy stuff happened, and I was going, ‘oh is this just the way adults are?’ I was very naive.
“It happens every day and it’s really scary and it’s sad. It didn’t affect me as much right after as it did about four or five years later.”
The comments about rape are about 41 minutes into the interview, alluded to at the 19-22 minute mark.
