Rock singer Marcus Mumford has shared that he was sexually abused as a toddler.
In a brand new interview with GQ Hype, Marcus – the frontman of the Grammy-winning group Mumford & Sons – spoke publicly for the primary time in regards to the abuse he endured on the age of six.
He additionally revealed that his debut solo single Cannibal, launched final month, consists of lyrics alluding to the abuse.
“Like a number of folks – and I’m studying an increasing number of about this as we go and as I play it to folks – I used to be sexually abused as a toddler,” he instructed the journal.
“Not by household and never within the church, which is perhaps some folks’s assumption. However I hadn’t instructed anybody about it for 30 years.”
Cannibal opens with the lyric: “I can nonetheless style you and I hate it. That wasn’t a selection within the thoughts of a kid and also you knew it.”
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Marcus went on to elucidate that he by no means instructed his mom in regards to the abuse he was subjected to till lately, after enjoying her Cannibal for the primary time.
He continued: “Couple days [after his mum heard the song, she said] ‘Can I ask what that music’s about?’. I used to be like, ‘Yeah, it’s in regards to the abuse factor’. She was like, ‘What are you speaking about?’.
“So as soon as we get by the trauma of that second for her, as a mom, listening to that and her wanting to guard and assist and all that stuff, it’s objectively fucking hilarious to inform your mother about your abuse in a fucking music, of all issues.”
Marcus’ dialog together with his mom about being sexually abused shaped the inspiration for an additional music on his solo debut, Grace, which follows Cannibal on the album.
The musician revealed he ultimately sought assist after a “all-time low” second in 2019.
“I’d had the folks closest to me maintain up a mirror and say, like, ‘Dude, one thing’s not proper right here and it’s your accountability to go determine it out’,” he recalled.
Following this intervention, he instructed GQ that he discovered a therapist who specialises in trauma, and instructed her about his abuse expertise on their second session collectively.
After telling her about being abused, Marcus discovered himself throwing up, noting: “Apparently, it’s quite common, when you principally unhook the denial and begin the method of eradicating some suppression, then it’s very pure for that stuff to return out.”
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He added: “I lived most of my grownup life up till simply actually lately in, like, layers of disgrace. And it in all probability began there after I was six, however I simply received form of hooked on disgrace, layers and layers of disgrace, which is why I really feel now like I’ve completed a number of figuring that out.
“And a few of the areas through which I used to be attempting to make that disgrace go away simply led to extra disgrace for me. And now with the ability to choose these aside a bit of bit and, like, chip away on the layers of it’s why I really feel form of free, extra free than I’ve in a very long time.”
Marcus was born in California to English mother and father, who had been leaders within the evangelical Christian group Winery Church buildings, ultimately transferring again to the UK when he was nonetheless a child.
He has been married to Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan, with whom he shares two youngsters, since April 2012.
Assist and help:
- Rape Disaster companies for girls and women who’ve been raped or have skilled sexual violence – 0808 802 9999
- Survivors UK gives help for males and boys – 0203 598 3898
