Kevin Gates opens up about being sexually assaulted as a child.
During a recent interview on Club Shay Shay, Gates says he was molested as a teenager. When asked if he was threatened not to speak out against his abuser, Gates revealed “he dead.” He added, “yeah, he outta’ here.”
Shannon Sharpe responded, “I guess I’ll leave that alone.” Gates reassuring Sharpe, he expresses, “he’ll never do that to anybody again.”
“I don’t wanna say too much, but I really broke generational curses with that situation because people that came before me, they was raped,” he said. “And it created the space for me to have with my children to where my children know, don’t nobody never touch you, not even me. I had these open conversations with my children, they are equipped. I created a space for them to be able to tell their dad anything.”
Gates says that speaking out against his abuse, has created a safe space for other men to share their experiences. He says men come up to him crying and embracing him. “I created a space, and I tell them, ‘You was vulnerable.’ Then, we have built ourselves into machines to where we can protect the inner child.”
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