Charlize Theron
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So I know she won't mind this.
So, yeah, it's a good way to, I think, make people not feel alone.
And, you know, I'm not haunted by any of this stuff anymore.
And, in fact, you've become a campaigner to prevent gender-based violence.
And you've made it an important issue for you.
And you've been very clear that that trauma does not define you.
It does, though, as you mentioned, bind you and your mother, though, and your story.
How would you say it changed your relationship to her, that moment?
It's a very good question because it did.
It really did change our relationship.
We were always very close.
We felt like a team.
But that night changed it because, in retrospect, once I got out of the shock of it—
I realized that she saved my life, which is a big thing.
Oh, my goodness.
It's the ultimate sacrifice a mother can give.
And then also the aftermath of like she picked right up.
This is, I think, such a testament to her strength because the next morning she sent me to school.