Madelaine Petsch

But I was like, this does affect the way, if people who live where they live hear it, they now know something about my dad that like they maybe didn't know before.

Does that affect your life, you know, to my brother?

Does that affect your life to my mom?

And both of the responses were, this is your story too.

You can share it.

Yeah.

And I think that's something I've always struggled with is it feels like I'm trying to protect a person because it's their story.

But it is also my story.

It is also part of what made me who I am today.

And I think part of it is what made me an artist, if I'm being honest with you.

There was so much escapism I was craving as a child, whether it be through extracurricular activities or movies, that I sought that so heavily as an adult.

I sought being other people as an adult because I felt safer there.

So there's like a lot of really like interesting parallels that came from my childhood environment that I'm like strangely thankful for.

I also think like after doing the podcast last year, the overwhelming amount of messages I got from people saying like, I grew up with that as well.

And I've never really heard someone talk about that.

And I really appreciate you.

Like, you know, my father, you know, did that exact thing today.

And I feel like I'm not alone right now.

Like I've made it so meaningful.

It was terrifying to talk about because you don't want to hurt the person that you love's feelings at the same time, though it seemed to really matter to a larger group of people.