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“I remembered [the abuse] slightly.

It has always been there, but I packed it away as people do, right?”

actor and author John Stamos smiling

Stamos stated in an interview withPeople.

As a 10-year-old, he justified the babysitter’s behavior and kept it a secret.

Stamos acknowledged, “I think I told myself, ‘Ah, it’s girls, man.'”

actor John Stamos holding his memoir

As he peeled back his internal layers, his memoir gradually began to take form.

However, he came to the realization that he had a compelling story to share.

“A bunch of agents saw [the obituary] and told me I should write a book.

actors John Stamos and Bob Saget

And I still said no for a long time.

I didn’t know where to start.”

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