Rina Sawayama, 33, reveals that she was raised by a school teacher at the age of 17: “It completely destroyed my whole world.”
Rina Sawayama revealed that when she was 17, she was groomed by a man she believed was in a relationship – and that he was her school teacher.
The 33-year-old singer and actress opened up about this in an interview with BBC Three’s In Conversation.
Rina said her revelation came during the sexual and relationship therapy she was undergoing.
“This is the first time I’m talking about this, but basically through sex therapy – sex and relationship therapy – I realized that something I thought was a relationship I had when I was 17 was actually being nurtured .”‘ said Rina.
“This realization didn’t happen until I was in my 30s because I was finally his age,” she said.
The Latest: Rina Sawayama revealed she was groomed at age 17 by a man she believed was in a relationship; Seen on March 20, 2023 at the premiere of John Wick: Chapter 4 in LA
Trauma: The singer and actress opened up about it during an interview on BBC Three’s In Conversation
Rina said that this realization “completely tore my whole world apart.”
“I still remember how uncomfortable it made me, but I didn’t add it all up,” she said.
“And through this very intensive form of therapy, which I’m so lucky to have, I was able to come to terms with it, and it completely turned my whole world upside down.”
The “John Wick: Chapter 4” star also revealed that it was a school teacher, telling the outlet, “It came to light that what happened in my school was basically a school teacher.”
She added that she was so ashamed that I was so ashamed of my sexuality and completely lost my self-confidence. I detached myself from my skin as if from within, I don’t know how to describe it. But I was just so afraid of things. And I started having anxiety attacks,” she told the outlet.
The star continued: “Seventeen to me is a child, you’re in school, you don’t have any autonomy most of the time, and especially when you’re in a school environment, when a school teacher is coming at you, that is.” an abuse of power. “I didn’t realize it until I was his age,” she said during her interview.
Rina, who was born in Japan but grew up in the UK, was part of a group called Lazy Lion as a teenager.
The “Trauma: The John Wick: Chapter 4” star also revealed that it was a school teacher, telling the outlet, “It came to light that what happened in my school was basically a school teacher .” seen on May 31, 2023 in London
Star Power: Rina made her acting debut in 2019’s Turn Up Charlie and her film debut in Joh Wick: Chapter 4, released in 2023; seen on March 20, 2023 in Hollywood
She began her solo career in February 2013; She has two albums under her belt: Sawayama in 2020.
Rina made her acting debut in Turn Up Charlie in 2019 and her film debut in Joh Wick: Chapter 4, which was released in theaters in 2023.