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Jerry O'Connell apologizes to 'Stand By Me' co-star Wil Wheaton for 'not being there' amid past child abuse

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Wil Wheaton was recently touched by Jerry O'Connell, who apologized to the actor on Thursday for being unaware of the child abuse he faced as a teenager.

The "Stand By Me" co-stars and friends reunited on Thursday's' "The Talk," where O'Connell, now a co-host on the daytime series, apologized to Wheaton. "I heard before you talk about some of the struggles you were going through during ‘Stand by Me,’ and you know, while I was 11 at the time, that's an excuse, I do want to apologize for not being there more for you when you were younger," O'Connell said. "But I want to say, to the bigger picture, you never know what someone is going through when you're with them.

I don't feel guilt, but I just want to say I'm sorry I wasn't there for you more." Jerry O'Connell, River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton and Corey Feldman in a scene from the film "Stand By Me," 1986. (Columbia Pictures/Getty Images) Wheaton responded, saying he "deeply appreciated" O'Connell's words, but stressed he shouldn't feel sorry. "You were 11.

How could you have possibly known? Also, everyone in the audience who is a trauma survivor knows this: We're real, real, real good at covering up what we're going through," Wheaton reacted.

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