Marcus Mumford Reveals He Was Sexually Abused as a Child

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Marcus Mumford is bravely opening up about his childhood trauma. While chatting about his upcoming solo album titled Self-Titled and its lead single “Cannibal,” the 35-year-old Mumford & Sons singer revealed that he was sexually abused when he was six-years-old. Click inside to read more… “Like lots of people—and I’m learning more and more about this as we go and as I play it to people—I was sexually abused as a child,” Marcus shared with GQ. “Not by family and not in the church, which might be some people’s assumption.

But I hadn’t told anyone about it for 30 years.” Marcus used “Cannibal” as the way to tell his mother about his abuse. “She came back: ‘Can I ask what that song’s about?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, it’s about the abuse thing.’ She was like, ‘What are you talking about?’” Marcus recalled. “So once we get through the trauma of that moment for her, as a mother, hearing that and her wanting to protect and help and all that stuff, it’s objectively f–king hilarious to tell your mom about your abuse in a f–king song, of all things.” Marcus also shared that his conversation with his mom became the inspiration for the album’s second track, “Grace.” “That thing that happened when I was six, that was the first of a string of really unusual, unhealthy sexual experiences at a really early age,” Marcus explained. “And for some reason, and I can’t really understand why, I didn’t become a perpetrator of sexual abuse—although I’ve done my fair share of c–tish behavior.” “String of really unhealthy s–t when I was under the age of 12, which set my brain up in a way to deal with stuff later on in life in an imbalanced way,” Marcus continued. “And so the last three years has just been trying to look at that and correct some