Julianne Hough Blames Her ‘Own Suffering’ for 2013 Blackface Costume Controversy
Julianne Hough is taking accountability for her past blackface Halloween costume controversy — and putting in the work to face the difficult conversation.The Dancing With the Stars alum, 31, recounted her feelings about her Orange Is the New Black costume from 2013 in a conversation with Kimberly Blackwell via Instagram Live on Wednesday, June 17.“I was in my own suffering, wasn’t able to see the macro suffering, and made it about myself and I centered myself in the situation because I wanted people so badly to understand me and my character that I couldn’t see the suffering of so many others,” Hough explained.She blamed her actions on her “socialization” and said that she doesn’t feel the need to “punish” herself for the past.