Wil Wheaton Touched By Jerry O’Connell’s Apology For Being Unaware Of His Childhood Trauma: “You Were 11”
deadline.comWil Wheaton was moved by his former Stand By Me co-star Jerry O’Connell’s apology for being unaware of the abuse and trauma Wheaton had experienced as a child.
Wheaton appeared on The Talk Thursday, where O’Connell serves as a co-host, and where he 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 when you were younger.”“But I wish I was older back then so I could’ve said, ‘Hey Wil, hey man, is anything ?'” O’Connell continued.“I deeply appreciate that,” a sympathetic Wheaton replied. “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 spoke of the pain he experienced as a child in an interview with Yahoo Entertainment in May 2021.
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