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Veteran actress Laura Dern revealed Wednesday that she was sexually assaulted when she was 14-years-old. Dern, now 50, appeared on The Ellen Show and explained that hearing other actresses at the Elle Women in Hollywood event speak out about abuse they’ve experienced helped her come to grips with a past she said she had “justified.” “I woke up and I realized that in that space I talked about how I was one of the lucky ones because I was raised by actors who told me their stories and told me what to look out for, and I realized that I...

From Monsters and Critics.com People News Laura Dern blames ten year old Ellen kiss for career backlash By Stone Martindale Apr 24, 2007, 16:06 GMT Laura Dern blames her lack of work on a ten year old kiss with Ellen DeGeneres on television. CNN reports that ten years after the smooch, Dern appeared with Ellen on Monday on DeGeneres' syndicated talk show to reflect on the "aftermath." DeGeneres, 49, came out of the closet in real life while her sitcom character's coming-out episode aired too, Dern kissed the comedian during a guest shot on the ABC series as Ellen's "lesbian...