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21-05-2025
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Mikayla Matthews Says She Was Sexually Abused by 3 Different People from the Time She Was 6 to 15
Mikayla Matthews is candidly addressing the sexual abuse she endured growing up After talking about the abuse in an episode of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Mikayla shared more of her story on The Squeeze podcast During the episode, Mikayla explained how the sexual abuse affected her through adulthoodMikayla Matthews is sharing more about enduring sexual abuse as a child. Appearing on The Squeeze podcast, Mikayla candidly opened up to host Tay Lautner about disclosing her past in the second season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Sharing her story, Mikayla explained that she'd grown up as the second youngest of seven kids in Granada Hills, Calif. "I actually blocked out a lot of my childhood. I remember a lot of the trauma from growing up and like a lot of the bad things that I took from it. But I don't remember a lot of like happy memories... I remember just like a lot of yelling," Mikayla shared. "I remember a lot of like fighting," she recalled. "I remember holidays because those were like the times that we were happy... which I feel like I've taken into my adult years now where I'm like, 'These are like my favorite.' It's like such a special time for me because growing up I was like, that was like the only happy memories I can remember. But yeah, it was a lot." Ultimately, Mikayla's parents divorced. Her mom moved with the children to Utah, where her family was based. Having to work to support the family as a single mom, Mikayla says her mom "never really saw" the rest of them during the day. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "We did a lot of growing up on our own basically... I feel like she wasn't around a lot growing up," Mikayla said. Mikayla then recalled the sexual abuse she endured at a young age. "I feel like it's hard to... I wanna like be able to like pinpoint an age of where it all started," she began. "Because I did open up about being sexually abused, and that happened before we moved to Utah." Later in the podcast, Mikayla claimed that there were "three different people," who abused her at different times between the time she was six until she was 15. She noted that in a household where sex wasn't a subject, it was hard to understand, let alone process. "I went to a sexual trauma therapist that was telling me about like the shame you get growing up around sex in general. I think it's very common just in a lot of households, but also just in like Mormon culture," she said. "You don't talk about sex. I feel like our parents' generation doesn't talk about sex. It's kind of, you don't talk about this — out of sight, out of mind." Mikayla recalled engaging in sexual exploration with herself as a child trying to understand what was happening, only to be reprimanded by her mom. "I would think back to times where, when I did live in California and I was doing things like — when you're younger, you start doing things, you notice things feel good — And ... my mom would always yell at me for doing things," she says. "But also at that time, I was like, I was being sexually abused and I was confused. And I think that's why I started doing those things," she continued. "And I just associated it with the shame because it was like, 'This isn't okay. Don't do this.' And that's something I feel like really carried over into my marriage, which is what I've noticed recently." "It's been like one of the hardest parts of our marriage," she said, referring to her husband Jace Terry, whom she met when she was 16. "Because you don't realize it's happening because again, you're so young, you're not processing it. And then you kind of are raised up with this, or at least I was raised up with my circumstance of, 'This isn't for me. It's for somebody else's pleasure.'" Related: Mikayla Matthews Opens Up About 'Traumatic' Pregnancy at Age 16, Just Weeks After Meeting Now-Husband Jace During season 2, Mikayla talks to her sisters about her past abuse and coming forward to tell her mom about it. "I never had that safe place to tell my mom anything. She just wasn't that person for me," Mikayla noted. "For my whole life, basically, I never had that safe place or felt comfortable telling her things. So when all these things were happening, it was, 'Okay, well, I don't have someone to tell that I feel comfortable telling that would take that information and do something good with it.'" Mikayla claimed that she was being "manipulated and groomed by people that say, 'Oh, this is a fun game,' or 'We're doing this to practice for boys in the future,' or 'Don't tell your mom.'" She added that sharing her truth with others is still a difficult situation to tackle. "I still haven't fully opened up to all the details of my sexual abuse even to like my husband, which he's very patient with me about," she explained. "But again, it's just this thing that's ingrained to me of, 'Well, no one's gonna believe me or I don't know.'" While the conversation with her siblings on the show was difficult — with Mikayla noting it was the first time they spoke openly about her abuse — she added it was "a literal full-circle moment, 10 years later." She credits her chronic illness for helping her tackle her mental health rather than shoving it further into the recesses of her mind. "I think it was really my chronic illness, in the last three years, that really shifted my mindset on all of that and opening up," she said. "Because again, I think my body was truly screaming at me internally and then it just started coming to the surface." If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
21-05-2025
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Groom's Unexpected Wedding Day Gesture Brings Entire Bridal Party to Tears (Exclusive)
Austin Dunsmuir's emotional wedding day letters to his wife Mikayla's family and friends went viral, showcasing his deep love and appreciation for her inner circle The heartfelt gesture brought Mikayla and her loved ones closer, she tells PEOPLE The viral TikTok has captured the Internet's heart, making this wedding moment unforgettableA man raised the bar for wedding day gestures in a way that left an entire room in tears. When Austin Dunsmuir decided to write personalized letters for each of the people his bride, Mikayla, really valued to open on the morning of their wedding, he didn't just surprise a handful of people — he created a ripple of love that's now gone viral on TikTok. 'I'm going to try not to get emotional,' Mikayla Dunsmuir laughs, recalling to PEOPLE the moment she learned about Austin's plan. 'We've been together for about four-and-a-half, five years now.' She adds, 'The friends I included in my bridal party, we've all been friends together for so long. Some of them have been there before we even got together, through every step of the relationship. He's also seen me have not-so-great friends in my life, so he really appreciates these amazing women that are in my life now.' The now-viral TikTok clip, which shows the letters being opened, is overlaid with the simple but powerful text: 'When the groom writes letters to the bridesmaids and the bride's parents to open the morning of the wedding.' In the caption, Mikayla writes, 'Nothing makes me happier than the love my husband has for the people in my life, and the love they've always shown him. This was truly such a special touch to our wedding day. My family.' Austin's idea was born out of countless conversations about the people who shaped Mikayla's world. 'He saw just how much care they put into my bridal year, how special they made everything for me. They really just went above and beyond, you know, for my bridal shower, for my bachelorette trip,' she shares. 'I was like, I really want to do something special for them for the wedding, just something that no one else does,' Mikayla adds. 'And he was like, 'What if I wrote them something from my perspective of your friendship and it's a surprise?' And I was like, immediately, yes. That is so special. I mean, I've never seen that done before.' The list of recipients quickly grew. 'We had to include our parents and grandma and everything, too — everyone had to be included. So everyone was: his mom, my mom, my dad, my grandma, our ring bearers, the bridesmaids and the maid of honor.' Mikayla only saw a few of the letters as Austin wrote them, but even those left her deeply moved. 'The ones I did see made me so emotional. My maid of honor sent me a picture the next day of her letter. She was like, 'I'm reading it again and I'm sobbing.' ' In a surprise move, there were letters — unrelated — for the bride, too. 'When I first got to the venue, everyone was there. My maid of honor told me to close my eyes, and she puts on my lap this giant scrapbook of letters from my family, my bridesmaids, everyone in my wedding party," she shares. "Everyone wrote a really long letter, it was just so unbelievable." Mikayla adds, 'Then I said, 'Everyone open the letter from Austin at the same time, because I wanted to just see everyone's reaction at the same time.' I was just happy seeing them be so emotional toward our relationship and toward him.' For Mikayla, the gesture was more than just a sweet surprise — it was a reflection of Austin's character. 'He's honestly just such a kind-hearted, selfless angel, and he just has so much love to give,' Mikayla shares. 'I really just think he's one of a kind, and he's such an empathetic and genuine person. I love that some people are getting to see that now because he's a very private person.' The letters didn't just touch the recipients — they brought everyone closer. 'I think just the entire year of being engaged and planning the wedding has brought all of us to a different level of closeness and love. You really know who's in your corner. I've really seen who my people are,' she notes. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. One moment that stood out above all was the letter Austin wrote to Mikayla's dad, which he read aloud at the wedding. 'Their bond is very special. Austin grew up without a father, so my dad has been like the closest thing to a father for him. We wanted to make a moment of the day about him and let everyone know how much we love him,' she shares. In all, the Dunsmuir's wedding was exactly what Mikayla had always envisioned, down to the man she chose to spend the rest of her life with. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
21-05-2025
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Mikayla Matthews Opens Up About 'Traumatic' Pregnancy at Age 16, Just Weeks After Meeting Now-Husband Jace
Mikayla Matthews opened up in a new interview about how "traumatizing" her first pregnancy at age 16 was The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star had just met her now-husband Jace Terry weeks before Matthews talked about how the long-term effects of the sexual abuse she endured as a child "triggered" her in her marriageMikayla Matthews is candidly opening up about her first pregnancy. Matthews, 25, appeared on the May 21 episode of The Squeeze with Tay Lautner and spoke at length about the sexual abuse she endured in her younger years and how it continued to affect her as she learned she was pregnant at age 16. After moving out of her mother's house at age 15, she met her now-husband Jace Terry through her sister and his roommate, who worked together. 'I think I got pregnant literally a year, almost a year exactly after I moved out of my house at 15,' she said. 'And then I'm jumping into now being a mom and raising a kid at 16, 17. I think all that was traumatizing, but also it was so helpful being with someone like Jace because, again, he's been like so patient with me and he like truly wants me to be the best version of myself.' Even though Jace is now a 'safe place' for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, the start of their relationship was challenging. She explained she 'had only known him for like a month before' she got pregnant. At the time, she was living with her sister and she eventually dropped out of high school when she learned she was expecting. 'I didn't really tell any of my friends. I kind of just dropped off the face of the earth,' she remembered. She explained that she found out she was pregnant after she spent time in a sauna and passed out. Her mom took her to the hospital, and a blood test showed she was in the early stages of pregnancy. 'Immediately,' she decided she wanted to 'keep' the baby, she recalled, noting that Jace's 'immediate reaction' was to support whatever she wanted to do. Even though Mikayla and her mom still hadn't talked about the abuse she had faced, she still relied on her because she was one of the few people who knew about the pregnancy. 'None of my friends knew. So I was just so isolated and alone,' she remembered. 'And at this point, I barely knew Jace. . . . So, although I wasn't comfortable around [my mom], it was just like more comfortable than with Jace at that point.' At the same time, 'being around her [mom] was obviously very triggering," she added. Mikayla and Jace ultimately welcomed their son Beckham in 2017. They married in 2018. The family welcomed a daughter, Haven, in August 2019 and a son named Tommie in November 2021. She is currently pregnant with their fourth child. Mikayla said that after she welcomed her first child, she still 'internalized all of that hurt and abuse' and only recently began working through it in therapy. During her second pregnancy, she noted that 'sex became very triggering,' but Jace didn't know about her past. Mikayla would have sex with him in hopes it would help their relationship but then, she said, 'Subconsciously I was resenting him and making him the abuser where it wasn't the case.' She added that she's already 'learned a lot through therapy' about why that happens and how to deal with those triggers. Mikayla praised Jace as 'really patient' with her as she dealt with both her lasting trauma and her struggles with chronic illness. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. She noted that she started to open up to him about some of the abuse she faced about 'six years ago.' 'I had to kind of tell him because it would get so frustrating," she explained. "And I feel like a lot of that anger was being put on him and he felt a lot of rejection of like, 'I'm not attractive. My wife doesn't want to sleep with me.' And that made me feel so guilty.' She noted that she would react defensively, but opening up to him more helped him 'really understand.' She added, 'He's very gentle with me because he knows the situation.' If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor. Read the original article on People
Scottish Sun
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
World's sexiest ice hockey star shows off underboob in busty bikini as she wishes fans ‘merry Mikaylamas'
Scroll down to see more pics from Mikayla's glamorous life TAKING THE MIK World's sexiest ice hockey star shows off underboob in busty bikini as she wishes fans 'merry Mikaylamas' MIKAYLA DEMAITER has delighted fans with her latest Instagram post. The influencer, 25, previously turned out for the Bluewater Hawks in Canada's Women's Hockey League. Advertisement Having played as a goaltender, Mikayla quit aged 19 following a knee injury. Since turning to modelling full-time, the former hockey ace has built a huge social media following. In her latest post, Mikayla uploaded several pictures of herself posing in a pinstripe bikini with green and yellow trim. The model captioned it: "merry mikaylamas everyone… have a great day celebrating." Advertisement Mikayla's snaps quickly received more than 50,000 likes. While several fans rushed to leave a comment. One wrote: "Beautiful!!" While a second gushed: "I love it." Advertisement 19 Versatile Mikayla Demaiter poses on the soccer field Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 Mikayla has also tried her hand at pool Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 The influencer also dabbles with basketball Credit: Instagram / mikaylademaiter A third commented: "Perfect." Advertisement And another added: "Love you." Who is Mikalya Demaiter? Woman dubbed world's sexiest hockey player Mikayla was recently branded the "eighth wonder of the world". And she also impressed fans with her unorthodox skiing outfit. A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE GLAMOROUS LIFE OF MIKAYLA DEMAITER... Advertisement 19 Mikayla used to be an ice hockey player Credit: 19 Mikayla regularly blows her fans away with her content Credit: instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 She has now taken to a career in social media Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 She's no stranger to a bikini snap online Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter Advertisement 19 She has over 3million followers on Instagram Credit: instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 Mikayla was a goaltender during her days as an ice hockey player Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 Fans are always showering her with compliments Credit: instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 She heralds from Canada Credit: instagram @mikaylademaiter Advertisement 19 She was forced to retire from hockey aged just 19 Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 Mikayla has 2.4million followers on TikTok too Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 She regularly shares pictures on social media Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 Mikayla proved to be a ray of sunshine for fans Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter Advertisement 19 Now she is making a name for herself as an influencer Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 The model regularly treats her fans to racy online snaps Credit: instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 The former ice hockey goalie is now a successful model Credit: Instagram / @mikaylademaiter 19 The 'world's sexiest ice hockey player' has amassed a following of over 2m on social media Credit: Instagram @MikaylaDemaiter
The Irish Sun
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
World's sexiest ice hockey star shows off underboob in busty bikini as she wishes fans ‘merry Mikaylamas'
MIKAYLA DEMAITER has delighted fans with her latest Instagram post. The influencer, 25, previously turned out for the Bluewater Hawks in 's Women's Hockey League. Having played as a goaltender, Since turning to modelling full-time, the former hockey ace has built a huge social media following. In her latest post, Mikayla uploaded several pictures of herself posing in a pinstripe bikini with green and yellow trim. The model captioned it: "merry mikaylamas everyone… have a great day celebrating." READ MORE ON MIKAYLA DEMAITER Mikayla's snaps quickly received more than 50,000 likes. While several fans rushed to leave a comment. One wrote: "Beautiful!!" While a second gushed: "I love it." Most read in Sport 19 Versatile Mikayla Demaiter poses on the soccer field Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 Mikayla has also tried her hand at pool Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 The influencer also dabbles with basketball Credit: Instagram / mikaylademaiter A third commented: "Perfect." And another added: "Love you." Who is Mikalya Demaiter? Woman dubbed world's sexiest hockey player Mikayla was recently And she also impressed fans with A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE GLAMOROUS LIFE OF MIKAYLA DEMAITER ... 19 Mikayla used to be an ice hockey player Credit: 19 Mikayla regularly blows her fans away with her content Credit: instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 She has now taken to a career in social media Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 She's no stranger to a bikini snap online Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 She has over 3million followers on Instagram Credit: instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 Mikayla was a goaltender during her days as an ice hockey player Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 Fans are always showering her with compliments Credit: instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 She heralds from Canada Credit: instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 She was forced to retire from hockey aged just 19 Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 Mikayla has 2.4million followers on TikTok too Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 She regularly shares pictures on social media Credit: Instagram/mikaylademaiter 19 Mikayla proved to be a ray of sunshine for fans Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 Now she is making a name for herself as an influencer Credit: Instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 The model regularly treats her fans to racy online snaps Credit: instagram @mikaylademaiter 19 The former ice hockey goalie is now a successful model Credit: Instagram / @mikaylademaiter 19 The 'world's sexiest ice hockey player' has amassed a following of over 2m on social media Credit: Instagram @MikaylaDemaiter
