Exclusive Interview: Josie Adams Reveals Untold Secrets Behind We Thought They’d Never Leave with Tony Shalhoub
You know, there’s this narrative for adoptees that they need to always be grateful, but there is also an absence and a sadness and a trauma that isn’t often discussed. If you are adopted that means someone wasn’t able to or didn’t want to raise you. I only recently have been able to look at that and hold two truths. I’ve spent my life wondering, is it okay for me to talk about the darker psychological issues of being adopted when the outward appearance is that I am the luckiest person in the world? My dad is a very private person and he has gone through a lot of effort to not exploit his family and his private life, and I respect that so much. But there’s also my own story and having a difficult period in my teenage years, and my own psychology and mental health struggles around what it’s like being adopted by affluent but private celebrities. There’s no exposé here, it’s just reality.
Post Comment