Snooky reveals painful past: 'I was raped at 14'

Actress Snooky Serna on Sunday admitted that she was raped when she was 14 years old but declined to give details of the incident. “I hope people will respect that I don’t want to be so graphic and detailed about it because I have children and I’m [neither] out to embarrass my children nor my family, my friends and even my ex-husband," she said. The former child star even threatened to cut the interview short after Showbiz Central's host John Lapus asked her to identify the attacker. “John, magwawalkout ako dito…let’s respect other people. I have feelings, too...it happened in the house…that time hindi ako nagsumbong because I was shocked. I was 14. Parang ang feeling ko I was robbed of my innocence, of my childhood," she said. She added: “I was forcibly made to indulge in that and I’m not proud of it and I don’t want to…sana ayokong ma-prolong ito. I’m so honest for my own good. Sometimes na ngayon ko naisip yung repercussion na baka mamaya maging malaking issue ito masyado at mapapasama pa yung tao, nananahimik na. I‘m sure that he’s also sorry for whatever he’s done. Ayoko naman magkaroon ng serious repercussion." Snooky first made the admission in the radio program of DJ Mo Twister last Wednesday. She said she made the confession to Mo Twister because she felt the radio program was the perfect venue to say it. She said she told her children about her experience to warn them. “You wouldn’t believe it but I also told my children about it. I’m very open about everything in my life sa mga mahal ko sa buhay. Parang I gave them warning, ‘Sabi ko don’t be too naïve. Talagang tatanga-tanga ako nong bata ako. I was so innocent. I was so naïve,’" she said. She said she had to go through counseling and psychiatric treatment to help overcome her trauma. “I thanked God that with the help of my parents and family support and also psychiatric treatment, I had to go through counseling. Nakatulong ‘yun for me to overcome and to have the strength to tell everyone about it," she said. She added: “Nagkaroon ako ng low self-esteem because I was raped. I was forcibly asked to do something na labag sa loob ko." “Be careful...yun pa kayang boyfriend na you have romantic feelings for each other. You have to use your brains," she advised teenagers. Snooky said aside from doing it for herself, she wants to send a message to other women who were also victims of sexual abuse. “There is always life after a tragic incident. Ang problema may katapusan. Lahat ng problema may kasagutan at lahat ng problema matatapos din ‘yan but ikaw yung sarili mo, yung pagkatao mo you have to move on. You have to be flexible with the changes in your life," she said. - GMANews.TV