Marcus Mumford has revealed that he was sexually abused when he was six years old.
"I haven't told anyone about it in his 30 years," the 35-year-old singer said in an interview with GQ published Wednesday., revealed that his abusers were neither his family nor his family. church.
Former Mumford & Sands Eleanor, the mother of her member Her Mumford learned about the experience "above all in King's Song" and will be writing on her next album Self-Titled. The album will be released on September 16th.
The song's lyrics include, "I can still taste you, but I hate it / It's not a choice in a child's mind, you know it
When Eleanor heard the song and asked her son what the song was about, he replied,
Marcus explains: It's hilarious when you look at it objectively like help [how she found out].
"It's a very abnormal and unhealthy sexual experience," he explained.
"So for the past three years, I've been looking at that and trying to fix the balance," Marcus said.
not," he said. Sexual abuse" himself and "can't really understand why" — he's done his "fair share of c-tish behavior."
Marcus said he carried in April 2012 that he mulliganed Married to the 37-year-old actress, he has two children. 5. The
songwriter is best known for his lead role in Mumford & Thon, but Page Six reported that he plans to go solo in June. 50}.