Tituss Burgess, in an expansive and emotional interview with Marc Maron on Monday’s “WTF” podcast, revealed for what appeared to be the first time that he was “molested repeatedly” by one of his uncles as a child growing up outside Athens, Georgia.
“I didn’t come on here and think we were going to talk about this,” the Emmy nominee and “Schmigadoon!” star admitted, exhaling through nervous laughter. He then launched into his “earliest memories” of his biological father, who was largely absent from his life.
“My dad was not there, but my dad was always no more than 15 minutes away from us,” Burgess said.