Gabrielle Union is actively promoting her latest memoir, We’re Going to Need More Wine, where she candidly shares insights into her life journey and the challenges that shaped her into the person she is today.
A poignant part of the book delves into a traumatic incident from her past when the now 44-year-old actress was s**ually assaulted at the age of 19 while working at a Payless shoe store.
In a recent interview with Nightline, Union openly discusses the harrowing experience that forever altered her life.
Describing it as a moment that was both graphic and violent, she reflects on how it fundamentally changed her.
“The woman I used to be in that dreadful moment is no more; I am the phoenix that emerged from the ruins,” Union expressed.
Having been vocal about her personal history and even portraying a s**ual assault survivor in Nate Parker’s film Birth of a Nation, Union revealed that she genuinely feared for her life during the assault and resorted to fighting back against her assailant.
Recalling the terrifying ordeal, Union described it as surreal, almost like an out-of-body encounter.
She vividly remembers how her two selves, the one being attacked and the one fighting back, merged into one.
In a desperate bid for survival, she made a split-second decision to grab a firearm and attempt to defend herself against her attacker.
Union felt it was a
