How Bella Thorne Found ‘Happiness’ After ‘Angry’ Childhood (Excl)

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Breaking the child actor curse is notoriously difficult, and Bella Thorne is no exception. The actress, who’s been working since she was 6 weeks old and has admitted she only took her star making gig on the Disney Channel series, Shake It Up, to support her family, spectacularly shed her clean-cut image after turning 18 — launching a cannabis line, becoming the first person to earn $1 million on OnlyFans and directing an adult film. “Because of my past, I was just an angry little girl for so long,” says the 27-year-old, who has revealed she was sexually abused from ages 6 to 14. “But I’ve done a lot of work on myself and changed so much. I’ve
honed in on the kind of work I really want to do, and that has brought a lot of happiness into my life that I didn’t have before.”

Here, Bella, who recently launched her jewelry collection, THORNE by Bella, at Walmart, talks to In Touch’s Lindsay Hoffman about therapy, wedding plans with her fiancé, producer Mark Emms, and her “movie baby.”

What makes you happy now?
BT: Writing is always my first love. Acting is my second and now directing. When you’re working the 17-, 18-hour days, you’re so tired, but when you’re directing and writing and really
creating, you’re on this high of creativity.

How have you worked through your issues?
BT: We’re always our own worst critic, right? You can get yourself into a spiral. My therapist shared this trick to distract the mind with the body. Pick up an object. Like, I have this pen. I’m going to pick it up and put it down, pick it up again and put it down. And for a moment, that stops the [negative] thought process. And can focus even more on things that then it’s your choice to go back to that bad habit or move forward. It’s also been helpful for when I get stuck on things creatively.

How else has therapy helped you grow?
BT: I’m working on boundaries. I have never understood when somebody is crossing one with you, how to react appropriately and to still move forward in a nice way. And also, as a director, to create boundaries on set for a really comfortable, safe work environment so that everybody can do their best job. Because when you’re scared or you feel like you can’t speak up, that is when mistakes are made.

How are wedding plans going?
BT: Very well. It will be a destination wedding in London. I’ve changed the color palette so many times, our wedding planner might kill me!

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What’s your best relationship advice?
BT: Hearing each other out and figuring out your partner’s love language. Mine is watching TV and snuggling in bed all day.

Have you talked about kids?
BT: I definitely look forward to building a beautiful, safe, happy family one day. But currently, we’re making a movie baby.

You’re directing the movie Color Your Hurt, which Mark is producing. What’s next?
BT: There are a lot of things I would really like to do. But also taking some things off my plate so I can focus even more on things that really make me happy.



Source
Las Vegas News Magazine

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