Cayetana Guillén Cuervo reveals the sexual abuse she suffered at the age of six at the hands of eight men.

Barcelona"It was like The Pack"There were eight men. They took out a belt they were wearing and hit me," Cayetana Guillén Cuervo confesses in the latest episode of her new podcast. Don't drop it, where she reveals the sexual abuse she suffered when she was six years old. The current president of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts has explained the details of that traumatic moment in a conversation with Alba Moreno, the science communicator guest on the program. Both have spoken about the abuse they suffered as children and have explained how it affects them in their daily lives.

The first time the actress revealed the traumatic episode was in Map in Pandataria, a documentary to show the creative process of the play by Pandataria –premiered at Madrid's Teatros del Canal in February of last year–. "I told it more gently than it was," she confesses in the podcast. At the time, she only shared that the events had occurred while her parents weren't there and that she had never shared it with anyone. "That's what I remember most from that age," she said during the filming.

"I had pushed it away so I could live," explains Guillén Cuervo, who, once he started tying heads, was able to understand that his entire life had been marked by abuse. "I haven't been able to overcome all of this until now, when I became aware of everything I've been carrying," the guest replies. Moreno says she has learned to manage it because she has been able to understand where her problems came from, and that she had always felt guilty. "Now I know where they come from and that I can solve it," she adds.

Moreno has also recounted the darkest moments of her childhood and youth, caused by sexual abuse by a relative. Since she was young and didn't have any tools, she explains that she normalized them and that these, along with the physical abuse, caused her serious anxiety problems that she confused with low blood pressure. She says that the psychologist is the one who saved her: "Anything that had to do with my body terrified me." Now she has learned to let go of the guilt and has accepted that this will be part of her life.

The conversation between the two is calm and without seeking prominence: "We are not a flag nor do we carry banners, we are just two women who have decided to speak," affirms the actress. The objective is also to visualize that an experience like this can be overcome although not forgotten. "Let this not have control over you," says Moreno. This is the third episode of Don't drop it, a program hosted by Guillén Cuervo to discuss desire, pleasure, and identity without any filter. This conversation was very well received by the audience, who appreciated the honesty and courage of the protagonists.