Hatcher admits being sexually abused

“Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher revealed on Tuesday that she was sexually abused by an uncle as a child. She says she kept it secret until he was arrested years later for molesting a girl who ultimately committed suicide."I was just blown over by this girl's pain," Hatcher told Vanity Fair, when recalling how she learned about the case through newspaper clippings.

Hatcher initially kept her involvement in the case a secret, declining to include the experience in her upcoming book "Burned Toast," in part because she worried it might harm her career. "But I'm 41 years old, and it's time for me to stop hiding," she said.

"The most horrible thing, that has stuck with me all my life, is that he was touching me and doing things to me, and he said, 'Doesn't that feel good?' (And) I said, 'No, it doesn't.' He said, 'Well, someday you'll know what I'm talking about."