Jesse James was a terrorized kid
26 May 2010
Jesse James is claiming that his childhood abuse led him to cheat on his ex-wife Sandra Bullock with numerous women.
"I grew up with a huge amount of shame and fear and abandonment on my shoulders from a very young age and I think, you know, the way my mind rationalized [cheating], ‘Well, you know, I might as well do whatever I can to like run her off cause she is going to find out what I am anyway and leave me anyway,'" the 41-year-old James told Nightline.
Jesse also claims his father was physically and emotionally abusive. "He beat my ass pretty good a bunch of times...I just remember, like, clinched teeth, strained-neck look on his face," Jesse shared. "My whole childhood, I never had a chance to be a kid. ...I was always scared."
