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Charlize Theron Isn’t Ashamed To Talk About Her Mom Killing Her Dad For This Reason

CLIP12/17/19

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Charlize Theron is getting candid. The "Bombshell" star recently chatted with NPR, and discussed a traumatic experience she had in her past, when her mother killed her father out of self-defense. The 44-year-old started by recounting how her dad was an alcoholic saying that their family was "an incredibly unhealthy one."

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