""It's so strange - all the memories are there. And it's not that I don't try and think about it, but going in such a linear manner, it becomes almost more clear when you talk about it this way.""
""He shot through the steel doors to get in, making it very clear that he was going to kill us.""
""So for the first couple of years, for as long as I could, I told this story that he died in a car accident. I couldn't tell it to my school friends, but by the time I left South Africa, that's the story I told.""
Charlize Theron shares her experiences of growing up with an abusive father in South Africa, culminating in her mother killing him in self-defense. She reflects on the complexity of her memories and the long-term impact of the abuse. Theron describes the violent incident when her father attempted to enter their home with a weapon. She expresses feelings of shame and discomfort about her father's alcoholism and the misconceptions held by her peers, leading her to fabricate a story about his death to avoid pity. She moved to Italy at 16 to pursue modeling, feeling guilty about leaving her mother behind.
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