Ally Brooke shared something very personal in her upcoming book, candid in her new book Finding Your Harmony: Dream Big, Have Faith, and Achieve More Than You Can Imagine.
In the book, which drops October 13th, Ally opened up about her decision to save herself for marriage. And, in a recent interview, she talked about why she chose to share such a personal matter.
“I opened up in my book about [saving myself for marriage]. I was brave to share that. That’s something that I hold dear to my heart. And I hold still to this day,” Ally said on the Hollywood Raw podcast. “I was really happy to be able to share that with my fans, and readers and to show them the choice that I made. And have them receive it however they want to receive it. Letting my true heart shine was the goal of this book.”
She also revealed how her decision has impacted her dating life, “everybody has respected it, which is awesome.”
“I have had those moments where people would make fun of me or question me, like ‘Yeah right,’ but I just have to hold that in my heart and know my truth and kind of just let that be that,” she continued. “It’s awesome feeling that respect. I’ve never felt any pressure.”
But while the people she dated were respectful of her decision, it seems not everyone was. In the interview, Ally also opened up about a distressing encounter earlier in her career that left her feeling “completely humiliated, shocked, and disgusted.”
“There was a lot going on in the group and I was dealing with a lot at a certain point. I had asked for outside help and advice,” she said. “I was kinda desperate. I need help please give me advice, I don’t know what to do here and how to get through this and make everything better. Really, I didn’t have much to open me up and much life in me at this point. So I was really looking for help.”
“This music executive was like come meet with me I can help you. Then when I went, he gave me a thong and said, ‘You’d look really good in this,’” Ally continued. “I was completely humiliated, shocked, and disgusted. I didn’t feel like I had any power to do anything about it, because sadly at that time people heard about these things but really didn’t do much.”
“People weren’t being held accountable for their actions. So I just felt so helpless and alone. Just a searing humiliation and even afraid. At the time what could I do? I was just a small girl in a group and all these people had the power.”
