Sophia Bush didn’t hold back while writing her new memoir, “And I’ll Tell You Mine.” Although best known as an actress, Bush not only details the roles that made her famous, but also her childhood, her politics, her past and present personal relationships, and everything in between. Where did I learn those patterns? What did I never process that might have gotten me here?” She crafted the book like a rollercoaster, making sure it had the right shape.
That also meant not every story could fit into the arc. But she told herself, “They could go in the second one if I choose to write it.” Bush details her experiences on “One Tree Hill” and the abuse so much of the cast allegedly experienced at the hands of Mark Schwahn in the memoir; she writes about her time on “Chicago P.D.” in a much different way, without naming anyone or getting into too many particulars, partially because the show is still on the air. It’s not my place to choose when to speak for other people who aren’t ready and might not ever be,” she says about the difference.
It takes people a lot of time, and I think that’s okay. I think this reaction that women aren’t allowed to speak after a certain amount of time is so strange. You see it in the manosphere and their traitorous female allies.
You see Megyn Kelly critiquing the Jane Doe at Cornell. Meanwhile, Megyn Kelly didn’t speak up about her abuse at the hands of Roger Ailes for over 10 years, so it’s a very strange thing that the universe wants to do in that space in general.” Bush notes that regardless of what details are shared, “the really important takeaway is that it’s one in three of us and that’s a conservative estimate, and that’s irrespective of industry, age, socioeconomic status. It’s just a fact of the planet, and so that’s a conversation I’m interested in having much more so than the other.” That said, she did detail her experiences on “Chicago P.D.,” though more as a way to get it out for her own well-being.
It’s not a no, “especially because Brittany and I in ‘John Tucker Must Die’ were everyone’s gay awakening,” she says. Of course I would be thrilled, and I’m also such a fan that I’m like I don’t know if I would want the spoilers!” For those still in her life, Bush gave a heads-up about what her memoir would include. She notes that for the chapters about her “One Tree Hill” experiences, she sent it to “the gaggle of girls from Wilmington” and had an open conversation.
This is how my journalism school-trained brain wants to do it.’ It feels very, very much like forensic reporting, which I think in the landscape of a Me Too conversation is really important,” she said. This is literally, exactly word for word, how everybody felt. Sometimes I think that is the most powerful thing.
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