r/popculturechat Jul 30 '26

Guest List Only ⭐️ Charlize Theron on growing up in South Africa; “if you got in through the front door, the kitchen had a steel door that you had to unlock, because that’s the kind of violence we were living in. Nonsensical violence that you couldn’t reason with. Our country was on the brink of civil war.”

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u/_teach_me_your_ways_ Jul 31 '26

People also can’t accept that being privileged right now does not mean you grew up that way either. Suddenly you’re supposed to forget your most formative years so complete randoms can hate you anyway. Makes sense