Chloe Moretz: ‘The things my dad did are unforgivable – I had a slight case of PTSD’

Opening up: Chloe Moretz speaks out about how her father has affected her life
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Jennifer Ruby6 May 2016
The Weekender

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Chloe Moretz has opened up about how her father walking out on her family left her with ‘a slight case of PTSD’.

The US actress, whose was raised by her mother and four brothers, has said she the things her father did ‘are unforgivable’.

In a new interview with Glamour magazine, the 19-year-old said: “I was 12. It was a pretty bad experience.

“It could have rocked our family and messed us up, but it actually made us a lot tighter.

New shoot: Chloe Moretz poses in the new issue of Glamour
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“My brothers bumped up into the roles of fathers and kept me in a bubble where I could live in a world that wasn’t jaded and ruined.”

She added: “I don’t think I will truly find a way to forgive; the things that he did are unforgivable…. My forgiveness is that I’m living my life.”

Read the full interview with Chloe Moretz in Glamour Steven Pan/Glamour)
Steven Pan/Glamour

Moretz, who was already in the film business when her father left the family, has struggled to trust people.

“In my business in general, it’s hard to trust people. And it definitely affected me at a young age in terms of accepting people into my life on a personal level.

“But I’ve overcome that in the past few years—dealing with relationships, dealing with guys. You don’t realize why you’re acting a certain way, and then you start to piece it together, and you realize you’ve got a slight case of PTSD.”

Moretz is currently dating Brooklyn Beckham, recently describing the furore around the star couple as a “mass frenzy”.

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