Lucy Hale praises sexual harassment conversations
Lucy Hale thinks it is great that a "conversation has started" about sexual harassment.
The 'Pretty Little Liars' star is "grateful" that women and men have started speaking up about what they have suffered in a bid to make the topic less taboo.
She said: "I feel grateful to have people that I look up to that are speaking up about things. Not just women - I think men have sometimes suffered the same way that women have. And as long as a conversation is going or a conversation has started, which it has, that's the best thing you could ever ask for because that makes people feel not alone. I think if powerful people can make a difference by speaking up, which they are, that will trickle down hopefully."
And Lucy - who alluded to being sexually assaulted earlier this week in a post on social media - wants to ensure her fans know things aren't "all shiny and rainbows all the time".
She added: "My whole thing is I never want to be someone who makes it all shiny and rainbows all the time, because it's not. No one ever feels like that 24/7."
The 28-year-old actress also thanked her fans for their support and for sticking with her through "the good and the bad".
She told People magazine: "They're the most amazing through anything. There can be times when I feel like no one in the world gets something, and I can read something through one of the people who supports me and I'm like 'Holy s**t. I am not alone in any of this.' They've stuck by me through the good and the bad. I'm so grateful."
