Keke Palmer is opening up about being a victim of child-on-child sexual abuse.

Ahead of the release of her new book Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative on Nov. 19, where she mentions being molested by a peer when she was around 5 years old, the actress and singer spoke candidly to People magazine about the traumatic experience.

“People don’t really think about child-on-child molestation, but it’s something that exists,” Palmer said. “I felt weird and violated, but I didn’t really know how to place it. I just knew I had all these weird feelings and thoughts, and I felt a little bit out of control and overwhelmed.”

Having been drawn to performing from a young age, the Baby, This Is Keke Palmer host scored her first small role at age 10 in 2004’s Barbershop 2. However, it wasn’t until two years later that Palmer realized...