Sarah Hyland makes rare comment about past abusive relationship: Talking about it is ‘really important’

“Modern Family” alum Sarah Hyland is opening up. 

On Thursday, erstwhile Hyland, 33, accepted Variety’s first Courage Award for her activity successful animal use and home maltreatment awareness, she told nan outlet astir her acquisition surviving home violence. 

“For thousands of years now, we didn’t talk astir it,” she said.

The former “Love Island” big continued, “The organization hasn’t shared enough, I believe. And I consciousness that if we talk astir it more, much women — and men and conscionable quality beings successful wide successful abusive relationships — will consciousness much comfortable to beryllium capable to talk astir it pinch their loved ones alternatively of letting their abuser isolate them from everyone, which is nan first point that they do, truthful that you don’t person that community.”

She added that “talking astir it” is “really important.”

Hyland has antecedently credited her “Modern Family” mom, Julie Bowen, 54, pinch helping her woody pinch her alleged abusive narration pinch her ex-boyfriend Matt Prokop.

While she didn’t sanction him, Hyland filed a restraining bid against her Prokop successful September 2014.

The character accused Prokop, 34, of choking her and threatening her during their relationship, which ended successful August that year.

According to E! News, Hyland said successful tribunal docs that she called Bowen and told her to travel to her house, which caused Prokop to flip out. Bowen allegedly convinced Prokop to time off Hyland’s location to protect her TV daughter.

Hyland was granted nan restraining order against him successful October 2014.

Bowen was connected “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast” successful June, and big Lauryn Bosstick told nan character that Hyland “gives you in installments for redeeming her life aft a convulsive relationship.”

“Aw, that’s very saccharine of her,” Bowen responded.

She continued: “I was a responsible big that happened to beryllium astir astatine nan correct time. I mean, I’m judge different responsible big would person done nan nonstop aforesaid thing. I conscionable emotion her.”

Hyland has moved connected pinch “Bachelor Nation” prima Wells Adams, whom she joined successful 2022. Prokop was arrested successful Texas successful May aft an alleged altercation pinch his girlfriend.

The “Modern Family” prima told Variety that experiencing home unit stays “in that abused spot of your soul, wherever you deliberation it’s your responsibility nan full clip and you could person done better, you could person gotten retired sooner, you could person told people.” 

Hyland said location comes a constituent wherever “you don’t wanna talk astir it anymore. You want it to beryllium done, and that’s that.”

“I wholly understand nan dissociation shape of it,” she said. “I americium very overmuch blameworthy astir it myself… until thing happens wherever I’m triggered, and I didn’t recognize that portion of myself had been healed.”

Hyland said of overcoming nan trauma: “I don’t cognize if that portion [of] immoderate female will ever beryllium afloat healed from that. It’s thing that benignant of scars her psyche a small bit. It’s much truthful putting emotion towards that scar alternatively of hating it and ignoring it.”

In a connection to Variety, Bowen said, “Without adversity, location tin beryllium nary measurement to specify one’s characteristic and consciousness of self.”

She continued gushing complete her erstwhile TV daughter, stating, “Sarah’s way has forced her, from a very early age, to return connected challenges — some beingness and emotional. She has met each infinitesimal pinch determination, grace, and vulnerability. I’m truthful proud that Variety is recognizing her spot and bosom pinch nan Courage Award.”

If you aliases personification you cognize is affected by immoderate of nan issues raised successful this story, telephone nan National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) aliases matter START to 88788.