I do resent my mom because of my childhood.
Taylor wasn't really a very happy child.
We moved a lot and a lot of things
were hard for her to deal with.
I was emotionally, physically,
and sexually abused as a child.
I think Taylor's trauma is a big part of
why she tells these lies.
I do feel like my mom never sought the help for me
that I really needed for the abuse that I suffered.
I'm trying to get us closer
and let her know that I love her
and she's always going to punish me
for things she feels I did to her.
What do you think about what she's saying?
I think it is incredibly fair that she feels like
she wasn't helped and taken care of
the way that she deserved and needed to be
and I didn't know about the sexual abuse until 2016
and you're an adult and I said to you
that we supported you 100%.
If that was to call this person out and press charges
that we had your back.
If it was to go through therapy, we had your back.
If it was to just deal with it in any way
that we were there for you.
You also told me that you had felt
off about it always.
But I didn't know why.
And you never asked me and there was never
any supervision when there was an age gap.
I mean, there are a lot of things there
that I've thought about extensively
and thought, I mean, just imagine being a child
and wondering, why didn't my mom protect me?
(sobbing) And it's not just from the sexual abuse.
From the physical abuse too.
You didn't protect me there either
and that's part of the reason why I've never felt
like I could trust you.
I want to.
I'm here because I want to have a relationship with you
because I want to be different.
I'm curious what you
(sobbing) heard her say.
That it was my fault that she's made
all the decisions she has.
That is not. Really?
That's not at all what she said.
I've never said that.
Me not making sure things happen for her
and protecting her and all of those things
has led her down the path where she makes
the choices that she does now, so.
It's led me to resent you.
There is a lot of resentment there.
It has nothing to do (sobbing) with not,
I loved you.
He leaned on me for emotional support
and I was there and I felt important to you
for the first time in my life.
I felt important to you at 13, 13 years
and it damaged me to emotionally support you as a child.
That was hard. That wasn't fair.
I understand that.
No wonder there's so much resentment
and misunderstanding between us
and I will not claim it as an excuse for what I've done.
I own everything I've done so everybody here
and everyone who watches this and Dr. Phil
and you and the family can all hear it.
I own everything I've done.
I'm here because I wanna take responsibility,
'cause I don't wanna hide and it's scary
and it's hard but I feel like we can't talk
without this, without, and that is just
makes me incredibly sad.
I would reach out to you and tell you that I love you.
I want you to know how much I love you.
I've resented you, you know.
I kind of resent you too.
I wonder why?
I'm sure you do.
I mean, like I.
I resent grieving over a baby that didn't exist.
I resent having to go through this all the time.
I resent that I have to tell everybody
that we know that came to the party
that there was no baby.
And make excuses.
I resent all of that.
I didn't think about that aspect.
That's why you're here,
that's why I'm here.
My theory about why you've done this
is it's a pure power play.
It gives you personal power.
It gives you personal magnetism.
It gives you a way to command attention
and get the people in your world to attend to you.
People don't do things repeatedly without a payoff
and your payoff is you apparently get
a different kind and a different level
and a different intensity of social currency
when they think you're pregnant
than when they think you aren't.
Now, why would she default to that?
Listen, I've never been a young woman
who has been violated physically and sexually
and then left to my own devices to deal with that.
But I've worked with a lot that have been
and that's not something that has
a beginning and an end.
It's something that changes who you are
and healing those wounds is beyond your skill set
as a parent and a mother.