Vanity Fair revelations

In the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, Desperate Housewife Teri Hatcher confesses that she was sexually molested by an uncle 35 years ago. She came forward in 2002 when she learned that a 14-year-old victim of her uncle's advances had committed suicide. Her uncle is serving a 14-year sentence after pleading guilty to 4 counts of child molestation. The actress was hesitant initially, thinking her confession would be misconstrued by the tabloids as an attempt to revive her then-sagging career. "Here's what I anticipated. He did this, he gets off, and Teri ends up on the cover of a tabloid," she said. "I have so much pain. I'm a woman who carries around all these layers of fear and vulnerability. I'm trying to be my powerful me."