has shed light on the lasting impact of being sexually abused at the age of three and not being believed by her parents.
The star, 44, who is joining the dance and singing troupe in their upcoming comeback, appeared on the Begin Again podcast, where she recalled 'the darkness' of her childhood in the wake of the trama.
She said: 'You know I experienced a lot of sexual abuse and that really chipped away at my confidence, at my soul, at my feeling of being safe and that really was the making of me as a kid. I was very introverted.'
Kimberly has spoken in the past about being molested as a toddler and also surviving an attempted rape while working on a cruise ship when she was 17.
On the podcast, in which she spoke to host , she explained that the abuse left her 'struggling to look in the mirror' but detailed how dance helped her through leaving her life in rural America and improving her social skills.
Kimberly Wyatt has shed light on the lasting impact of being sexually abused at the age of three and not being believed by her parents
Speaking about her childhood, Kimberly, who shares three children with her husband of 12 years Max Rogers, said: 'I grew up in a small, little town in Missouri, Middle America called Warrensburg, very much a farm town.
'My dad delivered fuel to farmers and he was a fuel guide, delivering oil, driving trucks, was gone a lot. My mum worked for him, so we lived on a farm way out in the country in my smaller years.
'It was idyllic in so many ways because I loved try to be just as tough as the boys and loved going muddying in trucks and doing all this farm life.
'Gosh in the UK I don't even see these types of things going on. So to think back there's so much of it that's pretty brilliant, of what I got to experience in those little farm years'.
Despite enjoying her quaint life, she explained things were not always as positive, saying: 'But it was also the making and the breaking of me, living in that wonderful little lovely area. Grandmother liver just around the corner...
'My grandmother was my everything, Grandma Jane. They're the best. She showed me a love and a selflessness that to this day, that's what has made me the mum that I strive to be everyday when I wake up...
Kimberly, second right, is blazing the comeback trail with the Pussycat Dolls (the band pictured in 2005)
Kimberly is pictured with husband Max Rogers in 2018
'The bad was I had brilliant parents, I think who tried their best but there was a lot of darkness in my very young years, through my formative years to my young teen years.'
On how she evolved, she said: 'I didn't like what I saw in the mirror. I was constantly running away from social situations. I didn't have a lot of friends and I think that those moments were really what defined why that made me who I was in that time.
'But the thing that turned everything around for me was getting into the dance studio.
'When I stepped into the dance studio because I loved the Olympics, I loved the figure skating and the gymnastics and what these people could do with their bodies and the stories they could tell through movement.'
She went on to say: 'I experienced a lot of sexual abuse that really chipped away at my soul. But getting into dance really opened my eyes. There's a whole world out there that could possible have me.'
If you have been affected by any of the issues in this story contact Rape Crisis' 24/7 Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Line on 0808 500 2222
