Sally Field, who first became pregnant as a teenager and is now a mother of three, opened up about a “traumatic event” from her younger years. She admitted that she’s long been hesitant to share this part of her past.

In an Instagram post from October 2024, Sally divulged, “I’ve been so hesitant to do this, to tell my horrific story.” The actress pointed to the social constraints of her teenage years, a time “even worse than now,” when contraception was hardly accessible and only available to married women.

Accompanied by a video, her post delved deeply into the ordeal. “I feel still very ashamed about it because I was raised in the 50s and it’s ingrained in me,” she began.