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Madison Prewett Opening up about living in “secret sexual sin.”
“I was introduced to pornography by a friend at a very young age, around the ages of 14 and 13,” Prewett, 29, told the show on Tuesday, February 10. “That started my long journey and struggle with porn and masturbation. It brought a lot of shame and secrets into my life.” “The Candace Cameron Buell Podcast.”
Prewett continued, “My life was like, ‘I’m saving myself for marriage, I have my virginity certificate, I’m following God.'” On the outside, everything was fine, but behind closed doors, I was living a double life, living a constant stream of secret sin, secret sexual sin, without admitting it to anyone, which only led to more sin and more shame, and it felt like this never-ending cycle that I didn’t know how to get out of. “
former Bachelor The contestant explained that this continued throughout high school, but she eventually “fessed up to it” in college.
Madison Prewett opens up about her week after publicly discussing her faith in purity and how she overcame perceived difficulties. “Thank you, Jesus. The past few days have been unexplainable,” Prewett, 29, wrote via Instagram Stories on Sunday, June 29. “Repentance, repentance, freedom, worship. Thank you so much @tonyaprew @unite_us.” Bachelor (…)
“I was finally able to escape this addiction and cycle,” she said. “I think a lot of times we think about our sins, and if we admit our sins or if we end up telling people about it, they’re going to judge us, people are going to think we’re gross, they’re going to think we’re a bad Christian, and if we say that, maybe they won’t want to be my friend anymore.”
Prewett, who tie the knot and Grant Trout In 2022, she explained that she felt “lightened” after admitting her “sins.” (Prewett and Trout Welcome daughter and Sana 2025. )
“Eliminating shame is acknowledging shame,” she added. “It’s acknowledging it. It’s saying, ‘Hey, the enemy’s kingdom is dark, and I’ve kept this in the dark for too long. But the Lord’s kingdom is light, and I’m going to bring it into the light. I’ve got to bring this to light. I’ve got to tell people.'”
She continued, “You’ll notice that most of the time when you share that secret sin or that shameful thing — maybe you didn’t do it at all, maybe it was done to you and it’s been holding you back for a long time — and you finally confess it to someone, you know whether it was a porn addiction or a depravity “I think a lot of times it equates to sex – not always, but a lot of the time – and you feel this relief, you feel this freedom that even today, when the shameful moment comes up again, you immediately admit it and share it with your friends.”
Prewett has previously spoken publicly about her Fighting Porn and Masturbationadmitted “it’s been a struggle for her” since middle school.
“Thankfully, by the grace of God and the strength of a godly community and the people around me, I’ve been – I didn’t even know it – 10 years free from porn and masturbation,” she said in a June 2025 episode of the Keeping It Real podcast. “But that’s something that enslaved me and marked me for a long time.”
