Lukas Gage said he found “empathy” for his younger self while writing his new memoir — even if it stirred up difficult memories for him and his family.

One moment in particular was triggering for his mother, when he detailed being molested by a camp counselor in his youth.

“It killed me to hear her so hurt about some of the things that happened to us,” Gage, 30, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of I Wrote This for Attention’s book release on Tuesday, October 14, referring to the moment he had to tell his mom he was forced to perfrom sexual acts in front of a counselor.

“I think, you know, as a mom, I feel like you don’t want to feel like you failed your kids. You just want the best for them,” the Euphoria alum shared with Us. “And there’s so many things that were out of her control, and

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