One of the most horrific tragedies in Dove Cameron’s young life came when Cameron’s dad took his own life when she was a teenager, after which the actor and singer opted to legally change her name in his honor. What you may not know is Cameron was actually born Chloe Celeste Hosterman, but she explained the name change on Twitter after a fan asked back in 2017. “My father always called me dove. he took his own life when i was 15, i didn’t get to say goodbye, so i changed it in honor of him,” she tweeted. That same year, she explained to Entertainment Weekly that her late father was closeted at the time of his suicide. “When I found that out, I was like, everything adds up. He was such a sensitive person,” she shared.
But that wasn’t the only horrific incident Cameron experienced in her youth. When she was 8 years old, Cameron’s best friend and her sister were killed by their dad in a murder suicide, per Refinery29. It was that scarring incident that inspired Cameron to seek help for the first time, and she started her therapy journey that same year. “I witnessed so much pain early on in life, and I remember thinking that it’s so bizarre we pretend the pain doesn’t exist,” Cameron explained to BeatRoute in 2021. “These conversations help people, so let’s have them! There’s so much strength in vulnerability,” she added.
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