Julianne Hough Defended Herself After Fans Compared Her "Energy Work Session" To An Exorcism

Four years ago, something terrifying happened.

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I'm not just talking about the pandemic.

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I'm talking about the video of Julianne Hough getting an energy treatment.

As many people said, it looked like she was being exorcised.

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It was genuinely concerning.

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Well, the dancer finally addressed that viral clip this week on the Off the Vine podcast.

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"I’ve had a few of those supernatural experiences and had a lot of people be like, 'Oh, she’s lost the plot,'" Julianne began, remembering how people said she had "demons and an exorcist coming out of her butthole" after watching the footage of the "energy work session."

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"Of course, that was almost five years ago and now it’s so much more accessible," she continued. "People understand what’s happening. Energy is everything."

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At the time of the video, Julianne said she felt "so much" better on the inside. "I feel so much more liberated on the inside that I can speak my truth clearly, stand in my power and not feel overtaken by emotion, my mind and I feel free inside myself to just be," she shared. "Our body is our vessel to hold our energy and that is the most prominent thing that we can take care of."

Well, that's that! You can listen to the full episode of Off the Vine here.