I don’t doubt she was abused or that she empathises with those who were abused, but the cynic in me says this has been too neatly spun.

She should indeed have spoken up earlier, but no doubt there are sponsors, endorsement deals and the Vegas residency so her people had to carry out a PR risk assessment of when was best to speak on it. Looks like they waited until the residency launched so they could follow up her admission with lots well placed positive press about her residency to mitigate the negative effects on her brand of what she said.