Supergirl fame Melissa Benoist recently opened up about her personal experience with domestic violence. The actor took to her Instagram account to share an emotional video where she reads the details of her ordeal from a written letter.
Benoist started the 14 minute long video saying, “So I don’t normally do things like this but I’ve written something that I want to share…” Further sharing “I’m gonna read it out loud, and I’m quite nervous so bear with me…I am a survivor of domestic violence or intimate partner violence, which is something I never in my life expected I would say, let alone be broadcasting.”
She then went into the details of a person whom she dated. “He was a magnanimous person, who didn’t really give you a choice not to be drawn to him,” she continued. “He could be charming, funny, manipulative, devious. He was younger than me yet his maturity was obvious. For a period of time, I wasn’t interested.”
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Benoist then elaborated about the torturous phase she saw with this anonymous guy. She revealed how the physical abuse had left marks on her face which made one of her friends to take notice. “It was a blow to my face with his iPhone,” she explained. “The impact tore my iris, nearly ruptured my eyeball, lacerated my skin and broke my nose. My left eye swollen shut. I had a fat lip…Something inside of me broke, this was too far.”
Benoist was married to her Glee co-star Blake Jenner, but the couple filed for a divorce in December 2016, which was finalised in December 2017. Melissa then got engaged to actor Christopher Woods in February 2019 and the couple recently got married in September this year.