Supergirl's Melissa Benoist Opens Up On Domestic Violence Experience

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Supergirl star Melissa Benoist continues to make headlines with her brave and inspiring performance as the Girl of Steel. And with the fifth season of the show drawing close to the midseason finale, the actress has now taken to social media to address the issue of domestic violence.

In an emotional video posted on her official Instagram page, Melissa opened up about her personal experience as a domestic violence survivor, beginning her account by saying:

“I am a survivor of domestic violence or intimate partner violence, which is something I never thought I would say let alone be broadcasting into the ether.”

She refused to name the alleged abuser but described the incidents of her destructive entanglement. According to Benoist, emotional manipulation began a couple of months into the relationship and continued with instances of physical abuse. The first time it happened, the man threw a smoothie at her face and the bottle smacked her cheek. In another heated fight, the partner threw an iPhone at her, breaking her nose and almost puncturing her eyeball.

But it doesn’t stop there, as the actress who’s been portraying Kara Danvers in the Arrowverse for more than five years continued to recall the horrid details of her abusive and emotionally devastating relationship.

“The stark truth is I learned what it felt like to be pinned down and slapped repeatedly, punched so hard I felt the wind go out of me,” She said. “Dragged by my hair across pavement, head-butted, pinched until my skin broke, shoved against the wall so hard the drywall broke, choked.”

This also affected her career in more ways than one. Apparently, the perpetrator would snoop around on her phone and become angry or ‘jealous’ when she talked to other men.



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