Blake Jenner is opening up about his previous “toxic relationship.” The 28-year-old actor returned to Instagram after a year of silence to release a lengthy statement about comments that were made “about late-last year by my former partner.”
Jenner begins by touching on a period in his life that he had “previously kept in the darkness out of shame and fear,” but knew he had to address publicly. He shares that when he was 20 years old he fell in love with a woman but their “shared brokenness” led them to have a tumultuous marriage.null
“I take full responsibility and accountability for the hurt that I inflicted during my relationship with my past partner — emotionally, mentally, and yes, physically,” he admits, explaining that two years before they called it quits they had an argument that “escalated” and he “threw my phone aimlessly and it hit my former partner in the face.”
“I froze in a state of shock and horror as my then-partner screamed in anguish, her eye immediately swollen shut from the impact of the phone. It’s a moment that I will regret for the rest of my life,” Jenner shares. “I am responsible for the pain that I caused her in that moment and beyond.”null
Jenner was previously married to Melissa Benoist from 2015 to 2017. While he doesn’t name the Supergirl star in his post, in November of last year Benoist revealed that she was a “survivor of domestic abuse.” In her video, she recalled an incident where her former partner threw an iPhone at her face. Benoist also said she became violent in order to fight back.https://www.instagram.com/p/CGGFpQgH8I5/embed/?cr=1&v=12&wp=652&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etonline.com&rp=%2Fblake-jenner-admits-to-being-in-an-abusive-relationship-with-his-former-partner-154483#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A29289.29999999673%7D
