Jenny McCarthy Opens Up About Her Abusive Relationship

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Jenny McCarthy spoke out for the first time about the verbal abuse that she suffered through for years. During a product launch for Schwarzkopf Gliss’ “Beautiful by Choice” campaign, the TV host opened up via E!News about the torment she endured from an ex-boyfriend. She said:

“What I thought was gonna be a typical relationship, turned into a relationship that you would never think you would get yourself into. Especially me, I mean, I really consider myself to be pretty strong-willed and confident, even back then. But I did find myself being slowly manipulated into a very, very dark, abusive — verbally abusive — relationship that could have easily killed me.”

The 44-year-old star continued:

“I no longer had my own thoughtsThey were replaced with his thoughts about me. That I was worthless, disgusting, talentless, ugly, fat, smelled so badly. I was no longer worthy of being kissed.”

Thought she admitted it took a full four years, she eventually found the strength to save herself. She said:

“I found my accountability in the hell I was living in. The path to loving yourself requires you to stop putting the blame on others and observe the choices you make that got you there. It wasn’t his job to love me. It was mine. So I chose to finally get the hell out of that relationship. I chose to be powerful, not powerless.”

Jenny later told E!News exclusively that the Schwarzkopf Gliss campaign slogan, “Beautiful By Choice”,was what moved her to speak out. She said:

“It reminded me that beauty is not just a physical attribute, it’s something much more deeper and  expands beyond anything on the outside. And I thought about the things that I thought were beautiful and things that I overcame and I wanted to share something that I thought was beautiful, which is self-love.”

Jenny did not share the identity of the abuser nor when they were together. Thankfully, she has moved on, and has been happily married to Donnie Wahlberg since August of 2014.

 

 

 

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