Rebecca Gibney has revealed she was “really disturbed” by the reaction fellow actress, Melissa George, has faced since speaking out about her abusive former partner.
She shared in an Instagram post that she too had been affected by family violence. Rebecca told her followers she was “appalled” by comments she had read.
“This is a happy snap of my sister Stella and me when we were kids. No one would know that we were being raised in a family of domestic violence.
Last night on the Sunday program fellow actor Melissa George talked about being attacked by her former partner.
I am currently in NZ and didn’t watch the program but have been really disturbed by the reports of the online response to Melissa’s interview. That somehow she deserved what happened to her.
As a victim of domestic violence myself – I grew up in a household where violence toward our mother was a common occurrence – I am appalled that anyone can accuse a woman of ‘ asking’ to be beaten.
Domestic violence is wrong – violence in any form is wrong. Please let us remember how difficult it is for anyone that has been in this situation to speak out.
Regardless of how you may perceive someone in the public eye please remember they are as human as the rest of us and deserve as much compassion as the next person.
And for anyone in a similar situation there is always someone who will listen. And you can get through it. My mother and my family is a testament to that. Just reach out. #love #peace #pleasetalkaboutit #domesticviolenceiswrong”
Actress, Melissa George, has faced online criticism since sharing her story on Channel Seven’s Sunday Night about her battle with former partner, Jean-David Blanc, over custody of their sons, Raphaël, three, and 16-month-old Solel.
The former Home and Away star told interviewer Steve Pennells that she was attacked by Blanc in their Paris home in September last year.
“He grabbed the back of my head and smashed it on the metal thing where you hang your coats and that’s when I scratched him and I tried to fight for my life,” she said.
Melissa is desperately trying to bring her children back to Australia.
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