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Let’s break down Blake’s claims in his recent instagram post vs. Melissa’s original video + some of the statements she made that defend her against Blake Jenner’s recent accusations.
Also adding a trigger warning here for domestic violence and abuse. Please do not continue reading if this is something that you can’t handle. 
Let’s start with Blake saying “I take full responsibility and accountability for the hurt that I inflicted during my relationship with my past partner”, yet he continues to write paragraphs about the hurt she inflicted on him, in hopes to excuse his actions and defend himself...
When he goes on to write “the mental and emotional abuse at the start of our relationship”, I truly thought that he was talking about himself, but he leapt right into the classic abuser tactic of blaming the victim and trying to victimize himself.
In this clip from Melissa’s video, she talks about the “typical abuser apology speech” which is very similar to what Blake just gave us in his instagram post.
You have to recognize that this apology he gave us is very likely to be insincere. If he were truly apologizing, he wouldn’t try defend himself and push the blame on to Melissa so much. Here is a very well written statement about this topic via @leighlew3 on instagram.
Now, to address the abuse that Jenner claims to have received from Melissa. Who better to tell you about this than Melissa herself?“Violence begets violence.” “I had changed and I’m not proud of how I changed.” “I started fighting back.”
I am not saying that Melissa didn’t do any harm in return, because she admits that she did. But it is clearly something that she did not want to do and something that she never would have done if she hadn’t been trapped in the given circumstances.
Blake talks of the things Melissa did to him as if he was the victim. Please do not succumb to an abuser’s sorry excuses and victim blaming. It is very obvious that Melissa was a victim and she was fighting BACK.
Many IPV victims fight back as one of their last resorts to defend themselves. Here is one more clip for any of you who have the mindset that Jenner was the victim. If you haven’t watched Melissa’s full video, I strongly encourage you to watch it on her IGTV
𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿. 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴.
And Melissa, you are so strong!! Thank you for speaking out against IPV, and remember that we’re all here for you
#IStandWithMelissa
And Melissa, you are so strong!! Thank you for speaking out against IPV, and remember that we’re all here for you
#IStandWithMelissa
