“I had to do this show, because unfortunately, I had a very abusive 10-year marriage, and I’m about five years out of that,” she explained during the Friday, January 20, taping of The View, referring to her relationship with ex Stephen Belafonte, who she’s accused of repeatedly physically abusing and sexually exploiting her over the course of a decade.
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“So, when you’ve been through something like that, you walk out of it feeling so broken and feeling so worthless,” she continued. “You’re riddled with shame and with guilt.”
