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[Blind Gossip] Actress Evan Rachel Wood of Westworld recently displayed a sad photo and shared some disturbing details about a past relationship.

She wrote:

2 years into my abusive relationship I resorted to self harm. When my abuser would threaten or attack me, I cut my wrist as a way to disarm him. It only made the abuse stop temporarily. At that point I was desperate to stop the abuse and I was too terrified to leave. #IAmNotOk

Evan Rachel Wood deleted her Twitter account, but here is a capture of the post and the photo.

While the perpetrator may have been a non-celebrity, some of male celebrities she has has dated/been engaged to/married include Edward Norton, Jamie Bell, Marilyn Manson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Alexander Skarsgard, Shane West, and Zach Villa.

Evan Rachel Wood has one child, a son, with actor Jamie Bell.

We do not know the identity of her abuser.

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Man:

[Optional] What advice would you give to a friend if they were in a similar situation?

The National Domestic Violence Hotline can help victims and survivors of domestic violence. You can call 1-800-799-7233 or chat with an advocate on their website.

SOLVED!

Man: Marilyn Manson

Evan Rachel Wood is ready to reveal the partner who harmed her.

Wood, along with several other women, is now accusing singer Brian Warner a.k.a. Marilyn Manson of years of abuse.

Evan Rachel Wood began dating Marilyn Manson in 2007 when she was 18 and he was 36. They got engaged in 2010 but broke up less than a year later.

From Vanity Fair:

He “Horrifically Abused Me for Years”: Evan Rachel Wood and Other Women Make Allegations of Abuse Against Marilyn Manson

In the past, actor and activist Evan Rachel Wood has spoken about the alleged abuse she was subjected to by an unnamed ex. In an Instagram post early Monday morning, she put a name to the allegations.

“The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” Wood wrote. “He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent.”

In a show of solidarity, at least four other women posted their own allegations against Manson, detailing harrowing experiences that they claim included s*xal assault, psychological abuse, and/or various forms of coercion, violence, and intimidation. Manson has denied similar allegations in the past.

Of course he denies it.

You may recall that Wood testified before a House Judiciary Subcommittee in 2018 as part of an effort to get the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights passed.

Wood, now 33 and a star of HBO’s Westworld, has said that she met shock-rocker Manson when she was 18 and he was 36.

“My experience with domestic violence was this: Toxic mental, physical and s*xual abuse which started slow but escalated over time, including threats against my life, severe gaslighting and brainwashing, waking up to the man that claimed to love me r*ping what he believed to be my unconscious body,” she told the subcommittee, though she did not name a perpetrator at the time.

So now we know who it is.

For his part, Manson has said in the past that he had fantasies about Wood.

In 2009, in an article in Spin, Manson was quoted as saying of Wood, “I have fantasies every day about smashing her skull in with a sledgehammer.”

What the…?!

What kind of person expresses their desire to violently harm another person as part of their fantasy?

Well, there’s actor Johnny Depp.

When Johnny Depp was angry at actress Amber Heard in 2013, he texted actor Paul Bettany about a fantasy he had about Amber.

Let’s burn Amber.

Depp followed that up with even more graphic fantasies.

Let’s drown her before we burn her!!! I will f*ck her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she’s dead.

Depp said that those texts were a joke he made because he was angry that Heard was trying to curb his alcohol and drug use.

An attorney questioned Depp about those texts as part of the Depp/Heard divorce proceeding.

Attorney: She didn’t like you when you were constantly high on drugs and alcohol did she?

Depp: She didn’t like me using alcohol and drugs because she had some delusional idea that they turned me into… this said monster.

We’ll let you decide what kind of person discusses drowning/burning/f*cking his girlfriend’s burnt corpse.

Coincidentally, Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson have been close friends for many years.

Johnny Depp plays in a band called The Hollywood Vampires and Manson regularly joins him onstage to sing.

Then there’s Armie Hammer, the abusive cannibal who left his girlfriends bruised and told them about his own fantasies.

He said to me he wants to break my rib and barbecue and eat it.

We’ll let you decide what kind of person discusses breaking off his girlfriend’s bones, barbecuing, and eating them.

Coincidentally, Armie Hammer costarred with Depp in the 2013 movie The Lone Ranger.

Anyway, back to Marilyn Manson and his sledgehammer comment.

Last year, when that comment was brought up by a music journalist, a representative for Manson noted that the comment was “obviously a theatrical rock star interview promoting a new record, and not a factual account.”

Riiight.

We’ll let you decide what kind of person discusses smashing in his girlfriend’s skull with a sledgehammer.

Augustmom was first with the correct response.

We wish Evan Rachel Wood – and all of the other women – well in their recovery!

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  2. andilou says

    Jamie Bell.

    She left and then went back. I know in my experience with abusive partners they always “change” until you come back and fully cut the ties. Too bad she shares a kid with him though.

  5. Xanadu says

    Marilyn Manson.

    I feel guilty for saying this, but I find her highly manipulative. I’ve no doubt she was abused by Manson and taken advantage of in her youth. I find her perpetual victim mentality exhausting – and the way followers seem to lap it up – unhealthy. If she hadn’t been an actor, she would have been one of those girls who used to hang out on Tumbler, posting (posed) “sad” pics of the aftermath of their cutting. I hope she finds a stability, for the sake of her son.

    • MaryK26 says

      Wow, you put into words exactly how I feel about the perpetual victim mentality these celebrities promulgate. It’s so damn annoying.

  6. Zafona says

    I don’t think it could be Joseph Gordon-Levitt or Alexander Skarsgard. MM looks like a type of dude who could be pretty cruel in relationships but looks often decieves… I saw some of his interviews and he seems quite nice and empathetic. She wrote about 2 years so my bet is on Jamie Bell…
    [Optional] What advice would you give to a friend if they were in a similar situation?
    To get out of this relationship as fast as possiable.

  9. amagod121 says

    Theoretically, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that MM was the answer to this blind BUT I don’t wanna put a label on him or any of the other guys suggested as the supposed answer to this ugly blind.

  10. PatioPrincess says

    What a whiner. She is enabling herself by dating creeps. She’s the only one that can “fix” that. Don’t date creeps you dingbat.

    • MaryK26 says

      Agreed. I find it so whiny and unnecessary to post on social media. Why not get the help you need and deal with it privately? I find it hard to be sympathetic for celebrities when they do stuff like this.

  14. anarchistlibrarian says

    i have no idea who it is, but that’s so awful. when i was in an abusive relationship that lasted years, i could hold it together (kinda?) when it was “just” (ha!) verbal/psychological abuse, but whenever i got beaten i cut myself, too. i think, in my my mind, i was in *control* of that pain?
    thank you for posting the hotline number. every country, every city *does* have resources and safe people to talk to and help! you deserve so much better, even if you’re so messed up you no longer think so!

  17. spookie says

    Although I like the guy’s music I have heard similar rumours about Marilyn Manson. I’m glad ERW got out.

  18. Frankie B says

    Photo looks around 2008, when she had dark hair. This makes me go with Marilyn Manson.

  21. Braains says

    I’m going with Manson. I remember her trying to capture the Dita Von Teese look then.

    • kc1977 says

      Actually I change my answer to Joseph Gordon Levitt. I wouldn’t think it but that’s the only pics I can find with her dark hair. Sorry Marilyn!

  23. Mumumumu says

    Man: Shane West

    What advice would you give to a friend if they were in a similar situation?

    You can’t give advice. These people in abusive relationships get into this kind of drama because they deep down they hate themselves and think they don’t deserve any better.

  24. rexczarina says

    Apparently, Marilyn Manson was flattered that Evan Rachel Wood said to him early in their relationship that she would die for him and when they were together she started to look like his ex-wife Dita Von Teese so I think it’s him.

  25. janedobe says

    Wouldn’t surprise me if it is Manson. Didn’t they date for more than 2 years? Also, Rose McGowan dated him and both her and ERW seem messed up.

  26. sunshine702 says

    Brian Warner aka Marilyn Manson

    I would tell a friend to pack a bag and commit to living with me for one month. Amazing what a little space will do for clarity.

    • Poppycorn144 says

      I don’t think Dita Von Teese would have stayed with someone abusive for as long as she did. Maybe Rose McGowan would because of the past abuse, but I still don’t think Marilyn Manson would behave in that way. He doesn’t give off that vibe.

      Edward Norton does give off a restrained rage vibe, although I really don’t want it to have been him either.

    • TruePatriot says

      AMEN April! My ex-hub -a soft spoken, great guy to the OUTSIDE world – beat the crap out of me at home. One horrible detail: he threw me down the stairs & at the bottom he kicked me as hard as could in the groin area. About 7 years later it was discovered that my womb had a massive growth on it in that area (not a fibroid) that had become the size of a large grapefruit…hysterectomy at age 35.
      Moral: Public “nice guy” doesn’t mean squat.

    • wfreshie says

      how can this be marlyn manson, blindgossip said this person is a NONCELEBRITY…..not discounting what others said about his behavior, but he is not the answer for this particular blind

    • augustmom says

      wfreshie, the article says “may have been a non-celebrity”, it didn’t state it was definitely a non-celebrity. Therefore, my guess stands.

    • ginnynotjenny says

      wfreshie, It says the abuser MAY be a noncelebrity but that BG does not “know the identity of her abuser.”

      Still…. I get more of a Jamie Bell vibe from this than a Marilyn Manson one.

    • smittenkitten says

      “while the perpetrator MAY HAVE been a non celebrity…” BG never said they aren’t a celebrity, wfreshie.

    • flower says

      @wfreshie – It says:

      “…the perpetrator MAY have been a non-celebrity…”

      It doesn’t say it was definitely a non-celebrity, it could be either.

    • aaaApril says

      Wfreshie you need to brush up on your reading comprehension lol, how cringe worthy that reply is.

    • Nadiadamit says

      I agree it’s Manson. He was the one to get her to dye her hair black to look more like Dita Von Teese. She never wanted her hair like that. It’s obvious in the pic that she’s not the redhead everyone knows her proud to be.