Amber Tamblyn shares experience with sexual assault in wake of Trump's 'grabbing' comments
Warning: This article includes a post that describes a sexual assault.
In the wake of Donald Trump's 2005 comments about TV host Nancy O'Dell, in which he claimed he wanted to "grab" attractive women "by the p*ssy," actress Amber Tamblyn had an all-too-similar experience to share about her own sexual assault.
Tamblyn posted her story on Instagram alongside a photo of Trump kissing 2012 Miss Universe winner Olivia Culpo.
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"With the love and support of my husband, I've decided to share it publicly. A very long time ago I ended a long emotionally and physically abusive relationship with a man I had been with for some time," Tamblyn began. The poet and actress has been married to comedian David Cross since 2012.
"One night I was at a show with a couple girlfriends in Hollywood, listening to a DJ we all loved," Tamblyn continued.
The next part of her story describes in great detail her harrowing assault, in which her ex "picked [her] up with one hand, "grabbed [her] under my skirt by my vagina— [her] pussy?— and lifted [her] up off the floor, literally, and carried [her], like something he owned, like a piece of trash."
The similarity between Tamblyn's experience and Trump's comments was not lost on Tamblyn.
"That part of my body, which the current Presidential Nominee of the United States Donald Trump recently described as something he’d like to grab a woman by, was bruised from my ex-boyfriend's violence for at least the next week," she wrote.
She ended her message by saying that it was an experience she will "never forget" and that she was afraid her parents would see it.
"But you understand, don't you? I needed to tell a story. Enjoy the debates tonight," she wrote.
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Andrea Romano -- comedy writer, craft enthusiast, lady -- was a Watercooler Reporter. She worked as an intern at Mashable beginning in January 2014. Andrea recently completed her Masters degree in Media Studies and Film from The New School and writes sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and The People's Improv Theatre. She once watched three Paul Rudd movies in a row on a bicoastal flight and didn't realize it until she landed. She does things like that a lot. Twitter: @theandrearomano
