Gabrielle Union has revealed that she has an understanding of Rihanna’s new video for Man Down, because she tried to shoot the man who raped her.
The incident happened when she was 19-years-old, but she says that she understands Rihanna’s portrayal of the killing of a rapist in the controversial video.
She took to Twitter to discuss the video, saying, “Saw ‘Man Down’ by @rihanna. Every victim/survivor of rape is unique, including how they THINK they’d like justice 2 be handed out.”
She continued, “During my rape I tried 2 shoot my rapist, bt I missed. Over the yrs I realized tht killin my rapist would’ve added insult 2 injury. The DESIRE 2 kill someone whose abused/raped u is understandable, bt unless its self defense n the moment 2 save ur life, just ADDS 2 ur troubles #mandown.”
She has previously talked about the incident, saying that her attacker was “a stranger who robbed the store I worked at. He put his gun dwn durin the rape & asked me 2 hand it 2 him.”
Wow, she’s such a strong person to have overcame that in her life. Kudos to her for bringing awareness to the topic.
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