#ChicagoAMovie- Frank Sennett March 5, 2015Ĭloudgate with a Chance of Meatballs #ChicagoAMovie- Phil Prombo March 5, Hot Doug's Time Machine #ChicagoAMovie- Dan Widensky March 5, 2015 It's a Madigan, Madigan, Madigan, Madigan World. MaNever Been #ChicagoAMovie hashtag on Twitter last night was a lot of fun. Then there was another and another (men and women) who shared other injustices at his hand that.Ī photo posted by Beth Stelling on at 9:30am PST An ex-girlfriend of this ex-boyfriend came to me and shared that she experienced the same fate. Already since talking about this onstage, many women have come to me after shows asking me to keep doing it. If you live in L.A., you've already started to hear my jokes about this and I ask you to have the courage to listen and accept it because I'm trying. It's not my only story, so please don't let it be. So now I'm allowing this to be part of my story. That is how I've always been I make dark, funny. I don't want revenge or to hurt him now, but it's unhealthy to keep this inside because my stand-up is pulled directly from my life. I wanted to move on and forget because I didn't understand. and I didn't want to hurt him, start a war, press charges, be interrogated or harassed by him or his friends and family. I wrote vague jokes because we both live in L.A. After I broke up with him he said, "You're very open and honest in your stand-up, and I just ask that you consider me when you talk about your ex because everyone knows who you're talking about." And I abided. After being verbally, physically abused and raped, I dated him for two more months. When friends or comics ask why we broke up it's not easy or comfortable to reply it doesn't seem like the appropriate thing to say at a stand-up show, a party or a wedding. And I absolutely relapsed and contacted him with things I shouldn't have, but there are no "best practices" with this. When I broke up with my ex this summer, it wasn't because I didn't love him, it was because of this. Scared of what people will think, scared it makes me look weak or unprofessional. There are many reasons not to make an abusive relationship public, mostly fear. I've had an amazing year and you've seen the highlights here, so these photos are an uncommon thing to share but not an uncommon issue.
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