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Mena Suvari revealed that she was “manipulated” by an ex to participate in threesomes. The 43-year-old actress originally wrote about the emotional experience in her memoir Great Peace in 2021, but opened up about the topic in a new interview. Mena explained that she ran into one of the women participating in a three-way game with her and her ex years later, and detailed what the interaction was like. eyes open” for her.
“I said [to the woman]’I want you to know that I never want to do any of that’, American beauty icon speaks to Guardians in an interview published on July 27. “She was surprised. She said, ‘Oh, he told me you wanted to do that.’ It was an eye-opener for me, how I was manipulated and I don’t know. Circumstances were made for me, and I was just swallowed up by it,” she also said.
However, the actress has made it clear that she is not judgmental towards the participants of the three of their choice. “I never wanted to speak negatively about things that can be very healthy for other people. I wasn’t given the choice or permission to do that, and that’s what harmed me,” she clarified. “It’s a very messy thing when you’re sexually abused, because part of it is… liking, gratification. But then the other part is an absolute nightmare, so you’re confused, you don’t know what’s right,” she continued.
Mena is now married to her husband Michael Hopeand this couple share a 15 month old boy Christopher. Mena did not name her former alleged abuser. The American Cakes actress had a series of public relationships prior to her marriage in 2018: she was previously married to a cinematographer Robert Brinkmann in 2000, the person she worked with Spices. The relationship broke down in 2005, and then she hooked up with Simone Sestitoa concert promoter, married in 2010 – but separated just a year later.
In her book, when talking about the same unnamed ex, she explains that she was “unloved”, adding that she was “just a body, a place for one’s desires.” he”.
In the new interview, she said that speaking out was “happy with bittersweet” for her. “It is bittersweet because it feels great to be seen and heard, but it is heartbreaking to know others have identified in similar ways. I don’t want that for them, but overall I feel very proud,” she said of her 2021 book. “I always hope that [the book] can help create some kind of change and start a deeper conversation. “
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 for confidential assistance. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for free, confidential assistance.
