Meryl Streep Reveals She Was Beaten So Badly She Had To Play Dead

I am not a fan of Meryl Streep, but as someone who has known and loved victims of domestic violence, her story really shakes me.

While many of the allegations of sexual harassment being thrown around as of late have gotten me to scratch my head… I believe her on this.

I don’t understand how or why anyone would make light of something like this by being anything but honest. I DO realize some are not… but I really do believe her.

No matter how you feel about someone…. this kind of horrific violence is absolutely disgusting.

According to this:

Meryl Streep made new shocking revelations about her past experiences with physical violence.

The Oscar-winning actress, 68, revealed details of the story Wednesday night while speaking in a statement at the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 27th annual International Press Freedom Awards in New York City.

Streep said the incidents were so profound they altered her life ‘on a cellular level,’ while adding that, despite popular belief, she did ‘know something about real terror.’

The philanthropist vaguely described the two attacks, without naming assailants, but explaining one event where she had to ‘play dead and wait until the blows stopped.’

The actress does not specify a place or time when the attacks took place.

Anyone who scoffs at the idea of violence changing you must have never dealt with an abused dog.

I mean that. I’m not saying women and dogs are equivalent… but I do believe that dogs are some of the most lovely creatures on this earth. It takes so much to break them…and yet we’ve all heard of the abused dog who won’t come out from under the bed, or whimpers in fear whenever he sees something that reminds him of his abuse.

Fear shakes us. And while humans can rationalize what has happened to us in ways dogs can’t…. at the core of it, we can both be broken.

She went on to tell of a separate event involving herself and pop icon, Cher, 71, who was there when she chased a man down and went ‘completely nuts.’

Streep and the singer formerly worked together in the early 1980’s to film drama movie, ‘Silkwood’, which was a biography of the late Karen Silkwood. Both actresses received nominations for their notable roles in the film at 56th Academy Awards.

Streep had been nominated for Best Actress and Cher for Supporting Actress.

It was after telling the stories that Streep said the experiences had changed her life permanently.

‘The two times in my life when I was threatened and dealt with real physical violence, I learned something about life that I wouldn’t have known otherwise,’ Streep said.

‘We (as women) come to it disadvantaged through the many millennia preceding our present moment and because of our vulnerability, we anticipate danger — we expect it.

‘We’re hyper alert to it. This comes in very handy in investigative journalism, but also in acting.’

Really sad.

Even sadder? The thousands and thousands of women who suffer from domestic violence in their own homes.