Blake Jenner and Melissa Benoist were too young when they met and were so in love, so they got married. However, things didn't run smoothly during their marriage with Benoist filing for divorce in 2016.

Last year, Benoist announced that she had an abusive relationship with Jenner. It took months for the latter to address the issue. In a lengthy post on Instagram, Blake Jenner said he had been thinking about the issue in the past 11 months and finally decided to address it. He admitted that he kept it due to shame and fear. Jenner didn't name Benoist in his post and only referred to her as his ex-partner or former partner.

He was only 20 years old when he met Melissa Benoist. According to him, their passion would take them both to their most joyous highs and to moments of jealousy and bouts of insecurity.

There were times when he wanted to leave but couldn't, especially when his then partner would ask him to stay. He believed that their relationship was rooted in co-dependency and had dire consequences. They were both young and broken.

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#BlakeJenner is addressing for the first time domestic violence abuse allegations from his ex-wife, actress #MelissaBenoist. The actor admits to a physically abusive relationship, at the link in bio

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Jenner took full responsibility and accountability for the pain he inflicted on Benoist emotionally, mentally, and physically. The American Animals star also admitted that there was a time when he threw his phone, and it hit his former's partner's face. He was also shocked and what he did. He is still working on forgiving himself for that.