Gabrielle Union: I Tried to Shoot Rapist

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Gabrielle Union has reacted to Rihanna’s controversial “Man Down” video – in which the singer’s character kills her rapist – by sharing some sobering personal history.

She tried to shoot the man who raped her as a teenager.

The actress went into detail about her ordeal on Twitter.

“Durin my rape I tried 2 shoot my rapist, bt I missed. Over the yrs I realized tht killin my rapist wouldve added insult 2 injury,” said Union.

She explained, “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”

“I repeat SELF DEFENSE 2 save urself/protect urself, I’m ALL 4. Otherwise victim/survivor takin justice N2 ur own hands w/ violence = MO trouble 4 U!!”

While Union has discussed her rape in the past (and become an active advocate for rape crisis centers), she’d never before revealed the attempt to shoot her attacker.

The man was a “stranger who robbed the store I worked at,” explains Union. “He put his gun dwn durin the rape & asked me 2 [hand] it 2 him.”

As for Rihanna’s intense visual imagery?

“#mandown video did a GREAT job of getting the ENTIRE world TALKING abt RAPE,” says Union. “I hope tht it leads 2 HEALING & PREVENTS RAPE”

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