Rosie O'Donnell blogs like only she can about Stephen Collins... tells victims "U R NOT 2 BLAME"

i met him first in 97

on my show –

he was promoting 7th heaven

a show i watched



because catherine hicks

from ryan’s hope

the best soap opera ever on television

also starred in it



stephen was on my show many times

we spoke often about TM

he introduced me to it in fact

back in 97



i practice TM daily

20 mins in the am

20 in the pm

a mantra –



i pray




stephen is an artist

pottery – ceramics

we had a show together

my paintings – his pottery



at THE ROCKLAND COUNTY CENTER FOR THE ARTS



the event was a success

stephen sent me a potters wheel

the week after –

so sweet



i learned how to throw pots

like him

i liked him

a lot



stephen collins

priestly – handsome – artistic – kind

stephen collins

married 29 years



and now here we all r



they showed me the clip in the morning

20 seconds

thats all i could watch

of his his apology tour



katie couric was r guest

i was sure she was gonna do 2 him

what she did 2 sarah palin

hit him with his truth



right between the eyes

expose him for who he was

“what newspapers do u read sarah?”

she saved us all then



this time

she didn’t



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in 1973 –

he was 25 years old

i was ten

same age as his first victim



he took the hand of 10 year old girl

and used it to jerk himself off



as a child

who was used in similar ways

by a man i trusted

every cell in me remembered



“we both just sat there – we didn’t move a muscle”



uummmmm –

after u came on the kids hand – u mean?

stephen …

right?



u are not equals

she was an innocent child

a baby girl

u have a daughter for gods sake



were u able to resist the urge to touch her ?

how noble …



congrats



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in case u wonder

what ur man sized penis –

ur abuse of power

ur lack of impulse control did to that kid



i will tell u a bit about me



sex is not fun

not now

not ever

it is married to a lingering terror



joy evaporated



my body became my enemy

i would not love it

take care of it

treat it well



it had betrayed me

caused such pain and humiliation

i did not want 2 feel

2 know



like many survivors of childhood sexual abuse



i became obese

Obesity Action Coalition » Sexual Abuse and Obesity



i have struggled with severe depression

Effects Of Child Sexual Abuse: Depression And Other Mental Health Conditions



i have anxiety disorders

Effects of CSA on the Victim



shame confines me

Into the Light: sexual abuse – support info and resources



i bet stephen

there is a 52 year old woman – like me

sitting in her house

still frightened



her perspective skewed

by u

ur casual lack of accountability

for her and for me



has wounded us

once again

u –

stephen collins



u



u r an archetype

as is bill cosby

pedophile / rapist

how dare i



how dare i not ?



a hidden narrative none wishes 2 be part of

yet we all participate in



unspoken

rape

incest

race



there is good news

we can heal r selves

RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network | RAINN: The nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization.One of “America’s 100 Best Charities” —Worth magazine



JONI MITCHELL IS ESSENTIAL FOR HEALING

Joni Mitchell on Her New Box Set, Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced – Vogue



“Not To Blame”



The story hit the news

From coast to coast

They said you beat the girl

You loved the most

Your charitable acts

Seemed out of place

With the beauty

With your fist marks on her face

Your buddies all stood by

They bet their fortunes

And their fame

That she was out of line

And you were not to blame



Six hundred thousand doctors

Are putting on rubber gloves

And they’re poking

At the miseries made of love

They say they’re learning

How to spot

The battered wives

Among all the women

They see bleeding through their lives

I bleed–

For your perversity–

These red words that make a stain

On your white-washed claim that

She was out of line

And you were not to blame



I heard your baby say

When he was only three

“Daddy, let’s get some girls

One for you and one for me.”

His mother had the frailty

You despise

And the looks

You love to drive to suicide

Not one wet eye around

Her lonely little grave

Said, “He was out of line girl

You were not to blame.”




Source: Rosie's Blog

This is really long, and obviously written in Rosie's blog style, but it's one of the few pieces I've seen where the victims, and what it's like to be a victim of abuse, are really addressed. Also the only one of his former friends that I've seen publicly condemn him.