About a month after her breakup with Shia LaBeouf, actress Margaret Qualley showed her support for the FKA branches by talking about her allegedly abusive relationship with the actor.
Qualley posted the cover photo of FKA twigs for the next edition of Elle magazine, where the 33-year-old singer opened up about her troubled relationship with LaBeouf, 34. The ex-couple started dating in 2018.
“Thank you,” wrote Qualley for the post caption.
The British singer, who was born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, filed a lawsuit against LaBeouf last year, claiming that the actor was “dangerous” and had a history of abusing women “both physically and mentally”. The lawsuit claimed that LaBeouf choked her and threatened to crash the car they were driving together.
Qualley was dating LaBeouf when news of the lawsuit surfaced and, in early January, the two broke up. Although the 26-year-old actress did not say she suffered any abuse while dating LaBeouf, her post indicates that she believes in the charges against him.
The post received nearly 43,000 likes in less than 24 hours, with many followers thanking the actress for her solidarity. Qualley’s mother, Andie MacDowell, commented on her daughter’s post, writing: “Precious girls. Beloved.”
Olivia Wilde, who fired LaBeouf from her next film Do not worry, dear in September, she seemed to be showing her support in a subtle way too, posting a photo that the actress sent her Wake up, short film directed by Wilde starring Qualley.
“I miss directing you, MQ. You are fierce and special,” wrote Wilde in the caption.
THE Elle interview shows FKA twigs crediting his survival to the relationship to a “miracle”.
“I think it’s luck,” she told the magazine. “I honestly wish I could say that I found some strength and saw that light. I wish I could say, ‘[It is] a testament to my strong character ‘or’ It’s the way my mother raised me. ‘ That’s not it. It is pure luck that I am no longer in that situation, “she said, adding that recovering from their relationship” was the most difficult thing I have ever tried to do. It’s very new to me, obviously. I know [this journey] it won’t be perfect. But I hope that if I can take small steps, and people can see me resuming my life, it will inspire them. “
LaBeouf initially responded to his claims by issuing a statement to The New York Times where he apologized and admitted that he had been “abusive to myself and everyone around me for years”, maintaining that many claims “were not true”. Twigs said the apology was an example of the type of “gas lighting” she experienced during the relationship.
“It reminds me a little of the gas lighting I experienced when I was with him,” she told CBS Gayle King last week. “It takes some of the blame, but not all, and then it denies it.”
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