He scoffed! The story of the strange relationship of Marilyn and Evan Rachel
Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood accused Marilyn Manson of treating her badly. They dated from 2006 to 2010 and broke off the engagement, remaining on good terms. What happened?
2006
They met at a party at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. Evan Rachel Wood was 19 and he was 36. At that time, Manson started a divorce from Dita Von Teese — they had been married for just over a year.
The actress and singer immediately began dating, making their romance public in January 2007.
June 2007
Wood starred in Manson’s Heart Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand) video, which was later condemned for racism.
“At the end of the video, we kiss in the rain of blood — and it was one of the most romantic moments in my life,” the actress admitted.
2008
The relationship of the couple was unstable: this year they broke up, but then they started dating again.
January, 2010
Marilyn Manson proposed to Evan in Paris — right during the concert. She agreed without hesitation: “I accepted everything he told me. But I didn’t think we were right for each other.»
August, 2010
The couple decided to break off the engagement. Wood noted that they remained friends and she still loves Manson.
In 2012, the actress married Jamie Bell and gave birth to a son from him, after which they broke up. Manson, in turn, secretly married Lindsey Usich in 2020.
August, 2015
“I thought it was love,” the actress returned to the topic five years later. — I understood that I was prickly, strange, unusual, and he was the one I needed, with him I felt free. And freedom attracts … »
2016
Evan Rachel Wood gave an interview to Rolling Stone magazine and admitted that she was abused twice in her youth. But she did not name her offenders. After the launch of the #MeToo campaign, she continued to insist that she would remain silent.
She also spoke about Manson: “I met a man who promised freedom of expression and no judgment. I wanted danger and adventure.
I told my mom that I would go on tour for eight months because I want to see the world and I don’t want to live the way others expect me to.”
March, 2019
On her Instagram (the social network was recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation), the actress spoke about her relationship with the abuser:
“I was in a deep depression, I could hardly get out of bed. I even hurt myself to not think about this relationship … When he attacked me, I cut my wrist to disarm him. Everything stopped for a while. I couldn’t stop the violence and was too powerless to leave.»
November, 2020
The musician was asked what he thinks about the words of Evan Rachel Wood, who did not name the offender. Instead of answering, Manson ended the interview. Two months later, he dismissed the second question and declined to comment.
February, 2021
Evan Rachel Wood openly accused Manson of violence during their relationship. She was supported by four more women who experienced the coolness of the musician’s temper:
“The name of my offender is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson. He started courting me when I was a teenager and abused me terribly for years… I point to this scary person… I stand next to other victims who will no longer be silent.»
After this statement, the record label Loma Vista Recordings, which released the singer’s last two albums, refused to continue working with Marilyn Manson.
Scenes with Manson were deleted from the third season of American Gods, and the production of the series Kaleidoscope of Horrors with the participation of the musician was discontinued.
On her Instagram (the social network was recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation), the actress spoke about her relationship with the abuser:
“I was in a deep depression, I could hardly get out of bed. I even hurt myself to not think about this relationship … When he attacked me, I cut my wrist to disarm him. Everything stopped for a while. I couldn’t stop the violence and was too powerless to leave.»
