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So Dramatic would like to acknowledge the

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traditional custodians of the land this podcast

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was recorded on, the Vigigal and Gadigal

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people. Always was, always

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Dramatic Daily, your daily

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dose of the latest and

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most dramatic reality TV news.

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Welcome to So Dramatic Daily, I'm

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Megan Pastello. Coming up today,

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the mysterious Married at First Sight voiceover

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artist has been revealed and it's not

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who we thought it was. We have

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the full letter that Married at First

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Sight's bullshit investigators, Timothy and Lucinda, sent

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to Jack and Tori, and fans have

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criticized Domenica Calaco and Ella Ding for

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disgusting victim blaming of sexual assault survivors.

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So much drama, so little time, let's

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get into the show. So

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the Married at First Sight narrator has

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been revealed and despite what your late

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night Google search may have told you,

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it is not Georgie Gardner. It's safe

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to say that Mavs wouldn't be what

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it is without its savage narrator providing

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us with the much needed context and

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of course, casually roasting people, especially Jack

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Dunkley. Channel 9 presenter Georgie took over

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the gig from 2015 to 2017 but

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it's been revealed that

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actress Helen Dallymore has been the narrator

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ever since and I for one am

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shook. To be honest, I never

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actually thought who was behind the famous

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voice. So Mavs' alum and fellow voice

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over artist Olly Skelton called Helen the

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most slept-on star telling Yahoo Lifestyle, I

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reckon there's a tongue-in-cheek element she brings

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to the reads that on paper would

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be quite dry. Now Helen is no

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stranger to being a queen of the

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screen herself. According to her

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IMDB profile, she actually starred in House Husbands

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and All Saints and like many Aussies, she's

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also had a stint on Home and Away.

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But her talents don't end there. She also

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played Good Witch Glinda in the 2006 West

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End production of Wicked alongside Adina

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Menzel. She also starred in the

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stage productions of Legally Blonde the Musical and

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Muriel's Wedding to name a few. We

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have found the full letter Timothy Smith

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and Lucinda Liet sent Jack Dankley and

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Tori Adams on Married at First Sight

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this week. So in case you missed

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it, Timothy and Lucinda aka the bullshit

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investigators wrote an anonymous letter to Jack

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and Tori as part of feedback week.

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Now whilst Jack and Tori read out

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some of the letter, when it was

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shown on screen the page was noticeably

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blurred out. However, so dramatic has obtained

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a copy of the letter in 4k

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and boy is it spicy. The full

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letter read, this is the bullshit investigators

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and we're calling bullshit on you two.

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You two are both sexual people, why haven't

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you had sex? The pressure of the experiment

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is not an excuse. Every week you say

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you're building, to what? Why was it at

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the commitment ceremony you were both lounging on

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each other on the couch and then as

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soon as you got up in front of

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the experts you were acting as if there

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was a problem. The minute you were off

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the couch you were back in the same

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position. Now Timothy and Lucinda then asked a

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shocked question about Jack's disgruntled ex Courtney who

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he dumped to appear on the show. It

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continued, the girl in the article, Jack

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you have openly said that she is

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batshit crazy, that you blocked her from

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everywhere yet you show naked photos of

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her without her permission. Why is it

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that Tori speaks of you two getting

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married in Spain after this experiment and

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Jack knows nothing about the wedding in

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Spain. Get your stories together. As was

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previously reported by So Dramatic, the current

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season of the marriage experiment was supposed

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to feature a nude photo scandal where

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Jack was exposed for showing intimate photos

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of Courtney to other grooms. However the

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show had to scrap the storyline for

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legal reasons. As a result producers weren't

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able to show Timothy and Lucinda's letter

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in full given that it alluded to

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the canned scandal. Just

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a warning for this next story, it does

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dispel sexual assault and may be triggering to

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some listeners. Married at First Sight, 2022 stars

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Domenica Calaco and Ella Ding have been

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called out for victim blaming sexual assault

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survivors. In the March 6th episode of

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their Sit With Us podcast Domenica and

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Ella recapped Sarah cheating scandal

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and unpacked her claims that Jack

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Dunkley had touched her inappropriately on

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several occasions. However the commentary was

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found to be rather concerning by

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many listeners. Domenica said that given

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the conversation revolves around sexual assault,

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Sorels claims are very damaging potentially

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to Jack. Yes really she said

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I don't like this conversation of

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bringing shit up that is not

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actually that intense or she's not

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actually that upset about it but

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making it a big deal. If

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you were sexually assaulted you go to

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the police straight away. You don't just hold on to

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it for five weeks and go to a producer and

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tell them about it and big

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yikes. Domenica also said that lines

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can be very blurry and that

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she believes Sarah misinterpreted Jack's actions

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as something sinister. Meanwhile Ella said

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that Sarah bringing up Jack tapping

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her on the butt was petty

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and I honestly have no words.

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Now taking to social media several

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users criticized Domenica for claiming assault

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victims go to the police straight

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away. Former maths groom Liam Cooper

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said so now there is a time frame

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on when you need to report being sexually

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assaulted. Another said many people don't go to

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the police because of this kind of scrutiny. A third

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Instagram user decried Domenica and Ella's commentary as

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disgusting. They said go straight to the police

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isn't true in any way. I can assure

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you going to the police isn't the first

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thought. It's also a scary step as is

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the outcome of going through court and not

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seeing a fair outcome handed down to the

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victim. My advice is to please choose your

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words wisely before speaking on a subject that's

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damaging and traumatic. One listener questioned why Sarah

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needs to be upset for it to be

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truthful. They said some people wait years to

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go to the police. The victim blaming my

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god. Another upset fan said this is

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so disappointing. I was a victim of harassment

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and sexual assault at work and it took

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me 12 months to even tell anyone about

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it. Dom's assertion that you go straight to

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the police is flat out wrong. I had

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no idea how to feel about it or

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what to do and sometimes it was as

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innocuous as a tap on the bum or

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the leg. I was pretty mortified to hear

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them both absolutely. diminished Sarah's experiences.

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Gross. Another person wrote, I was

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sexually assaulted at the age of 12 by

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a 45 year old man. It took

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me eight months to tell my own

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mother, let alone the police. The shame,

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embarrassment and guilt I felt was next

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level. Domenica can get fucked for that

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comment. Now, according to data obtained by

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the Australian Bureau of Statistics, a 2022

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study found that 92% of women who

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experienced sexual assault did not report the

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incident to police. They also reported that

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only 73% of

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sexual assault victims reported the incidents

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to authorities within a year of it occurring,

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according to a 2019 reference period. Now,

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2023 bride Bronte Scofield also

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responded to their comments by criticizing them

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for constantly tearing women down. She wrote,

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strong women lift and help build each

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other up. It's sad to see that

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two people who have been through this

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experiment are pointing fingers and can I

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also say taking it so seriously, they

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must be getting a pretty fat pay

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date to continuously tear down participants. And

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in this case, and most cases, women.

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Alyssa Barmon said this is so wrong

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on so many levels. And many

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fans also called Domenica and Ella out

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for deciding when, how and if sexual

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assault victims report abuse and also label

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their comments as anti-feminist. One person said,

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this is so messed up. They're invalidating

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a clear boundary violation and form of

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sexual assault because it's not a salty

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enough for them to warrant police involvement.

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If we want women to feel confident

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speaking truth to power and coming forward

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about their experiences of sexual assault, we

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need to support them when they use

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their voices, not shoot them down because

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others have had it worse. Another

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fan hit back saying these two are

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so cooked and uneducated, literally the opposite

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of feminism. They are so hard. Another

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person also asked, what the fuck ladies,

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what happened to women supporting women and

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making a statement saying that all people

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that are sexually assaulted go straight to

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the police. That is definitely not always

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the case. Please choose your words carefully

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and grow up to quote former US

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Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. There is

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a special place in hell for women

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who don't help other women. Other fans

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express their concerns. concerns and vowed to

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never listen to or follow the former Max

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Brides again, one said, this is really disappointing.

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A part in good conscience continue to follow

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them after they minimise how a woman should

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feel if they get unwanted male attention of

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any kind. Whilst another said, they just get

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worse and worse. Watch there be no apology

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or accountability, it will somehow be so dramatic's

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fault. Now one fan took to TikTok under

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a clip of the Sit With Us podcast

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episode to caution my Domenica couldn't respond to

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this in a serious matter. They said, the

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things you've said are so wrong and

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hurtful. But according to Domenica, her lollers

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conversation has been misinterpreted and blown out

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of proportion. She wrote, I know the

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truth and what I meant and if

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people want to misinterpret then that isn't

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on me. This is part of a

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larger conversation that was cut down for

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the podcast. I would never shame a

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victim. I am also a survivor and

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would never do that. She also responded

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by sharing a shady TikTok miming Taylor

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Swift lyrics. However, the video was quickly

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deleted after fans pointed out that the

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singer had successfully sued DJ David Mueller

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after alleging he'd grabbed her butt. So Dramatic

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has contacted 9 DM podcasts and

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listener podcasts for comment. However, our request

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for comment was ignored. Now I've also

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shared my thoughts about Domenica and Ella's

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comments in a lengthy caption on Instagram

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when I shared the audio from

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their podcast. To read that, jump

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this story has triggered anything for you, please contact

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episode. Goodbye Good Riddance and good luck.

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Ciao for now, kind regards.