He probably did and saw how unhinged she became and felt compelled to speak out on behalf of Scott. She also said the two police officers were abusing her when they did the 51/50. She is not a reliable narrator in her current condition. Hopefully she can get the help she needs but at this rate she could lose custody of her kids |
Right, if I saw my best friend become absolutely unhinged, I’d privately reach out to her husband to offer support. while also working to get her the help she needs. I would never post something on my Instagram while my friend is having a breakdown. I don’t know if this is because they are “famous” or what but it seems in bad taste, no? |
I think he did it in a tacit way and prob just felt strongly to speak out, that Scott isn't abusive. |
Actually a good true friend doesn’t reach out to the Ex who is causing the breakdown to begin with. This leaves her even more isolated and she already feels alone. Does the friend live in their house? No, then he doesn’t know the whole story. Covert narcissistic abuse is difficult to spot unless you’ve lived it. Her response is actually called “reactive abuse”. The abuser makes the victim crazy from the abuse and then acts calm and rational and then points the finger at the abused and says *See look how crazy they are”. Again. “Reactive abuse”. Look it up. A real friend would reach out to the immediate family. The parents, siblings, etc.to offer help and support. if you don’t know the immediate family then you arent that close of a friend are you? And true friends don’t throw you under the bus on social media. They are former friends now if they ever really were friends. |
The youngest kid is 12 and oldest is 16. |
Plus 1 Regarding kid's ages (upthread) they are about 11, 14, 16. My daughter was in their daughter's class at school. |
She told the police the 16 year old was on Scott’s side and wouldn’t let her in the house. Poor kid. |
Ok, this has gone off the rails. You are writing as if you have insider knowledge and you’ve got the whole narrative, full of details based entirely on your own projections. Look - I have NO doubt that what you describe occurs, and is a common phenomenon with narcissists. I don’t dispute that at all. But that doesn’t mean it’s automatically true in this situation; untreated mental illness is also a very real and heartbreaking thing. It sounds like they’ve been through it, including their children. |
1. She was on TV at the time and 2. Bipolar disease absolutely can manifest later in life and 3. If she’s a drinker (which going directly from hospital to bar and posting it on IG would suggest), all bets are off, as alcohol use disorder can cause symptoms that mimic almost any psychiatric illness. I hope she gets the treatment needed, whatever it is. |
Well said. There is no evidence of spousal abuse, and ample evidence of mental illness. |
Or she’s banging Scott…or wants to. |
Yesssssss!!!!!! |
So you have seen her medical records to know all her diagnoses? Will you at least acknowledge that drinking whiskey straight out of the hospital is a bad idea? |
Or did Scott hold her down and poor the whiskey down her throat? |
I don’t have to see her medical records. It’s playing out like a textbook version of Narcissistic abuse, even the alienating of the children from their mother. Teens are particularly vulnerable to this manipulation because they are already rebellious. The parent in charge will lay down the law, then insteading of supporting them and the rules, the narc will do the exact opposite creating a wedge. Narcs do this to completely isolate and discredit their victim and they are cool and methodical under pressure while they do it. It’s difficult to see or understand unless you’ve experienced it but once you have, you know it when you see it. I agree she absolutely needs help. One THOUSAND percent!!! I think as a codependent with CPTSD she is melting down for multiple reasons including abandonment, fear of the future and aging, loss of nuclear family unit, loss of identity (he’s a celeb and they falsely portrayed a “perfect family” for years ) and add in perimenopause which in itself is horrific. But she’s NOT chronically mentally ill. She IS however in crisis and making terrible decisions right now because she isn’t thinking correctly. However, she should NOT be in a bar drinking with a hospital band but she’s melting down and trying to reclaim what’s left of her life. She was forced into a mental hospital and that was her eff you to the brother in law who called her Dad and put her there. The BIL who should not even have been in HER house. The BIL was in her house “helping” so Scott could control things from afar and act as a spy. Narcs HAVE to be in control. Kelley needs rescue meds, intense therapy, immediate help, true friends and support now because she is in crisis, not because she is bipolar but because she is abused. |