Everything Anna Kendrick Has Said About Her Past Toxic Relationship

In a podcast interview on the "Armchair Expert" podcast, Anna Kendrick got candid about the struggles of her abusive relationship. She recalled when it all started: "I was with someone, and this was somebody I lived with, and for all intents and purposes, my husband, we had embryos together, this was my person. And then, about six years in, I remember telling my brother, when things had first kind of gone down, 'I'm living with a stranger. Like, I don't know what's happening.'"

The "Alice, Darling" star initially thought that the sudden switch in behavior was due to a physical condition like a brain tumor. But the relationship grew even more strained when Kendrick's partner revealed that he had caught feelings for another woman — someone that the actor notably already had her doubts about. She detailed the traumatic experience: "It became increasingly hostile each time I tried to talk about it until it was, I'm curled in a ball, you're screaming at me, I don't know how we got here. It was so alarming. And it was so much easier for me to assume that I was crazy or doing something wrong."

Kendrick added that she was afraid to discuss the problems with him directly because of the harsh reaction and the gaslighting. The "Pitch Perfect" star felt as if she was hurting her partner when she addressed her pain, and she felt unsafe talking about anything negative with him.