Taryn Manning Breaks Silence on “Violent” Assault Video

Taryn Manning is sharing her side of the story. 

The Orange Is the New Black alum spoke out after a video of what appeared to be herself in a physical altercation with another woman was published by TMZ March 30, saying “a lot of context” didn’t get publicized, including that the other person in the footage was not her girlfriend as had been originally reported. 

“I don’t wanna watch it ‘cause I don’t want to upset myself,” Manning said in a March 31 Instagram video. “Because I know that violence is never, ever, ever good.”

Lamenting that she now looks “like this one sided, violent person” due to the video, which was filmed in the perspective of the other woman, the 47-year-old expressed her frustration in its release. 

“She’s not my family. She’s not my girlfriend, my wife,” Manning continued. “Why do I have to house this random girl that was a fan that I befriended 18 years ago? It’s too much.”