Chris Hardwick's Break Up Text With Chloe Dykstra Surfaces
Update: I just want to apologize for my lack of understanding in my opinion in this article. I didn’t mean any offense to anyone, but offense was taken and I apologize to anyone I offended. It was not my intention. I’ve been going through and reading comments from people who are offering insight, which I appreciate. It’s good to have constructive conversations so that we can learn from each other. Again, I’m sorry for anything I said that was offensive.
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Before I start, I just have to say that I feel like I'm getting into tabloid news here. This isn't really my thing, but it does deal with a very popular individual in the geek community. I also already started reporting on the story involving the allegations made against Chris Hardwick by his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra, so I feel like I should follow through with any updates.
Chris Hardwick's career has already started to take a nosedive since the allegations were made against him. His name has been removed from the Nerdist website, which he founded, AMC has pulled his series' for the time being, and he has also been pulled from the panels he was supposed to moderate at Comic-Con.
Hardwick has also denied the allegations and offered up his side of the story. He got a lot of crap from people online regarding his statement because he didn't own up to all the things she accused him of. But, what if he didn't do those things? A lot of Hardwick supporters are saying that this is just ex-girlfriend revenge.
Now TMZ has obtained and released the break-up text that Hardwick sent to Chloe and it also includes many of the texts of Chloe begging him to take her back. You can read the texts in full here, but here's a little excerpt from Hardwick's text:
"Some things have recently come to my attention and I believe I have a much more accurate picture about everything that's been going on particularly with you and Sam. I know you maintain that this separation was about your freedom and finding yourself (which I would be a dickhead to deny you) but it's silly to say that he has nothing to do with it all. Even though we're technically not together and you have no responsibility to me any longer, it all started while we WERE together and its continuation quite frankly almost destroyed me. I felt worthless, replaceable and disrespected by your choice of a guy that I have to work with. I realize that my emotions are my problem and now that I've had some time alone I'm thinking a lot more clearly about everything. As such, I'm done with you and all of this and I'm moving on. No more "taking a break", no more "maybe we can be together at some point", we're just done."
This was followed by her begging him to take her back. She even texted him seven months later to try and see if there was still a chance. Never once did he respond to her. She did previously mention that she cheated on Hardwick, which was the cause for the break-up in the first place.
Here's my question... why would someone who claimed to be in such a terrible and abusive relationship beg to come back? That just doesn't make sense. You'd think that she'd be happy to get away from him if that was the case.
Even if Hardwick is able to clear his name, the damage is already done. Chloe claims to have proof of his abuse, but she is keeping that to herself at the moment. I'm not really a hardcore fan of a fan of Hardwick, but it's fascinating to see everyone gang up on him without knowing all of the facts.
I wonder if Hardwick leaked those texts to TMZ on purpose in an effort to help clear his name. If so, the guy is obviously desperate. Some people might think that's a douchey move, while others may think that the guy is just watching the career he built for himself crash and burn and he's not sure what else to do. What are your thoughts on this latest revelation?