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If you haven’t heard the latest story hitting the news about Nigella Lawson and her husband Charles Saatchi, in a way, you can count yourself lucky.  It’s rather disturbing to see the photos captured of the couple dining last week in central London.

According to Nigella’s husband, Charles Saatchi, “About a week ago, we were sitting outside a restaurant having an intense debate about the children, and I held Nigella’s neck repeatedly while attempting to emphasise my point.”

Please see the photos for yourself at The Daily Mail website.

You don’t need any special ability to know this was not an “intense debate”.  The words would almost be laughable, if it weren’t for the fact we are witnessing a woman being abused.

No one holds another person’s neck unless they wish to control, manipulate, coerce, and/or cause fear and pain.

Neither of these two can hide the fact that this was a serious altercation. Period.  Now add to the fact Charles Saatchi could not restrain himself in public.  You can only imagine what happens behind closed doors. It’s bone-chilling.

Nigella is in a seriously dangerous relationship.

I hope Nigella seeks help immediately and leaves this man.  He does not love nor care for her, or he would have never done this. 

Saatchi went on to say, “There was no grip, it was a playful tiff. The pictures are horrific but give a far more drastic and violent impression of what took place. Nigella’s tears were because we both hate arguing, not because she had been hurt. We had made up by the time we were home. The paparazzi were congregated outside our house after the story broke (Sunday) morning, so I told Nigella to take the kids off till the dust settled.”

Do I believe Saatchi?  I do not. There was no excuse for his behavior accept an apology and clearly we don’t see one.