Melissa Rein Lively, who went viral in early July for destroying a face mask display at an Arizona Target, says she is now undergoing treatment for mental illness.
What is a brief history here?
Lively, the CEO and founder of an Arizona-based public relations firm, visited a Scottsdale Target on July 4.
When she arrived, she discovered that she was enraged by a nearby mask.
She started filming while screaming and hitting all the masks on the shelf, screaming, “Finally, we meet at the end of the road. I’ve been waiting for this shit all my life.” “
Pointing to the mask, she continued, “I’m not playing shitty games anymore. This is ending. This is over.”
The employees intervened and demanded that he stop.
“Why?” Lively broke up. “You let everyone else do it … Can’t I do it because I’m a blonde, white woman? Are you wearing a $ 40,000 Rolex? F *** s ** t up?”
She left the store, but it wasn’t long after the local police visited her at her home.
During her interrogation of the incident, Lively said she is attacked by police officers because she is Jewish.
“This is a fucking Nazi game!” she screamed.
In June, Lively appeared on a Scottsdale radio show, where he spoke about government intervention in the COVID-19 crisis.
“Where does government overreach take place and where does personal responsibility begin? When is it appropriate for a mayor or a governor or a federal government or something like that to put restrictions on what people can do and what people can do? Business?” she asked at the time.
What is she saying now?
In a recent interview with USA Today, Lively said she lost all of her clients and her husband after her videos went viral.
“I think mental illness has really been something that has not been addressed as a result of this pandemic,” he told the media during a candid conversation. “Because what happened to me was terrifying and changed my life forever. I felt that I had absolutely no control over my actions.”
Lively revealed that the off-camera ramifications of her Target collapse were far more dramatic than was first filmed.
After her interaction with local officials, Lively was taken to a psychiatric center, where she was held for more than a week for evaluation and treatment.
She explained that she was under extreme pressure as a result of the pandemic, which she said triggered a “manic bipolar episode.”
“I can absolutely see that the way I acted was incredibly inappropriate to mention to the classless and completely out of place because of the way I behave, professionally and personally,” Lively explained.
Lively says that she is now working hard on her mental health and trying to get it right.
“It is going to take me a long time to rebuild people’s trust, you know, while I get my life and career back,” he said. “I love what I do and I am passionate about what I do and I am going to fight this.”
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