Sarah Hyland has broken her silence on the subject of her abusive ex-boyfriend, Matthew Prokop.
During an interview with Meredith Vieira, who recently shared her own painful story of domestic abuse during an episode of her talk show, the “Modern Family” star revealed how she’s moving on with her life.
“You’ve been in the news recently because of moving beyond an abusive relationship, and I related to your story because I was exactly your age, 23, when I went through something similar. … When you have faced adversity, how have you come through it?” Vieira, 60, asked Hyland.
“There are two quotes that I want to say,” Hyland responded. “One is a Dylan Thomas poem: ‘Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light,’ which is one of my favorite poems. It just strikes a chord in me. And then also Robert Frost: ‘The only way out is through.'”
“People have to go through things in order to become the person they are today, and that’s that,” added the 23-year-old.
Earlier this month, Hyland was granted a restraining order against Prokop, whom the actress alleges choked and threatened her during their relationship, which ended in August.