Bachelor Nation star Chad Johnson denied laying a hand on his ex-girlfriend Annalise Mishler Wednesday, two days after his arrest on felony domestic violence and robbery charges Los Angeles following a fight between the pair.
The 32-year-old reality star posted a three-minute-plus clip to Instagram in which he emphatically denied any physical violence against women: ‘There was never any domestic abuse of any kind – I have never laid hands on a woman anytime in my entire life.’
The Jenks, Oklahoma native explained how he was raised to respect women, and takes domestic issues very seriously.
The latest: Bachelor Nation star Chad Johnson, 32, denied laying a hand on his ex-girlfriend Annalise Mishler, 25, Wednesday, two days after his arrest on felony domestic violence and robbery charges Los Angeles following a fight between the pair
‘I was in the Marine core; I was taught core values, I have a sister, I am a very overprotective brother, if she ever felt in danger, I would want her to call,’ he said. ‘If any women out there ever feel like they are in any danger, I urge you to call 911.’
Johnson, who’s been seen on The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise, explaining how the evening with Mishler unfolded from his perspective after Mishler accused him of punching a hole into her wall during a drunken rage on Sunday.
He said following the breakup, he ‘was devastated,’ as ‘it was like losing [his] best friend,’ and broke a two-month stretch of no alcohol against his better judgment.
‘Whenever I do drink, I don’t act right – so I screwed up and I drank,’ he said. ‘I had made a promise to myself and to my girlfriend that I wouldn’t do that anymore.’
‘Core values’: The reality star said he takes domestic violence seriously, adding, ‘I have a sister, I am a very overprotective brother, if she ever felt in danger, I would want her to call’
Mistake: Johnson admitted that he broke a two-month stretch of no alcohol against his better judgment
Johnson said that he initially smoothed the situation over, but things got inflamed when Mishler discovered that he’d downloaded a dating app, leading to a back-and-forth that resulted in clips Mishler posted online.
Johnson said he attempted to smooth things over the following day and ‘wasn’t mad at’ Mishler for posting the clips online.
‘I totally understand why she did that, I still love her very much,’ he said.
Johnson admitted he ‘was very down at the time’ and ‘very upset’ and made a stupid decision and grabbed her phone and … just threw it, threw it outside.’
He added: ‘I can totally understand why Annalise felt threatened whenever I took her phone, but I am 100 percent confident any type of domestic abuse charges are going to be dropped, because there was never any time of domestic abuse at all whatsoever – never laid my hands on a woman.’
Hole in the wall: The Sunday night posts included shots of fist-sized holes in the apartment wall
Outburst: Mishler accused Johnson of lashing out at her and punching a hole in her apartment’s wall during a drunken rage. The pair are seen in November 2019 above
Phew: Annalise noted that she was lucky to have already asked for her key back; pictured in May
Mishler had previously shared footage of Johnson appearing to shout threatening things from outside her apartment. She said the altercation began after her boyfriend got ‘drunk for the first time in 50 days’ over the weekend.
Talking directly to the camera in another video, Annalise explained how things began when she confronted him after seeing alerts from the dating app Hinge on his phone.
But instead of explaining himself, Chad allegedly exploded.
‘He went crazy,’ she said, ‘On me. Like, how dare I have the audacity.’
The Sunday night posts included shots of fist-sized holes in the apartment walls, as well as a followup video of what appeared to be the reality persona verbally attacking Mishler while she tried to get back into her apartment.
Illustrating the damage, Annalise told followers: ‘So Chad just got drunk for the first time in like 50 days and punched a hole in my wall, for no f***ing reason.’
‘This is the reality of my life, which is great,’ she said sarcastically, then showing her ‘traumatized’ calico cat.
Unreasonable: Illustrating the damage, Annalise told followers: ‘So Chad just got drunk for the first time in like 50 days and punched a hole in my wall, for no f***ing reason’
Witness: ‘This is the reality of my life, which is great,’ she continued, then showing her ‘traumatized’ calico cat
Unacceptable: Her next posts showed her boyfriend Chad screaming from outside of her apartment and trying to maneuver his way inside
Her next posts seemed to show her boyfriend of several months Chad allegedly screaming from outside of her apartment. Annalise noted that she was lucky to have already asked for her key back.
She is then heard confronting Chad from within her apartment, telling him to look at the damage, which he denies he had anything to do with.
‘Go home, you’re scaring me,’ Mishler said.
The clip takes a shocking turn as Johnson then tells Annalise ‘Good f***ing luck then. I hope you f***ing die’ while continuing to bang on the door.
Things continued to escalate according to Mishler’s video.
On top of another clip, she wrote: ‘Then he screamed the r-word at me over and over and all my neighbors came out and I heard him screaming at them.’
Strangely, she then blamed herself for the incident telling the camera: ‘Look, I know I’m the idiot. I’m aware, OK?’
Hours later Annalise returned to Instagram with an update.
Protecting herself: She is then heard confronting Chad from within her apartment, telling him to look at the damage, which he denies he had anything to do with
Awful: The clip takes a shocking turn as Johnson then tells Annalise ‘Good f***ing luck then. I hope you f***ing die’ while continuing to bang on the door
Reasons: Talking directly to the camera in another video, Annalise explained how things began when she confronted her boyfriend after seeing alerts from the dating app Hinge on his phone
She thanked everyone who reached out to her, writing: ‘Wow so many nice messages today.’
Johnson allegedly returned again on Monday, and the couple were engaged in another argument.
‘Things escalated this morning and are being taken care of now. Update soon maybe, I’m being guilted for sharing this/”ruining his life” and i know that’s not true but it’s still scary ya know.’
‘He took my phone and chucked it while I was calling 911 this morning so if you’ve tried texting/calling that would be why i’m not responding lol.’
By Monday evening, the police had arrested Chad, a standard step that occurred after they reportedly saw red marks on Annalise’s face.
The robbery charge appears to stem from him taking her phone as she tried to call 911.
Back for more: Johnson allegedly returned again on Monday, and the couple were engaged in another argument; still from The Bachelorette
Double trouble: By Monday evening, the police had arrested Chad, a standard step that occurred after they reportedly saw red marks on Annalise’s face. The robbery charge appears to stem from him taking her phone as she tried to call 911
Chad later gave a quasi-apology to TooFab in which he claimed he had blacked out during the altercation and didn’t remember it.
‘I had a little relapse… well I wouldn’t call it a little relapse,’ he said. ‘Big relapse.’
He tried to excuse his behavior by attributing it to him and Mishler breaking up.
‘I’ve been so stressed man, just sitting in my car crying sometimes, just losing my mind. And to top it all off, the one person I’m closest to doesn’t get me a lot of times,’ he continued. ‘I just lost it.’
‘I don’t remember actually seeing her,’ he continued. ‘I drank to the point where I didn’t even know I was with her. I just gotta take the Instagram Story’s word that I was there.’
Freak out: ‘He went crazy,’ she said, ‘On me. Like, how dare I have the audacity’
Better times: Chad and Annalise have been dating for several months
This isn’t the first time Chad’s violent temper has gotten him into trouble.
The reality star first appeared on JoJo Fletcher’s season of The Bachelorette in 2016 where he was portrayed as the villain and earned the nickname Bad Chad.
He was invited back to Bachelor In Paradise the same year but was given the boot after he got drunk and slung violent threats at fellow cast members.
Before hooking up with Annalise, Johnson was rumored to have had a relationship with former Playboy pinup Kendra Wilkinson.
Hot-head: Chad’s violent temper got him into trouble during his appearance on Bachelor In Paradise. He was kicked off the show for drunkenly threatening another contestant