{"id":285913,"date":"2011-03-01T18:43:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T18:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/01\/meredith-baxter-ex-husband-david-birney-hit-me\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T18:43:17","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T18:43:17","slug":"meredith-baxter-ex-husband-david-birney-hit-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/meredith-baxter-ex-husband-david-birney-hit-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Meredith Baxter: Ex-Husband David Birney Hit Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20469849,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><br \/>\nPeople.com<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n They were costars on the romantic, early &#8217;70s sitcom Bridget Loves Birney, man and wife from 1974 to 1989, and they had three children together.<\/p>\n<p>But Baxter, 63, who came out as a lesbian in 2009, says her relationship with Birney, 71, was far stormier than it appeared.<\/p>\n<p>In a new memoir, Untied, the actress says that Birney struck her on more than one occasion. (On Tuesday&#8217;s Today show, it was said Birney has denied the accusation.) Recalling one incident, Baxter writes: &#8220;It was so sudden and unexpected, I couldn&#8217;t tell you which hand hit me, or even how hard. I do recall thinking, &#8216;I&#8217;d better not get up because he&#8217;s going to hit me again.&#8217; &#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201103\/139871.php\" title=\"Meredith Baxter: Ex-Husband David Birney Hit Me\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meredith Baxter: Ex-Husband David Birney Hit Me<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> People.com : \u00a0\u00a0 They were costars on the romantic, early &#8217;70s sitcom Bridget Loves Birney, man and wife from 1974 to 1989, and they had three children together. But Baxter, 63, who came out as a lesbian in 2009, says her relationship with Birney, 71, was far stormier than it appeared. In a new memoir, Untied, the actress says that Birney struck her on more than one occasion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meredith Baxter: Ex-Husband David Birney Hit Me - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/meredith-baxter-ex-husband-david-birney-hit-me\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Meredith Baxter: Ex-Husband David Birney Hit Me - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"People.com : \u00a0\u00a0 They were costars on the romantic, early &#039;70s sitcom Bridget Loves Birney, man and wife from 1974 to 1989, and they had three children together. 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