Viera admits to abusive relationship

Meredith Viera reveals she was once in an abusive relationship in the May issue of More magazine. She dated the man at the start of her career, and says, "He would slap me and then make up, saying, 'I'll never do this again,' crying. It escalated to the point where he actually threw me out of the apartment naked. I sat out all night in the stairwell, and the next morning he let me in." Viera says the incident was the impetus for her leaving the relationship, though it didn't happen right away. "It took almost twelve months. I consider myself a pretty smart woman, and I got into this situation... I can look back and go, 'Where was my respect for myself?'"