Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder revealed on *Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy*podcas this week that they decided to have children after Somerhalder threw out Reed’s birth control pills—without her permission. “…unbeknownst to poor Nikki, she didn’t realize that I was going to go in her purse and take out her birth control,” Somerhalder said on the podcast. “By the way, it was the beginning of the pack, so I had to pop all those suckers out. It is a lot of work, especially after a little bit of sangria.”

This anecdote polarized the Internet, with several people condemning Somerhalder for doing something so extreme without Reed’s vocal consent. Many thought Reed should’ve been present for this—or just done it herself. A few outlets noted this story could be seen as a form of reproductive coercion, which added more fuel to the fire.

But Reed doesn’t see it like that. The actress and activist took to Twitter on Friday afternoon (September 22) and shut down the way the media is spinning what she sees as a “funny interview between married people.”

“WOMEN’S RIGHTS MATTER, so please don’t use false narratives to highlight issues that are truly important!” Reed wrote on Twitter. “We should be talking about these things, but using a funny interview between married ppl & twisting it to perpetuate gossip is irresponsible.”

Check out Reed’s tweets for yourself, below:

https://twitter.com/NikkiReed_I_Am/status/911269942057623552

https://twitter.com/NikkiReed_I_Am/status/911270533202767872

Reed is right. There are plenty of people and institutions in our culture working against women’s rights. A lighthearted chat between Somerhalder and Reed isn’t one of them. That being said, you should never throw out (or even touch) a woman’s birth control without her explicit permission. That’s just a good rule of thumb.

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