On Friday’s episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah Winfrey apologized to actress Robin Givens over how she dealt with a comment made by the star’s ex-husband, former boxer Mike Tyson, last month.

“I was really hurt, really, really hurt,” Givens told Winfrey of the TV show host’s and her audience’s reaction to the boxer’s October Oprah show comments about the actress’ 1988 Barbara Walters interview. Tyson previously claimed on Oprah’s show that Givens lied during the interview and he added, “At that particular moment, I truly wanted to sock her, but I didn’t do it,” as the “Oprah” audience laughed.

Robin, who claims Mike battered her throughout their shortlive marriage is a spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, said the reaction was difficult to take.

“I just wanted you… When he said ‘I’ve socked her before,’ to say, ‘That’s not right!’ And it wasn’t right and it was painful,” she said tearing up. “There are so many women like me out there… if you hear laughter about it, it lightens it.”

Domestic violence has been a hot topic on Oprah recently, with The Queen of Talk feuding with crooner Chris Brown after he said he was upset she did not help him out following his assault on Rihanna in February, and for doing a show on domestic violence not long after the incident. More recently, O pulled the plug on an interview with gospel legend BeBe Winans after coming under fire for taping an interview with the star, who is facing domestic assault charges.