The American actress Bethany Joy Lenz 43, participated in a religious sect for 10 years – while starring in one of the most popular television series in the United States of , “One Tree Hill” . She spoke about the subject in her memoir, which launches on October 22nd, and on the Call Her Daddy podcast.
“I went with a friend to Bible study on a Saturday night. It was a slow transition. It took about a year. He [líder do culto] started spending more time with us. He began to invest in the lives of the group’s members. It wasn’t a join us, put on this cloak and let’s go to the forest together”, he said in an interview with Alex Cooper.
She also talked about how she had a sort of arranged marriage. Despite not mentioning names, Bethany was only married to the musician Michael Galeotti between 2005 and 2012, with whom he has a daughter, Rose.
“We didn’t have much in common. There wasn’t much intellectual stimulation. It became this kind of arranged situation,” he said of their relationship during the cult.
“Because I was so disinterested, I was then asked to follow a schedule. It’s your job as a wife, your emotions will align. They took $2 million from me. I disappeared for 10 years,” he said.
In an interview with People magazine, the actress also spoke about the subject, citing the reaction of her co-stars in “One Tree Hill” and how at first it “still seemed normal”.
“And then I just transformed, but when I started to transform, I was too involved in relationships to notice. Plus, I was so young,” he said.
“I could see it on their faces,” he said of his co-stars, “but I would justify it, like, ‘I couldn’t be in a cult. It’s just that I have access to a relationship with God and with people in a way that everyone wants, but they don’t know how to get it.”
See also: the most searched series on Google in the last 25 years
Menendez brothers: what is true and what is invented in the Monsters series
This content was originally published in “One Tree Hill” actress participated in a sect for 10 years and had an arranged marriage on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
I’m Robert Neff, a professional writer and editor. I specialize in the entertainment section, providing up-to-date coverage on the latest developments in film, television and music. My work has been featured on World Stock Market and other prominent publications.
