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OTH's Bethany Joy Lenz Apologizes to Her Parents for 10-Year Cult Stint


Bethany Joy Lenz said she never truly apologized to her mother and father for what she put them through during her decade in a cult

“I was in a cult for 10 years,” Lenz said during a July 2023 episode of her “Drama Queens” podcast, which she cohosts with fellow OTH stars Hilarie Burton Morgan and Sophia Bush. While her experience was not a pleasant one, Lenz exclusively told Us Weekly that she knows no one could’ve changed her mind or gotten her out of the cult before she was ready. If you live authentically, and … at the end of the book where I eventually got to was this: if I could just be honest and stop trying to earn my way into the good graces of God or people and I could just be willing to accept myself for where I’m at … maybe it’s OK to make mistakes.

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