For three seasons now, Real Housewife Heather Gay has been sharing her journey breaking away from Mormonism. Fittingly, it’s also the subject of her new memoir, Bad Mormon. She spoke to Tom_Smyth_ about the memoir, her internal battle, and, yes, Jen
explores the religion on a more individual level through Gay’s eyes — covering the deep impact church teachings had on her, and her continued struggle to unlearn them. She writes about being taught that her metric of success was a husband and children, how her undervalued business savvy proved to be an asset on her mission trip , and how reality television gave her a taste of what living her life for herself, rather than for the church, might actually feel like.
I had to wrestle with pulling the veil back for total transparency. A lot of the stuff in the media right now about Mormonism talks about sweeping, weird things, but no one tells it from an insider’s point of view; like what it feels like to be a 21-year-old girl being asked to perform ritual and submit to be a servant for the rest of your life.
You say that as a Mormon you felt like you were “performing your reality.” When did you first realize that that was something you were doing?
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