Life has been good for Heather Gay lately!
The ‘RHOSLC’ star celebrated the release of her memoir “Bad Mormon” on Tuesday.
The release of her memoir follows the scandal-fueled third season of “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” which focused heavily on the prison sentence of Gay co-star Jen Shah. Shah was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for wire fraud, plus an additional five years of supervised release in early January.
Gay life is not what it used to be. He had distanced himself from Mormonism, and his relationship with the church was strained. She was ostracized as a result of participating in the popular Bravo reality series. (via The Daily Beast)
Gay is in the process of putting his days as a Mormon to rest, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t still thinking about his life in the church. “Bad Mormon” contains many elements surrounding Gay’s discovery and revelation of Mormonism, including the realization he experienced while still a member of the church.
A Gay’s Relationship With His Faith Is Not Contaminated Despite Leaving the Church
The 40-year-old has been quite open in sharing his perspective on faith while on the promotional circuit for “Bad Mormon.”
Speaking to The Daily Beast, Gay was candid in discussing his current thoughts on religion and continuing to believe after the complete upheaval of life inspired by leaving the church.
Gay maintains he still “loves religion” and its historical basis.
He told the outlet, “I love being a religious scholar. I love the scriptures and the historical context of it all.” He also later added, “And it’s interesting to me to know what the world thinks because I’ve just been taught that the world is wrong- that [Mormons] is the center of all churches, and we have all truth covered in our faith.”
‘Bravolebrity’ also explains that questioning faith and looking beyond one’s basic perspective from the church is rare.
“I have never seen anything that would shake my faith. My brother was 50 years old when he googled the prophet Joseph Smith. That is the foundation of our belief,” Gay continued to explain to the outlet. “I haven’t noticed a single negative story about my faith, their history, or anything. We are not looking for negative information. And it’s very interesting to study faith and to pursue spiritual interests without the context of me being right, just admitting that I don’t know anything.”
‘RHOSLC’ Stars Don’t Find Church’s Perspective on Traditional Roles Upsetting
Being surrounded by, or raised on a certain perspective or way of life prevents Gay from questioning those beliefs and the resulting aspects of practice until much later.
When asked by the outlet if she believed Mormonism had ever “held her back” because of her sex, Gay replied, “I’m starting to notice a difference [between gender roles] early Like, who I am won’t work if I want to be the girl guys like. But I don’t accept it as oppressive,” he explained. “I still think it is important or romantic for a woman to be the nurturer and the man to be the patriarch and head of the household. And they work together as a team.”
However, it wasn’t until Gay became a mother and baptized her daughter into the faith that she realized the flaw in the logic, and began to feel uncomfortable as a result.
“I think, at my daughter’s baptism, I realized, ‘Oh wait. I am not co-captain. I am not ‘Skipper’. I’m not even on board.” And that’s when I started to feel so devastated, devastated, and oppressed.”
Gay’s decision to write “Bad Mormon” was in part so that those who had experienced similar feelings of oppression in his beliefs and/or practices.
“I really hope people will feel seen,” he told Interview Magazine. “and that its representation of the marginalized, privileged few who feel like living out their authentic selves causes conflict for those they love. It’s for bad Catholics, bad Jews, bad Mormons, bad Greeks, anyone who had to let their family down to pursue their dreams,” Gay continued to the store. “Anyone who has to tear their grandparents apart because they are the way they are. I hope they feel seen and they laugh…”
“Bad Mormon” is available now!
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