It’s hard to believe that One Tree Hill first premiered almost 20 years ago!
11.08.2023 - 19:25 / perezhilton.com
Bethany Joy Lenz is sharing new details on her time in a cult — and the role her One Tree Hill co-stars played!
Last month, the 42-year-old made a startling revelation on iHeartRadio’s Drama Queens podcast: she was “in a cult for 10 years.” At the time, she didn’t offer much in terms of details but did share she’d one day love to write a tell-all book about her experience. (WOULD READ, FWIW.) But in the meantime, she’s sprinkling in a few new details about how it all affected her during her run on the CW show.
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During an interview with Variety published Thursday, Bethany revealed that she was just 22 years old when she joined the cult, which she says was “within a year or two” of when the fan-favorite series kicked off. But according to her, all her co-stars, which of course included the likes of Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton Morgan and more, were well aware of her situation. She explained:
But Bethany says the chatter didn’t have a sinister undertone. Far from it, she knows now her OTH fam were actually attempting to “rescue” her! She continued:
That’s so tough! We’ve all heard stories about how persuasive cults can be — and how hard it is to deprogram people. So we’re not necessarily surprised to hear she stuck with it despite the concern of her peers… However, she did admit the “nature of a group like that is isolation,” which made her “distrust” everyone and feel “lonely.” She explained:
So sad. But it’s so sweet to hear that her co-stars were always there for her, and that there was just so much love in that group.
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Bethany Joy Lenz' "One Tree Hill" co-stars attempted to "rescue" her from the cult she was a part of for 10 years and the alleged "spiritual abuse" she faced. "It was open with them. It was the whisper behind the scenes, like, 'You know, she’s in a cult,'" Lenz told Variety in a new interview.
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Bethany Joy Lenz is opening up about her time in a cult. In a new interview with, the 42-year-old actress reveals that her castmates on tried to get her out of the cult she was a part of while starring in the teen drama.Lenz, who joined the unnamed cult «within a year or two» of the show's 2003 premiere, notes that she was «open» with her co-stars — who included Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty — about the group with which she was involved, a topic she first discussed on her podcast in July.«It was the whisper behind the scenes, like 'You know, she's in a cult,'» Lenz recalls.
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Bethany Joy Lenz is ready to tell her story. The actor, best known for her main role on “One Tree Hill,” is in the process of writing a book about her experience in a cult. “Why I wanted to talk about it is because I think it can be really healing for a lot of other people.
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