Noah Lyles reveals he grew up in a CULT as Olympics star shares the details of his 'super strict' upbringing
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Olympics star Noah Lyles has revealed he 'actually grew up in a cult' - with the 100m gold medalist sharing details of the 'super strict' upbringing he experienced in Virginia.
The sprinter explained that his family was part of a church group that controlled who people could date, mandated that moms homeschooled their kids and that fathers were 'the head of the household.'
'It was a cult,' he said on the Everybody Wants to Be Us podcast, as relayed by PEOPLE. 'It just wasn't at the level of, 'Yeah, okay. We're gonna drink the Kool-Aid.'
'But it was super strict.'
Ultimately, Lyles and his family moved to North Carolina - but he admits the church still 'messed up' his and his mom's outlook on church.
Olympian Noah Lyles has revealed he 'actually grew up in a cult' in a new podcast interview
Lyles shared that his mother, Keisha Caine Bishop, still has trouble trusting churches today
'Even now, she still struggles to trust churches in general, but she never lost her faith in the religion and I think instilled that in us,' Lyles said.
'It made it easier for me to go throughout my own journey.'
Lyles' mother, Keisha Caine Bishop, could be seen embracing her son after he edged out Jamaica's Kishane Thompson for the 100m gold in Paris.
The track star later finished third in the 200m, as it was revealed afterwards that he was battling Covid.
Following that race, which Lyles incredibly ran with a 102-degree fever, the sprinter collapsed to the ground in a troubling scene and eventually exited the Stade de France in a wheelchair.
And Bishop was said to be pleading with security to help him, as one nearby fan recalled her 'yelling' at the employees.
'I was sitting right there and watched the whole thing,' X user @mizzADDYtude said.
Lyles and his mom embraced after he won the 100m final in Paris in an incredible comeback
'Security didn’t refuse to call medical. They refused to let her on the field. Yelling in their faces and trying to jump the fence. Security did their job.
'Medical came and provided aid. She went another way to be with him. She did her job as a mother. Security did their job not letting anyone that was not a photographer through the gate.'
It came in response to a furious Instagram post from Bishop, in which she claimed stadium security wouldn't call a doctor despite Lyles collapsing to the floor. '
'This was one of the scariest moments of my life! Watching my son hold his chest gasping for air while the stadium security refused to call a Dr. as I begged them to send him help,' she wrote in part.
