‘One Tree Hill’ star Bethany Joy Lenz was in a cult for 10 years: ‘There’s a lot to tell’
Bethany Joy Lenz opened up about her past, revealing she spent a decade of her life in a cult.
On the Monday episode of her “Drama Queens” podcast, which she co-hosts with fellow “One Tree Hill” alums Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton Morgan, the 42-year-old shared she hopes to write a tell-all book about her time in a cult to help others.
“I would love to write about my experience, you know, I was in a cult for 10 years,” the Everly frontwoman shared. “That would be a really valuable experience to write about, and the recovery — 10 years of recovery after that.
“So, there’s a lot to tell.”
Lenz, who said she already has some pieces written, added that “her ADHD has made it really difficult over the years” to complete her book.
However, she explained that she is “really commit to putting it all together, I would love to write about my experience.”
“The pressure of getting it right and everything having to be exactly real and all the people that are involved, and also I don’t know how much I can say because there are still people and legal things in place that make it more complicated for the timing of that,” the “Royal Matchmaker” star added.
Lenz admitted that she is concerned about “the pressure of getting it right” and making sure that everything is “exactly real.”
“Also, I don’t know how much I can say because there are still people and legal things in place that make it more complicated for the timing of that,” she admitted.
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Aside from writing, Lenz teased that she is also working on several forthcoming projects with her music and plans to use her songs as a creative outlet to express her pain from her past.
Lenz, Bush and Morgan have not shied away from divulging all of the hard times they faced on the set of “One Tree Hill” on their podcast.
In a November 2022 episode of the iHeartradio show, Bush and Burton, 41, shared that they were coerced into doing a sexy 2006 Maxim shoot by show creator Mark Schwahn.
“At that time, I said, ‘No, I don’t want to do this,’ and I was told I had to,” the “Chicago P.D.” star, also 41, alleged.
Bush claimed she did not want to be on the set of the teen drama because it was “not a safe place for her.”
