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Contents:

• 1727: BAD MORMON, A MEMOIR – HEATHER GAY
• 1369-1371: THE REAL HOEWIV OF SALT LAKE CY – HEATHER GAY AND DRE NORD
• HEATHER GAY SAYS FEELS GOOD TO BE A 'BAD MORMON'
• EXCLIVE: 'RHOSLC' STAR HEATHER GAY RELLS HER DAYS AS A MORMON MISSNARY NEW MEMOIR
• ‘REAL HOEWIFE’ HEATHER GAY PENS A JUICY EX-MORMON MEMOIR
• RHOSLC: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HEATHER GAY'S NEW MEMOIR 'BAD MORMON'
• HEATHER GAY’S EX-HBAND LEGALLY TRAMARKED THE TERM ‘MORMON ROYALTY’ AFTER THE ‘RHOSLC’ STAR REVEALED HER FAY LEAGE
• 'RHOSLC''S HEATHER GAY TO RELEASE 'VULNERABLE' MEMOIR, 'BAD MORMON', ABOUT LEAVG THE MORMON CHURCH
• REAL HOEWIV HELPED HEATHER GAY ACTUALLY GET REAL

1727: BAD MORMON, A MEMOIR – HEATHER GAY

For Heather Gay, beg a st member on “The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy” was like “drawg a le the sand” wh her inty as a member of the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. Heather Gay viss John and Margi stud and brgs along a faiar face for fans of Mormon Stori and The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy, Dre Robson! Recently I was super fortunate to s down wh realy tv stars Heather Gay and Dre Nord – who are both currently appearg on BravoTV’s “Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy.

Heather’s somewhat challengg efforts to fd a fahful Mormon hband (Billy Gay). Heather’s marriage to Billy Gay III, which culmated Heather beg Relief Society Print end divorce.

How Heather’s perspective on Mormonism changed once she beme ar iends wh two wonrful gay Mormon men. In a job terview to work at the Language Trag Missn, I had a general thory ask me if I was gay bee I was 29 and not yet married.

1369-1371: THE REAL HOEWIV OF SALT LAKE CY – HEATHER GAY AND DRE NORD

In my terview wh the stake princy, the print asked why I wasn’t married, and if I was gay, a rather meang experience for me. I thk the ‘duh’ moment of the nversatn regardg the LGBTQ muny (for me) was about 1-1/2 hours to the 3rd part of the terview when you said (I’m paraphrasg) ‘if I’m gay, I am not allowed to experience te love this life…the only way I n experience this joy is to die’…!

HEATHER GAY SAYS FEELS GOOD TO BE A 'BAD MORMON'

Heather Gay, a star on Bravo’s “The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy, ” has cemented herself as a fan favore one of the most buzzy hoewiv anchis. Throughout her three seasons on the show, which premiered 2020, Gay has spoken about her evolutn om vout Mormon to divorced mother of three and succsful bs owner, now openly distanced om the Mormon Church. Speakg to, Gay says she's ntually breakg the iologil shackl that once nfed her thkg.

We have secrets that spo keep om each other, hbands never disclosed certa oaths to their wiv, ” Gay ntu. The book offers a drastic juxtaposn between the Heather Gay that once was and the Heather Gay of today. Ahead of s publitn, ught up wh Gay to hear about puttg the memoir together and what says she's 'loved' sharg the book wh her 3 dghters"Wrg a memoir nsumed my life, " Heather Gay tells was no distance, she says, between her life and the memoir, pecially as she was wrg events real time as they unfold.

”‘No one talks about ’: How Gay’s fay is alg wh the bookA large portn of the memoir is voted to Gay's marriage to ex-hband Frank William Gay. Speakg to the Salt Lake Cy Tribune 2015, Gay said she knew om "day three" of her marriage that she "didn't want to grow old" wh her ex-hband, and that she "supprsed every personal stct orr to be a good wife and a good mother, but didn’t work out. ”Frank William Gay isn't mentned much on the show, but plays to the memoir.

EXCLIVE: 'RHOSLC' STAR HEATHER GAY RELLS HER DAYS AS A MORMON MISSNARY NEW MEMOIR

Gay says that he hasn’t read the book to her knowledge, and that “no one really talks about” the book her fay. "How do Gay al wh the rejectn of her public life? It’s really the last few weeks of the book g out, readg the dbook and lookg at my story om tip to tail that I n see how much I’ve been strivg for someone to not discred my story and my experience, ” she ‘never imaged’ her book would land on the radar of the Mormon ChurchGay felt the stak were high when wrg her memoir.

Now, I want to fend my own story, my own experience wh the same vulnerabily and rawns, bee I don’t want anythg to be left to chance, ” she is already fendg her words, as she’s active ligatn wh The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, monly known as the Mormon Church, over her tramark of the book Augt 2021, Gay’s pany, Heathertament, Inc., filed a tramark applitn for the term “Bad Mormon, ” ially for e of “bottle openers; beer mugs; ffee mugs; drkg bottl for sports; plastic water bottl sold empty; sports bottl sold empty; squeeze bottl sold empty; travel mugs. "“I never imaged a ln years that my ltle book would be even on the radar of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, " Gay fed the book wh pop culture for a reasonGay took a unique approach to wrg the memoir. Gay creds her edorial assistant, John Jard, for helpg her fd her voice the wrg procs.

‘REAL HOEWIFE’ HEATHER GAY PENS A JUICY EX-MORMON MEMOIR

"Why she voted a sectn to each of the origal ‘RHOSLC’ hoewivIn “Bad Mormon, ” Gay vot a portn to each of her fellow Season One "RHOSLC, " hoewiv — Meredh Marks, Lisa Barlow, Mary M. Cosby, Whney Rose and Jen Shah — offerg an unvarnished and often posive mentary on what each brought to the many realy televisn stars e their memoirs to throw sha at their on-screen fo, Gay took a different approach.

”Out of the OG "RHOSLC" hoewiv, Gay shar that she’d be most exced to read a memoir om Cosby, sayg would be “beyond wild. “(If Cosby wrote a memoir), I would vour , ” Gay memoir she’d be least exced to read? It would probably not be raw and vulnerable, which are two of my thgs that I like to read a book, ” Gay addrs other ‘Hoewiv’ hot topics and her tentn for the futureLike any good Real Hoewife, Gay knows how to keep her name the prs … and on the lips of other recently told TV Deets that she would love to see Season Three stmate Angie Harrgton holdg a snowflake for Season Four of "RHOSLC.

RHOSLC: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HEATHER GAY'S NEW MEMOIR 'BAD MORMON'

" Harrgton has been around sce Season One of the show’ but never has snagged an official "hoewife" signatn, which Gay tells is bee “she’s very nice, and she’s very acmodatg.

Gay ed a stir after she unfollowed Teddi Mellenmp (formerly of “The Real Hoewiv of Beverly Hills”) and Tamra Judge (“The Real Hoewiv of Orange County”), who host the podst “Two T’s a Pod wh Teddi Mellenmp and Tamra Judge. ” Durg a December 2022 episo, the pair noted that Gay “officially unfollowed” them, which Mellenmp emed “a shame.

HEATHER GAY’S EX-HBAND LEGALLY TRAMARKED THE TERM ‘MORMON ROYALTY’ AFTER THE ‘RHOSLC’ STAR REVEALED HER FAY LEAGE

” Judge said that they had a good time wh Gay when they met at says there's no story here. I have no beef, ” she that squashed and three seasons of ”‘RHOSLC” unr her belt, the qutn aris: What’s to e Gay’s next chapter?

Gay says, “I would love to be a torrid sex romp lled ‘Bad Missnary Posn, ’ but I know I have more books me and more thgs I want to wre.

'RHOSLC''S HEATHER GAY TO RELEASE 'VULNERABLE' MEMOIR, 'BAD MORMON', ABOUT LEAVG THE MORMON CHURCH

Gay reerat (ad nsm) that, while she was amb and outspoken, she was still very tied to the Mormon relign. Gay is an odd duck on RHOSLC and her memoir do nothg to flh this out.

Her marriage fails bee, as Gay mentns, they are fundamentally patible but she giv exampl the most unflatterg ways. I have loved Heather Gay on Hoewiv, along wh so many others!

REAL HOEWIV HELPED HEATHER GAY ACTUALLY GET REAL

I thk 10-20 years, down the road, would have allowed a more mature (I mean a few more life experienc and a dig) Heather Gay, to wre a memoir wh more pth and soul.

Nothg of, no reason to read on unls you are terted my unique perspective about Heather Gay, the LDS Church relatn to this memoir and livg on the edge for most of my life...... The LDS church might be sug Heather Gay over the name but they have zero grounds to stand on and after the last few years of negative publicy, they should probably back off while they n, pecially bee the majory of every current member, unr the age of 25 uld probably be nsired a "Bad Mormon. Also, on the topic of Mormons beg Christians, Heather Gay did mentn, her book, that Mormons don't believe the cross.

? I am not really gog to lve ep here but I don’t really rpect Heather Gay all that much.