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Contents:

• HEATHER GAY SAYS FEELS GOOD TO BE A 'BAD MORMON'
• RHOSLC: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HEATHER GAY'S NEW MEMOIR 'BAD MORMON'
• ‘REAL HOEWIFE’ HEATHER GAY PENS A JUICY EX-MORMON MEMOIR
• RHOSLC’S HEATHER GAY SHAR REGRET AMID FD WH WHNEY ROSE, PL TALKS SUPPORTG JEN SHAH AFTER GUILTY PLEA, AND NEW MEMOIR
• RHOSLC’S HEATHER GAY RELLS HOW SHE MET JEN SHAH: BIGGT REVELATNS FROM ‘BAD MORMON’
• EXCLIVE: 'RHOSLC' STAR HEATHER GAY RELLS HER DAYS AS A MORMON MISSNARY NEW MEMOIR
• HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ KNOWS SHE’S A ‘BAD MORMON’
• HEATHER GAY
• A COMPLETE GUI TO EVERY REAL HOEWIFE WHO’S WRTEN A BOOK: HEATHER GAY, TERA GIUDICE AND MORE
• 'RHOSLC''S HEATHER GAY TO RELEASE 'VULNERABLE' MEMOIR, 'BAD MORMON', ABOUT LEAVG THE MORMON CHURCH
• HERE’S HOW THE N.Y. TIM SCRIBED ‘REAL HOEWIV’ STAR HEATHER GAY’S NEW BOOK, ‘BAD MORMON’

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

Gay reerat (ad nsm) that, while she was amb and outspoken, she was still very tied to the Mormon relign.

Her marriage fails bee, as Gay mentns, they are fundamentally patible but she giv exampl the most unflatterg ways. 1, 311 reviews95 followersMay 8, 2023⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I had no ia who Heather Gay was when I grabbed this for the tchy tle. Gay speaks of growg up the LDS church, and the challeng she faced g of age; big life cisns, marriage, kids, bs, divorce, and, of urse, the show.

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

However, as a profsnal book reviewer who attend BYU and has lived Utah for over a , I feel uniquely qualified to give a fair review of Heather Gay's btsellg memoir.

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

I'm not here to tell you how I felt about the book but to give you an ia about how you'll likely feel readg Bad bswoman and realy star Heather Gay was raised as a member of The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats but publicly left the relign durg the first season of The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy. In her memoir, Gay discs her fah journey and her parture om the LDS off, let's talk about the qualy of the memoir. The RHOSLC ntent don't e until the very end and Gay giv background tail about the start of the show, but no juicy gossip about her stmat.

RHOSLC’S HEATHER GAY SHAR REGRET AMID FD WH WHNEY ROSE, PL TALKS SUPPORTG JEN SHAH AFTER GUILTY PLEA, AND NEW MEMOIR

Gay may gloss over her personal life, but she is very ndid about her experience the LDS Church. Gay was not a ge LDS or an extremist; her life was very much the realm of the typil mastream Mormon experience. Gay go to mute tail about the relign, specifilly about the temple ceremony that members hold very sacred.

Although their personal experienc will obvly vary om Gay's many regards, such rears will likely fd Gay's story highly relatable.

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.

RHOSLC’S HEATHER GAY RELLS HOW SHE MET JEN SHAH: BIGGT REVELATNS FROM ‘BAD MORMON’

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.

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

There are a lot of good people, solid valu, the church’s foc on fai, siari to the Savr’s thentic gospel, most importantly baptism (although 8 is qutnable and batable…Catholics take this to a whole new level), the sacrament (which is for everyone and not somethg you take away om people nor hold over one’s head nor a moment to huiate young men when they misread the prayers…such a pet peeve pecially for somethg that is personal and symbolic) and the teachgs and pictns of a gentle savr n be reason enough to hang on (or at least not remove your name om the rerds) even if you have to get up and leave half the time or pass on your D&C lsons to someone else but Heather Gay really didn’t seem to have a broken shelf and jt giv off a lot of self nfn (book and show).

890 reviewsFebary 27, 2023I loved Heather Gay on RHOSL but now I feel like we’re sisters. 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.

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.

HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ KNOWS SHE’S A ‘BAD MORMON’

”‘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. Gay says that he hasn’t read the book to her knowledge, and that “no one really talks about” the book her fay.

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.

HEATHER GAY

"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. 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.

" 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.

A COMPLETE GUI TO EVERY REAL HOEWIFE WHO’S WRTEN A BOOK: HEATHER GAY, TERA GIUDICE AND MORE

” 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?

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

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. Heather Gay om The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy announced she is g out wh a memoir next year lled Bad Mormon.

When The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy premiered 2020, Heather Gay was an immediate fan favore for her self-pretg w and everywoman relatabily.

(I even had pneer anctors datg back to 1856, jt like the on Gay proudly referenced her Season 1 tagle. )And jt like Gay, I also grappled wh a paful, yearslong procs of breakg wh anctral tradn and leavg the church.

HERE’S HOW THE N.Y. TIM SCRIBED ‘REAL HOEWIV’ STAR HEATHER GAY’S NEW BOOK, ‘BAD MORMON’

Realy TV memoirs are a ttage dtry wh varyg gre of lerary mer, but Gay’s book has major stak: In tracg her journey om aspirg hoewife to pal-H Hoewife, she wr about Mormonism’s sacred ruals manner that is not only grounds for exmunitn the church but also risks ostracizatn om the entire muny she held ar for so long.

”Below, Gay opens up redisverg herself outsi of the church, how Mormonism still rms her life, and where she stands wh her surprised you most while you were lookg back at your life through this book?

” You did that tryg to live up the standards of righteons and perfectn that make a “good” Mormon, and that’s what I did for so long, too, beg gay and closeted at don’t work.