Lookg back. Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy star Heather Gay reflects on her iendship wh Jen Shah durg an exclive terview wh Life & Style. Heather, 40, shar the story of her first trip New York Cy wh Jen at one pot her forthg book Bad Mormon — set to be released on Tuday, Febary 7. The Bety Lab founr tells Life & Style that she learned to be "more skeptil" while reflectg about their past memori together. "I was pulled to this world and fell unr her spell jt like I thk a lot of Ameri did. Those were kd of the glory days of Salt Lake Cy Hoewiv," the Bravo star shar. "She and I went to New York, you're gonna get to see her host parti for her bs and do all of the thgs that we eventually learned was all a lie and me at the st of victims that will need to have rtutn and that there was llateral damage." Jen was sentenced to 78 months (6.5 years) prison January after pleadg guilty to beg volved a natnwi d sndal. Jen was ially arrted March 2021. At first, she clared her nocence, however, changed her plea to guilty July 2022. Heather, for her part, tells Life & Style that she learned an important lson om the entire experience. "When somethg is too good to be te, I've learned that most likely is," she shar. In Bad Mormon, the realy star shar her upbrgg and reunts her days leadg up to the RHOSLC. Overall, Heather says that beg one of the Hoewiv has "granted" her so many profsnal opportuni and "changed" her life for the better. "I mean, has given me the opportuny to put my story a book. It has given me the chance to meet famo people that I would never have even like teracted wh at all," she gh. "I have Rihanna, DMg me. I met Chrissy Teigen at BravoCon. I have all the chanc to jt really meet women that I've admired that have stggled and built their own liv too. That accs alone is amazg. The social media muny of people that say 'I feel seen, I feel heard, I relate to you,' that fills my cup every day." As for the possibily of wrg as send book followg the succs of Bad Mormon, Heather jok that there might jt be "more Hoewiv fodr" on the way. "After everythg that's happened season 3, I uld probably have a book me jt to wre about that," she quips. "A season 3 tell-all is on the horizon for sure."
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- HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ KNOWS SHE’S A ‘BAD MORMON’
- ‘RHOSLC’ STAR HEATHER GAY ADMS IENDSHIP WH JEN SHAH CHANGED AFTER GUILTY PLEA
- HEATHER GAY | ENTERTAMENT NEWS, PHOTOS, AND VIOS
- ‘RHOSLC’ STAR HEATHER GAY SAYS JEN SHAH’S LIFTYLE ‘WAS ALL A LIE’ BEFORE FRD SNDAL
HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ KNOWS SHE’S A ‘BAD MORMON’
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA star of the Salt Lake Cy anchise tails her separatn om the church a new Raff for The New York TimSALT LAKE CITY — 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. Gay, who was divorced when she joed the show, flirt wh men, party and cricize her former relign — breakg the l of “The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy” is rponsible for some of the most dramatic story l the anchise — one st member plead guilty to wispread d feral urt and another is married to her step-grandfather — and Ms. Gay’s stggl wh her fah are often relegated to B or even C plots.
‘RHOSLC’ STAR HEATHER GAY ADMS IENDSHIP WH JEN SHAH CHANGED AFTER GUILTY PLEA
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Gay’s new memoir, which out on Feb. 7, is her opportuny to explore her own feelgs at Gay, 48, tails the pa, nfn, shame and prsn she experienced durg four-and-a-half s of loyal membership the church, and her eventual cisn to leave. Gay filed a tramark applitn on the words “Bad Mormon” for e on merchandise like beer mugs, shirts and socks.
Gay’s tramark tends “to e nfn, tarnishment and dilutn, ” and that her e of the word “bad” is “ceptive that falsely reprents that Opposer, the Church or s members are bad or otherwise behavg immorally or ntrary to the teachgs of the Church. Gay said. Gay said she worked fastidly to mata the fa of a perfect life.
Gay 2008 when their dghters were krgarten together, addg that she always lled her “the queen of the moms. Gay’s hband left, and the veneer she had nstcted cmbled.
HEATHER GAY | ENTERTAMENT NEWS, PHOTOS, AND VIOS
Gay said, “I didn’t get h by lightng, and I’m happier than I’ve ever been. Gay, the third of six siblgs, was born Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., and moved to Denver wh her fay when she was 5. Gay and her siblgs were raised the church, and most of her fay are still fully volved .
Gay walked the le, participatg church activi and takg s teachgs to heart while surreptly tryg alhol, kissg boys and watchg forbidn TV shows and films like “Big Bad Mama” when her parents were out, she wr the 21, she graduated om Brigham Young Universy wh a gree Humani but saw herself as a failure bee she hadn’t found a hband.
‘RHOSLC’ STAR HEATHER GAY SAYS JEN SHAH’S LIFTYLE ‘WAS ALL A LIE’ BEFORE FRD SNDAL
Gay and gave birth to three dghters, Ashley, Geia and Annabelle. Gay refed to give up. Gay felt isolated.
Gay began workg on a medil spa bs wh Ms. Gay began to distance herself om the church, driven, she said, by the divorce, by the church’s treatment of L.