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Contents:

• HEATHER GAY
• HEATHER GAY SAYS FEELS GOOD TO BE A 'BAD MORMON'
• BOOK LNCH: BAD MORMON BY HEATHER GAY
• RHOSLC’S HEATHER GAY RELLS HOW SHE MET JEN SHAH: BIGGT REVELATNS FROM ‘BAD MORMON’
• BOOK LAUNCH: BAD MORMON BY HEATHER GAY
• RHOSLC: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HEATHER GAY'S NEW MEMOIR 'BAD MORMON'
• EXCLIVE: 'RHOSLC' STAR HEATHER GAY RELLS HER DAYS AS A MORMON MISSNARY NEW MEMOIR
• REAL HOEWIV OF SALT LAKE CY STAR HEATHER GAY WROTE A BOOK
• 'RHOSLC''S HEATHER GAY TO RELEASE 'VULNERABLE' MEMOIR, 'BAD MORMON', ABOUT LEAVG THE MORMON CHURCH
• RHOSLC: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HEATHER GAY'S NEW MEMOIR 'BAD MORMON'
• HEATHER GAY HAS SOME INCREDIBLE PIEC STASHED INSI HER CLOSET: TAKE A LOOK
• RHOSLC’S HEATHER GAY SHAR REGRET AMID FD WH WHNEY ROSE, PL TALKS SUPPORTG JEN SHAH AFTER GUILTY PLEA, AND NEW MEMOIR

HEATHER GAY

Will Heather Gay do a book tour? Born and bred to be vout, Heather Gay based her life around her Mormon fah. From missn trips to attendg Brigham Young Universy to marryg to church royalty, Gay did everythg expected of a “good Mormon.

Famo for speakg the gospel tth, Gay reunts the difficult disvery of the damage that often exists behd a picture-perfect life and what took to blaze a new trail, even at the st of losg fay, iends, and her church.

Gay will be nversatn wh Kate Anrsen Brower, a journalist and thor of several books cludg First Women, Elizabeth Taylor: The Gr & Glamour of an In, and the #1 New York Tim btseller The Rince, which is beg ma to a Netflix seri. 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.

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

)And jt like Gay, I also grappled wh a paful, yearslong procs of breakg wh anctral tradn and leavg the church. 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. “There was no gray area, no between, ” Gay, 48, wr the book.

”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. Heather Gay is a star of Bravo’s The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy and the founr of Bety Lab + Laser, an novative smetic medil practice based Salt Lake Cy wh s own behd-the-scen podst Live Love Lab.

BOOK LNCH: BAD MORMON BY HEATHER GAY

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.

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

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.

BOOK LAUNCH: BAD MORMON BY HEATHER GAY

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.

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.

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

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.

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

"“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. "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.

REAL HOEWIV OF SALT LAKE CY STAR HEATHER GAY WROTE A BOOK

”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?

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

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. ” Judge said that they had a good time wh Gay when they met at says there's no story here.

HEATHER GAY HAS SOME INCREDIBLE PIEC STASHED INSI HER CLOSET: TAKE A LOOK

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. Event endFollow this anizer to stay rmed on future eventsBy Heather GayEvents you might likeCourage by Ameri Baez Official Book LnchWed, Aug 16, 6:00 PMThe Tavern Club at 333 • Chigo, IL$0 - $180Aurora Posada Official Book LnchSat, Sep 30, 6:00 PM1901 S Loomis St • Chigo, IL$0 - $180Book Lnch & Intuive Reiki HealgFri, Aug 11, 6:30 PMSeven Gabl Park • Wheaton, IL$20Book Lnch: I Qu Everythg w/Freda Love Smh + Megan StielstraTue, Sep 19, 6:00 PMBookends & Begngs • Evanston, ILFreeBook Lnch: The Rose Metal Prs Field Gui to Graphic LeratureThu, Aug 17, 6:00 PMBookends & Begngs • Evanston, ILFreeLoosen the Grip Book LnchSat, Aug 26, 3:00 PMCreative Coworkg - Evanston • Evanston, ILFreeChildren's Book Lnch & SigngSat, Aug 26, 12:30 PMYoFrh Cafe • Evanston, ILFreeBook Lnch - In Charm's Way by Lana HarperTue, Aug 22, 6:30 PMVolum Bookfe • Chigo, IL$0 - $17WordPOWER Seri III Official Book LnchWed, Oct 11, 6:00 PMNEIU El Centro • Chigo, IL$0 - $200LOOK NO FURTHER book lnch Rghnach and Sa RobsonFri, Aug 18, 6:30 PMVolum Bookfe • Chigo, IL$0 - $16.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named one of Entertament Tonight’s Bt Celebry Memoirs of 2023 As seen The New York Tim, People, The Cut, Vulture, The Daily Beast, Today, Btle, Us Weekly, Life & Style, and Interview “No stone go unturned” (People) this memoir about The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy star Heather Gay’s parture om the Mormon Church, and her unforeen succs bs, televisn, and sgle motherhood.

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

Straight off the slop and to the spotlight, Heather Gay is famo for speakg the gospel tth. RHOSLC's Heather Gay is g out wh a memoir next year lled Bad Mormon.

Heather Gay om The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy announced she is g out wh a memoir next year lled Bad Mormon. Sce the ceptn of Bravo’s “The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy" 2020, Heather Gay has been a fan favore, offerg a look at her personal life while simultaneoly actg as edic relief her iend circle.

Now, Gay is gettg realer than ever her forthg memoir, "Bad Mormon, " sharg tails about her Mormon upbrgg, her marriage (and subsequent divorce), raisg a fay and jog ‘The Real Hoewiv’ got an exclive sneak peek at Gay’s book, focg on her time as a missnary France for The Church of J Christ of Latter-day an excerpt of 'Bad Mormon' by Heather GayExcerpt Cred: BAD MORMON by Heather Gay. Copyright © ​2023 by Heather Gay. 'Bad Mormon' by Heather GayOn my next to last transfer day as a missnary I was supposed to send my latt pann on a tra to Perpignan at 11 a.

Courty Heather GayI was so mmerized by the sweet relief of anonymy and darkns, that I failed to see the movie was French wh no subtl. It’s easy to unrstand the appeal ofHeather Gay.

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Heather Gay is puttg pen to paper. The "vulnerable" memoir follows Gay, who grew up Mormon and married to "church royalty, " as she reunts the difficult but rewardg experience of navigatg life followg an unexpected divorce and the emotnal cisn to leave Mormonism behd. Heather Gay.

I'm exced to tell my story and talk about the parts of my life that never make the TV screen, " Gay tells PEOPLE. Gay joed RHOSLC for s gural season 2020.

Hosted by Real Hoewife of Salt Lake Cy, Heather Gay and her Real BadAss Bs Partner, Dre Robson. Jo Heather Gay and Dre as we discs the movie, what we loved, what we didn't and how we are ALL Barbie!

Heather Gay wants to talk about fatal flaws, and fdg the wise cric who will pot them out. It's a metaphor for life, and Heather Gay and Dre are here to tell you to "put your feet on the ld tile floor" and keep gog. Heather Gay and Dre are wrappg up Pri Month wh a fal stallment of our PRIDE seri wh a discsn wh our rint Lbian at the Lab- Elsha!

Heather Gay is full of quippy, wty Pri quot, urty of a mass email she received.

Omg I live Heather Gay.

“It’s a book I wish I would have had when I was terrified, when I was believg that I was the only gay person the world for a long time. Heather Gay Opens the Doors to Her Closet and Shows Her Most Memorable Piec.

As the owner of Bety Lab + Laser, Heather Gay is que the bety buff. She also ma que the statement a holographic sequ turtle neck terview look for her sophomore season.

“The Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy” often addrs Latter-day Sat issu, even though there are no fully active members of the fah the are three former members (Heather Gay, Whney Rose and Jen Shah), and one (Lisa Barlow) who profs belief the church whout adherg to all of s standards. )But amid all the yellg, screamg, fightg and fdg, Shah’s arrt on feral d charg, and Mary Cosby and Jennie Nguyen’s racism, “RHOSLC” clus a storyle viewers have never seen play out on a TV seri — the journey of one woman as she stggl to leave The Church of J Christ of Latter-day the show premiered November 2020, Gay scribed herself as a “good Mormon gone bad.