Read A Preview of RHOSLC Heather Gay's New Memoir, 'Bad Mormon'

Contents:

• HEATHER GAY SAYS FEELS GOOD TO BE A 'BAD MORMON'
• RHOSLC’S HEATHER GAY RELLS HOW SHE MET JEN SHAH: BIGGT REVELATNS FROM ‘BAD MORMON’
• HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ KNOWS SHE’S A ‘BAD MORMON’
• RHOSLC: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HEATHER GAY'S NEW MEMOIR 'BAD MORMON'
• HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ WRG MEMOIR
• EXCLIVE: 'RHOSLC' STAR HEATHER GAY RELLS HER DAYS AS A MORMON MISSNARY NEW MEMOIR
• HEATHER GAY - UPDATED AUG 2023
• HEATHER GAY
• YOU CAN'T READ THAT! BANNED BOOK REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY
• 'RHOSLC''S HEATHER GAY TO RELEASE 'VULNERABLE' MEMOIR, 'BAD MORMON', ABOUT LEAVG THE MORMON CHURCH
• BOOK REVIEW-HEATHER GAY'S BAD MORMON
• HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ WRG MEMOIR

HEATHER GAY SAYS FEELS GOOD TO BE A '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. 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.

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

“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 OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ KNOWS SHE’S 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.

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

”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.

HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ WRG MEMOIR

"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.

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

HEATHER GAY - UPDATED AUG 2023

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.

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" 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. 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. 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.

YOU CAN'T READ THAT! BANNED BOOK REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY

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

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.

BOOK REVIEW-HEATHER GAY'S BAD MORMON

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. 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 .

HEATHER GAY OF ‘REAL HOEWIV’ WRG MEMOIR

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.

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.