Bethany Joy Lenz is ready to tell her story. The actor, best known for her main role on “One Tree Hill,” is in the process of writing a book about her experience in a cult. “Why I wanted to talk about it is because I think it can be really healing for a lot of other people.
I know I’m not the only one,” Lenz tells Variety. “What good are our painful experiences if we just lock them away and pretend like everything’s perfect?
That’s not doing anybody any good.” Lenz made headlines last month when she mentioned on her “Drama Queens” podcast that she had been part of a cult for 10 years.
In addition to launching a newspaper and dropping a new single on Aug. 18, she’s been writing a book about the entire experience.
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