Bethany Joy Lenz ‘became extremely angry with God’ after she left the cult she was in for 10 years, but she found her way back to religion

I ask Bethany Joy Lenz when she reached the point of no return. "Point of no return... 'The Phantom of the Opera' is playing in my mind," she says with a laugh. For more than 10 years, Lenz was in a religious cult based in the Pacific Northwest.

The One Tree Hill star, who was in a cult for a decade, says it's not that hard to fall for a high-control group under the right circumstances, especially if you're 'looking to belong'. She explains how it all happened in an exclusive excerpt from her new memoir,

Bethany Joy Lenz wrote about her experience in a cult in her new memoir "Dinner For Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)."

Shortly after, she began attending a seemingly “normal” bible study with a group at a pastor’s house. “It still looked normal and then it just morphed,” she remembered of the cult, which was named The Big House Family. “But by the time it started morphing, I was too far into the relationships to notice.”

Fifteen months ago, during a recap episode of the “Drama Queens” podcast, guest Michaela McManus asked co-hosts Bethany Joy Lenz and Sophia Bush whether they’d ever write a book. Lenz responded that she often writes,

Bethany Joy Lenz spent a difficult 10 years as a member of Big House Family cult — but she was often able to take comfort in One Tree Hill. During a visit to the Call Her Daddy podcast, Lenz opened up about her time in the insular Christian community,

Bethany Joy Lenz detailed the “sex schedule” she and her ex husband kept in order to help save their marriage. The “One Tree Hill” star’s ex was the son of the leader of the “cult” she belonged to.

Simon & Schuster One Tree Hill alum Bethany Joy Lenz is opening up about leaving a group she describes as a “cult” in her new memoir, Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While also

Bethany Joy Lenz’s new memoir details her experience in a cult. In Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!), which is out now, the One Tree Hill actress writes that when she first moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s,

Former 'One Tree Hill' star Bethany Joy Lenz detailed feeling "sad and angry" after losing her virginity on what she deemed an "abysmal" honeymoon alongside her now ex-husband, Michael Galeotti Jr. The 43-year-old told her story in her memoir,