Bethany Joy Lens has revealed she is in a “wonderful” new relationship after her failed marriage to the son of a “cult” leader in the early 2000s.
The One Tree Hill star, 43, who previously said she had a “sexual schedule” with the unnamed man, credited her mysterious new love interest for allowing her to finish her memoir, Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show ( also a true cult). !).
said Lenz, who shares daughter Maria, 13, with ex Michael Galliotti, to whom she was married from 2005 to 2012. Variety: 'I met a wonderful man who was incredibly helpful and very supportive and helped me with things like picking me up after school so I can write until 5.
'I tried to set a schedule so I knew which days I would pick her up from school, help her with her homework, or take her on other errands. Daily routine.
'Then there were other days when I was, I was quiet and I wrote from 7:30 to 6. Then I got help. She, thank God, is at an age where Mom isn't cool and finally wants to date me.
Bethany Joy Lens has revealed she is in a “wonderful” new relationship after her failed marriage to the son of a “cult” leader in the early 2000s.
Lens (right) with her One Tree Hills co-stars (from left) Sophia Bush, Chad Michael Murray, Hilary Burton and James Lafferty in a still from the third season that debuted in 2005.
The actress shocked her fans when she revealed that she had been in a cult for 10 years before publishing her new memoir.
He claims he suffered “manipulation, abuse and fear” at the hands of what he thought was a church covenant.
In the official blurb for his book, he said that he was under the control of the Big House family's “domineering minister” for a decade before finally leaving.
She has claimed that the minister convinced her to marry off her son with millions of dollars from her television earnings from One Tree Hill, which ran from 2003 to 2012.
Lens talked about being married to a man she referred to as QB.
On Wednesday's episode of Call Her Daddy, Lenz explained that during a 10-year involvement with a “cult” in the early 2000s, he felt like he had “married the wrong person” during that time.
And because of the intimacy in their marriage, she and Kyuubi 'asked' to make a 'sex schedule'.
The star said her relationship with the QB was “fun and easy” at first.
In December 2005, the singer-songwriter married Michael Galliotti, former member of the band Enation. She shares her daughter María Rose with the late musician.
Lenz's memoir, Dinner for Vampires, in which she alleges she suffered “manipulation, abuse and fear” at the hands of what she thought was a church covenant, was published Tuesday.
However, over time he realized that “they didn't have much in common.”
Over time, her marriage to QB became “this kind of arranged situation.”
Despite his “crazy sex drive,” he remembers saving himself for marriage after “promising” her it would be better; However, he said it was “big mud.”
“If I save myself for marriage, the promise is incredible sex and the deepest intimacy, nothing is better, that's the best there is,” he said.
“And then we have sex and we're like, 'Why do I feel so sad? I don't feel very connected to you. I feel so far away from you.'
Lens recalls: “I was asked to follow a schedule because I wasn't very interested in sex.
'Basically [they were] 'You have to do it. Do it. This is your duty. This is your job as a wife. Your emotions align. As long as you do it, you will eventually find a way to enjoy it.
He said he tried his best to “make it work” even though he “hated it” because there was “so much at stake.”
“It's a routine I have to participate in to keep peace in my marriage,” she added.
DailyMail.com mentions Lens Wild Branch Ministries, a small covenant church whose worshipers lived 'commune style' in a million-dollar mansion, known as The Big House (pictured) in Battlefield, Washington (pictured). was sold
He said that while filming One Tree Hill in Wilmington, his now-ex regularly traveled to the Pacific Northwest and had sex every time he returned.
“Every time my stomach turns,” he admitted. “In fact, it really affected my relationships afterwards. [with] Other boyfriends when I have to pick them up at the airport.
Lens added: “I had a lot of PTSD from showing up at the airport to see him knowing that the next thing I was going to do was start this sexual program, for two weeks or three weeks or whatever.”
Although her marriage eventually ended, she said she still sympathizes with her ex.
The poor guy didn't have a chance,” she said. 'He was raised by this narcissist. He was forced into a marriage that wasn't right for him. He's doing what he can and she's told him lies about men and sexism, and he's been raised with it.
DailyMail.com reported Tuesday that he was referring to Wild Branch Ministries, a small covenant church whose worshipers lived “commune-style” in a million-dollar mansion on the battlefield known as The Big House.
Its founder – a “dominant” minister whom Lenz describes as a sociopath like Keith Raniere of the NXIVM sex cult – was “dad” Mike Galliotti, his former father-in-law.
When asked for his side of the story, Galliotti, 62, described the allegations as “heartbreaking.”
“Everyone sees things a little differently and she will continue with the fame,” he told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview.
'Good for her. She will make a name for herself. But that's not the case.”
Bethany Joy Lenz's former father-in-law Michael Galliotti broke his silence by claiming she joined a “cult” after marrying his son for 10 years.
Galliotti's son, Michael Jr., wanted to keep his divorce years intact.
“I don't know what to do with these memories after all this time,” he said.
'I have a daughter who is very important to me. I don't want it to affect her. It's too much. I don't want to cause you any problems.
Dinner Party for Vampires: The Life of a Cult TV Show (While in a Real Cult!) hits stores October 22.
