Bethany Pleasure Lenz, 42, was in a cult for ten years. The actress revealed this on the July 10 episode of her Drama Queens podcast that she hosts together with her former One Tree Hill co-stars Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton. Bethany defined that she “for positive” desires to inform her story in a guide someday, however acknowledged that having ADHD “has made it actually troublesome” for her to take action. “I’ve a lot of essays and plenty of chapters and issues,” Bethany stated. “However to actually decide to placing all of it collectively, I’d love to jot down about my expertise.”

Bethany additional defined her motivation for desirous to share her story from when she was in a cult. “It might be a very useful expertise to jot down about, and the restoration — 10 years of restoration after that. So there’s lots to inform,” she stated. “However yeah the stress of getting it proper and the whole lot having to be precisely actual and all of the individuals which can be concerned.”
“Additionally, I don’t know the way a lot I can say as a result of there are nonetheless individuals and authorized issues in place that make it extra sophisticated for the timing of that,” Bethany added. “However I do write. I write on a regular basis.”
Whereas it might take some time for Bethany to create a guide together with her tales, she did affirm on her podcast that she’s written music that subtly talks about a few of her life experiences. Bethany has launched quite a lot of singles, EPs, and albums since she started her profession within the Nineteen Nineties.

Bethany is most well-known for taking part in Haley James Scott in all 9 seasons of One Tree Hill. Bethany, Sophia, and Hilarie have all been trying again on their time on the hit teen drama present with their Drama Queens podcast, the place they recap one OTH episode per week. In 2021, Sophia advised HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that her love for the present is “the explanation” the trio do the podcast collectively. “It’s a lot enjoyable for us to have an excuse to hang around for 3 hours per week and in addition to reclaim our present,” she defined. “I believe we now have such nostalgia and love and loyalty for our characters.”