The actress revealed that she had kept the secret from the world for about ten years in 2023 during her podcast with old “One Tree Hill” co-stars Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton.
At the time, she stated, “There’s a lot to tell.” She chose to write a book about her experience, “Dinner for Vampires,” which will be published later this month, in response to the public’s enthusiasm.
The 43-year-old actress revealed in a recent interview before its publication how the group as a whole, including her ex-husband, the son of the cult leader, pushed her to give up acting.
I was so far along in my submission and abdication to this group. … And the thing was, that it was disguised as submission to God,” she said on the call Her Daddy” podcast Wednesday. “From that place, everything about my career started to then funnel though the group because I didn’t trust my own instinct to know if I was on the right path or taking the right job.
On studios’ radar due to the success of her television series, Lenz explained she had more acting opportunities.
I was cast as Belle in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and gave that up at the advice — the heavy-handed advice — of ‘Les,'” whom she identifies as the cult leader in her book.
