Amanda Frances he is offering a little more context about his past experience in a cult.
“I have two Bible school degrees. I have a ministerial training degree, and then my high school degree is also from a religious college,” Amanda, 41, said. Us Weekly exclusively during the promotion of the 15th season of the program. “Between ministerial training school and high school, I was, for two years, very involved in a church that I consider a cult.”
He added: “It fits all the criteria for a cult. It fits all the criteria for religious abuse. That’s what it was for me. That was the experience I had.”
The episode of Thursday, January 29 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills outstanding Dorit Kemsley dropping the cult reveal while out to dinner with co-stars Kyle Richards i Bozoma Sant Joan.
“We had lunch and he told me he had written this book, and I went to get his book,” Dorit, 49, said. “I see this blog that says, ‘I was in a cult.’ I said, ‘What?’… In a cult.”
During her confessional, Dorit began reading Amanda’s October 2015 blog entry detailing how he left a cult. (Amanda did not disclose further details.)
“I’ve always been a writer… This is what I do. This is my process. It’s one of the ways I teach,” Amanda said. weaddressing Dorit’s revelation. “The first blog is about what it’s like to leave a cult and then not be able to trust yourself and say, ‘What was that?’ How did I get into it? And how can I trust myself again to make decisions as a young adult woman?” It’s a good blog, but not easy to find.”
Amanda wondered how Dorit found the blog since it was written over a decade ago.
“It was never a secret. I’ve written, like, four blogs on the subject, in addition to other articles. The cult story is not a secret. Everyone in my audience, in my community, the women in my courses, have known this story forever,” she continued. “So when he pulls it like it’s dirt, it makes me really weird. Because it’s not dirt.”
Amanda clarified that the blog post was hers sharing “the experience of trying to find (my) way in the world.”
The former Bravo star also speculated about what caused the disconnect between her and some of her castmates during the season. (Various RHOBH stars he questioned Amanda’s business and the title as “Queen of Money”).
“As an entrepreneur, empowering new entrepreneurs makes a lot of sense,” she said we. “Everything I teach in my courses are things I know and things I know well.”
Watching the show, Amanda comes across as someone who is “just trying to relate” to her co-stars.
“Maybe it was awkward at times. Maybe there was a hint of neurodivergence. We’re not all normal. We don’t all communicate in exactly the same way,” Amanda said. “I think there’s been gratitude and pride on my part in a lot of these scenes, that when you only get part of it, you don’t see that Amanda really appreciates her life and what she’s created.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Thursdays on Bravo at 8pm ET and airs the next day on Peacock.