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Surprisingly, Lenz is not the first well-known CW actress to find herself caught up in a cult.

Hilton revealed that it wasn’t life that began to imitate art but rather the other way around.

Bethany Joy Lenz poses at the “Ford v Ferrari” screening on November 4, 2019 in Hollywood, CA

“The producers on the show were like, ‘We should write this into the show.'”

“Every once in a while, I would get cult vibes.

“They came out to [our] show in Portland, and they sussed me out.

Bethany Joy Lenz and Tyler Hilton visit MTV’s “TRL” on January 21, 2005

And they were like, ‘Yeah, he’s not the vibe.’

Lenz’s former flame even wrote a song about their breakup that aired in an episode.

“We didn’t have a lot in common.

Bethany Joy Lenz attends the “Ordinary Angels” NYC premiere on February 19, 2024

“I mean, I kind of ran out of options.

The two were married for seven years until Lenz left the cult in 2012.

“I take marriage seriously, and I made a promise before God,” she explained.

Bethany Joy Lenz attends the 47th annual Gracie Awards Gala on May 24, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California

The couple’s lack of intimacy was an issue that the cult became actively involved in attempting to solve.

“Just do it.

Lenz credits this rigid framework with causing PTSD in her future relationships.

James Lafferty, Sophia Bush, Chad Michael Murray, Bethany Joy Lenz, Hilarie Burton, and Tyler Hilton of “One Tree Hill”

“I’m still scared of having vulnerable conversations with my parents … “It’s been a while out of it now, but …

But it was hard.

It was very hard,” she toldPeoplein October of 2024.

Maria Rose Galeotti and Bethany Joy Lenz attend Steven Tyler’s 4th Annual GRAMMY Awards Viewing Party on April 03, 2022 in Los Angeles, California

Hilarie Burton and Chad Michael Murray also found homes on the popular web connection for a time.

“I remember having this thought.

We gotta get out,'” she shared on"GMA.”

“I’m going to show up every day for myself, for the people I know.