Heather Gay coos at her cappuccino. She is is attending to it as if it was a puppy she was gifted on Christmas morning. She cradles the cup, in all of its precious warmth. The foam delights her; she’s positively tickled while raving about the foam.
A coffee order is conspicuous when you are a Mormon—or, in The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Gay’s case, an ex-Mormon.
“Bad Mormon” is, in fact, her self-given moniker. It’s the title of her bombshell 2023 memoir, in which she detailed her exit from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints following her divorce, her condemnation of policies she finds oppressive and bigoted, and the trauma she endured being exiled from her family, friends, and community.
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