Former ‘cult’ member reveals extreme rules: ‘I was brainwashed when I was 14’
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Deborah Frances-White, the host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, opened up about her experience being a part of what she describes as a “cult”, on this week’s episode of HELLO!’s Second Act podcast.
Speaking to host Ateh Jewel, the social media sensation spoke about spending her teenage years in a “religious cult” that believed “Armageddon would come and we would live on a paradise earth.”
“I know it sounds absurd to say that I thought I was going to live forever on earth,” she says, “but I was brainwashed when I was 14, so I really did think that.”
Among many things, Deborah opened up about the extreme rules that were placed on members of the community, including a surprising “punishment” for the people who decided to leave.
“The religion I was in,” she began, “the rules were you couldn’t have any friends outside, and you would be reported by someone if they saw you socialising with what was called a worldly person.”
The comedienne elaborated: “No one can talk to you. They would literally cross the road to avoid. You would be like you were dead.”
Deborah opened up about a surprising ‘punishment’
The 57-year-old explained: “The punishment for leaving is everyone cutting you off. You were totally alone. When I first left, I was a nanny, and I wouldn’t see anyone. The children would go away for the weekend with their parents to the house in the country.
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