10 Celebrities Who Grew Up Mormon

“My mom admits it. She says, ‘You have been raised by a spiritual zealot.’”

For a lot of households, faith is usually an essential pillar of their lives that shapes their core values. They convey these beliefs on their kids, whether or not they’re Catholic, Jewish or Muslim. And for many who are part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they share a strict set of values that guides how they stay their lives.

Fairly just a few celebrities have revealed that they have been raised in a religious Mormon family, the place they have been taught to abstain from many issues seen as sinful, like alcohol, tobacco, medication and same-sex relationships. Whereas most of those stars have now taken completely different paths and left these beliefs previously, they nonetheless view their Mormon upbringing as an essential a part of who they’re.

Discover out what these stars needed to say about their Mormon childhood…

Amy Adams

Amy Adams was raised within the Mormon church till her mother and father received divorced when she was 11-years-old. Trying again, Amy says she was too younger once they left to have actually developed a “robust spiritual pull in direction of the church” and for her, it felt extra like they have been leaving a neighborhood.

“I grew up as a Mormon and that had extra of an influence on my values than my beliefs,” she informed The Telegraph. “I’m afraid I’ll all the time really feel the load of a lie. I’m very laborious on myself anyway. Non secular guilt carries over, too. You possibly can’t actually misbehave with out feeling badly about it — no less than I can’t…What I nonetheless really feel and depend on from that type of instructing, is how one can deliver a variety of pleasure to the individuals round you by being optimistic and hopeful.”

Benson Boone

Musician Benson Boone grew up as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints however admits he by no means actually resonated with the faith. Trying again on his youthful years, he says he by no means had the identical experiences as different individuals within the church.

“Rising up, lots of people at church would discuss these experiences that they’ve had and these private revelations and emotions and voices,” he informed Rolling Stone. “I by no means felt it as bodily current as they did, and so I used to be all the time confused and annoyed. I used to be all the time scared to deliver that as much as individuals as a result of I simply didn’t wish to settle for that, like, I wasn’t feeling what everybody else was feeling.”

Benson admits that he struggled together with his ideas till lastly opening as much as a pal who truly felt the identical approach. He now doesn’t wish to be restricted to only one faith and has his “personal opinions” gathered from numerous religions and beliefs.

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Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl was raised Mormon whereas rising up in Connecticut. Trying again, she says her mother and father discovered the faith whereas they have been coping with the lack of her older brother, who was killed in a automobile accident. Katherine was simply seven-years-old on the time her mother and father transformed and has optimistic recollections of the church. Whereas she now not considers herself part of faith, she introduced some practices into her grownup life, like her resolution to not stay together with her husband Josh Kelley earlier than they received married.

“That [Mormon] construction and self-discipline was actually good for me,” she informed Good Housekeeping. “I had a childhood that was a childhood. I listened to my mother and father. I revered the foundations.”

Jewel

When Jewel was born in 1974, her mother and father have been working towards Mormons and her father Antz was attending Brigham Younger College. After commencement, the household moved to Alaska and Jewel was raised in a spiritual family till her mother and father divorced when she was eight-years-old. After her mom moved away from the household, her father was left to boost Jewel and her two brothers, and issues modified drastically. When Antz ultimately received one other lady pregnant out of wedlock, he was excommunicated from the church.

“I grew up in a really conventional Mormon household. However all the pieces modified when my mother left. My dad began ingesting and being bodily abusive, so like hitting us, and that’s what induced me to maneuver out [at 15],” she informed Folks. “He was in a variety of rage and a variety of yelling.”

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David Archuleta

David Archuleta grew up in Utah and was part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He even took a hiatus from the music trade to go on a mission journey to Chile. However as an grownup, David says he started to have a “religion disaster” whereas determining his sexuality and his involvement within the church — and it led to despair and suicidal ideas.

“Within the church, they are saying homosexuality is a sin, it’s of the satan. I’d assume, ‘Oh, my gosh, I don’t wish to be of the satan. So let me maintain praying and fasting and making an attempt to be obedient,” he informed NBC Information. “I assumed ending my life could be higher than turning into evil for permitting myself to fall in love with the identical intercourse.”

Shortly after popping out as queer, David started the method of making an attempt to reconcile his identification with the church’s beliefs. After having many conversations with church leaders about faith’s views on the LGBTQ neighborhood, he and his mom ultimately determined to go away in 2022.

“Now, I simply wish to present those that I left the church and I’m completely happy,” David mentioned. “A number of instances, whenever you’re in a extra closed-off neighborhood, individuals attempt to make you’re feeling like in case you depart, you’re not going to be completely happy. However I’m happier the place I’m. I’m so much happier.”

Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling was raised in a small city in Canada and his household have been working towards Mormons. Within the early 2000s, Ryan referred to as himself “spiritual however nondenominational” and acknowledged that being Mormons was nonetheless an ideal sense of satisfaction for his mom and sister. However trying again later in life, Ryan shared that his household weren’t as religious as they was once.

“We have been introduced up fairly spiritual,” he informed The Guardian. “My mom admits it. She says, ‘You have been raised by a spiritual zealot.’ She’s completely different now, however on the time, it was part of all the pieces – what they ate, how they thought.”

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Derek & Julianne Hough

Siblings Derek and Julianne Hough, together with many different Dancing With The Stars execs, have been raised in Utah as part of the Mormon religion. Whereas Derek and Julianne are now not working towards Mormons, Julianne seems to be again fondly on that point in her life. She says she remembers household nights and spending time with the numerous different kids who have been a part of the church.

“It’s what it was. I didn’t know any completely different. I cherished the social facet, that was type of how I used to be often known as a child — going into church and sitting on all people’s lap and giving all people hugs at, like, three. I used to be the little greeter,” she shared on the Armchair Skilled podcast.

Julianne added that she recollects downsides to the faith as nicely, together with the overarching attempt for perfectionism. Ladies particularly have been made to “observe the foundations and obey and do all the pieces” to make it possible for your “household is the most effective and most excellent to be able to serve God and your husband as a result of he’s the one in control of offering.” Julianne ultimately left the faith.

Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku grew up within the Mormon church the place politician Mitt Romney truly served as her bishop. As of 2012, she says she doesn’t take into account herself to be “very Mormon,” significantly due to the faith’s stance on the LGBTQ+ neighborhood — however she is grateful for her upbringing within the church.

“There’ll all the time be that a part of me that’s Mormon,” she informed The Salt Lake Tribune.

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Brendon Urie

Panic! on the Disco frontman Brendon Urie was raised in “a really, very strictly spiritual family” as a part of the Mormon religion however started rebelling when he was an adolescent. Trying again, he says he needed to sit down together with his mother and father when he was 16 and inform them that he had been going wild with out their data — partying, doing medication and going to strip golf equipment. Whereas he walked away from the religion, he says there “is a lot instilled in [him] from rising up Mormon” and it nonetheless influences his music.

“I nonetheless use a variety of good values from rising up within the Church, and there was a way of neighborhood. However you have been additionally being closely judged by those that needed to look down on you for not being as nice as they’re,” Brendon mentioned. “And that’s not the sense I get after I’m touring and simply in music typically. So assembly followers and interacting with different bands has develop into a brand new faith to me, one which’s overwhelmingly stunning and enlightening.”

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Dan Reynolds

Think about Dragons singer Dan Reynolds grew up in a “actually conservative” Mormon family. He even attended Brigham Younger College and served a mission in Omaha, Nebraska. However he now not considers himself part of the Mormon religion and admits that he “all the time struggled” with faith. Trying again, he says he spent his 20s and early 30s “actually indignant” at faith, as he felt he’d “been duped.”

“There’s clearly elements of the Mormon faith that I really feel fairly strongly are dangerous, particularly to our homosexual youth,” he informed Folks. “At instances I really feel fairly remoted from my household, however I additionally love them and am near them and see them, and there’s no animosity there. I’m on a distinct path. I’ve to like myself sufficient to observe my fact.”

He continued, “[I] noticed a variety of the hurt that got here from it for me personally, however it additionally appeared to work extremely nicely for my household, and so they’re all wholesome, completely happy people. As I’ve gotten older, I am not indignant about it anymore. If one thing works for somebody, that’s actually great and uncommon, and I don’t wish to mess with it.”