Mary Cosby, a prominent figure from the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” has seemingly responded to TLC’s eye-opening documentary about her church. In a statement to her followers, she urged them, “Don’t believe the lies.”

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The documentary, titled “The Cult of the Real Housewife,” made its debut on January 1, spanning three episodes. It featured allegations from Mary’s own family members and former churchgoers, who accused her of various forms of misconduct. Among the claims were accusations of an alleged affair with a church member and assertions that she often equates herself with God during sermons, while criticizing those who disagree with her.

Following the documentary’s release, Mary took to social media to address these accusations, albeit briefly. In a post shared through @queensofbravo on Instagram, she wrote, “Don’t believe the lies,” adding a hopeful “Happy Sunday!! 🙏” along with hashtags like “#godfirst #love #you #blessed.”

After the documentary, Mary wrote a short post about “lies.”

“Don’t believe the lies,” she said, via @queensofbravo on Instagram. “Happy Sunday!! 🙏.” She also included the hashtags, “#godfirst #love #you #blessed.”

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In the documentary, a family member claimed that Mary’s husband/former step-grandfather, Robert C. Cosby Sr., used to help lead abusive training sessions.

“We used to have some meetings called the Brotherhood,” said Mary’s cousin Dan Cosby. “Robert and some other elders would have meetings with all the young boys in the church every Saturday. He was trying to teach us to be men. He’d go out, he’d make us do push-ups, and he’d make us run around the church and keep us up all day, literally all day. And it started becoming abusive.”

Sam Kelly, Mary’s uncle, also recalled the meetings.

“He would make us hold books up out like this,” he said, putting his arms straight out to form a T. “And then he would have us run in place.”

“[They would take] a pin and [put] it under your knees so you wouldn’t…” Dan added, choking up. “… [so] your knees wouldn’t hit this pin or it’d stick you, obviously. I remember a kid … couldn’t do a push-up or sit-up, and I remember one of the guys — one of the elders — kicked him. He kicked the kid.”

Later on, ex-congregant Michael Enoch reacted to Mary’s former comment on RHOSLC about “wear[ing] your seatbelt” in reference to his daughter’s fatal car accident.

“That was an attack on me and my daughter,” he said. “You have to be one miserable human being to go that low … Now that’s a pastor? No sir. Not at all … Why are you speaking on my daughter anyway? You didn’t send condolences.”