Actress and director Tasha Smith is opening up about the radical transformation that saved her life. During a revealing interview on Melyssa Ford’s Hot & Bothered podcast, Smith shared how she found healing through faith after quitting cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes—and even sex.
“I stopped doing cocaine, I stopped drinking, I stopped cigarettes,” Smith said. “Girl, I was celibate for eight years. Eight years.”
The Why Did I Get Married? star didn’t hold back when speaking about the emotional rock bottom she faced before her spiritual awakening. Smith explained that her life was once consumed by depression, pain, and an inability to connect with love—something she associated only with “abuse and pain.”
“But once I went to church with a friend… we were just reading the Bible,” she recalled. “As I would read certain scriptures, it was almost like I felt the love of God. I felt like, wow, maybe I got it wrong.”
That moment of realization changed everything. Smith says the experience made God “so real” for her, offering a kind of comfort she hadn’t known before. Growing up without a father, she said, made her discovery of divine love even more profound.
“God became my father,” she said. “And I felt like I understood the love of a father.”
Smith, now known for her roles both in front of and behind the camera—including directing episodes of BMF and First Wives Club—says she leans on that faith to this day. What started as a quiet Bible study in a simple church became the foundation for a complete spiritual and emotional rebirth.
The actress didn’t mention specific timelines but disclosed that her commitment to a clean, faith-centered life helped her break free from destructive patterns and toxic relationships.
Her message to others? Healing is possible, and faith can lead the way!
