Reality TV star Mary Cosby, best known from The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, has publicly responded to the horrifying allegations leveled against her in the new TLC docuseries The Cult of the Real Housewife, calling critics and claims untrue and misleading.
The three-part series, which debuted at the start of 2026 and is now streaming on HBO Max and Discovery+, alleges that Cosby and her husband Robert Cosby Sr. oversaw a Utah-based religious congregation — Faith Temple Pentecostal Church — in ways some former members describe as cult-like, manipulative and financially exploitative.
In a recent Instagram post shared alongside footage of happy moments with her Real Housewives castmates, Cosby appeared to push back against the explosive claims without directly addressing details of the allegations.
Her message included hashtags such as #godfirst, #love, #you, #blessed and “don’t believe the lies,” signalling rejection of the docuseries narrative.
The TLC production interviews ex-congregants, family members and culture experts who describe alleged pressure on followers to make repeated large donations, accept unpaid labour, and adhere to emotionally coercive practices.
Cosby inherited leadership of Faith Temple from her grandmother and married her grandmother’s widowed husband — a controversial union that is also examined in the documentary.
While neither Cosby nor her husband has directly refuted specific claims made in the docuseries, her social media response underscores a firmly defensive stance as the narrative continues to develop and viewers globally weigh in on the controversy.
