Ep. - 1495 - THE CULT OF THE REAL HOUSEWIFE
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Julian Hobbs and Deniese Davis, the filmmakers behind the explosive three-part docuseries The Cult of The Real Housewife. The series investigates Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby and Faith Temple Pentecostal Church, led by Cosby and her husband, Robert Cosby Sr. With claims of spiritual and financial and misconduct circling Cosby and the church, the series unpacks the allegations behind the headlines and reveals the darker and more unsettling truth.
The series is directed and produced by Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs for TLC.
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| 0:00.0 | The amazing Kate Casey. |
| 0:04.3 | Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with Kate Casey. |
| 0:07.7 | When the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City premiered, it immediately felt different from any |
| 0:12.1 | Real Housewives franchise that we had ever seen before. |
| 0:15.2 | There was an unmistakable undercurrent of religion moving into the storylines. |
| 0:19.9 | And then almost instantly, a moment that |
| 0:22.0 | stopped viewers cold, Mary Cosby casually revealed that she had married her step-grandfather. |
| 0:28.3 | What initially sounded like shock value soon revealed a much more complicated and unsettling backstory. |
| 0:35.0 | Mary explained that before her grandmother, Rosemary Mama Cosby passed away. She asked |
| 0:40.2 | Mary, her granddaughter, to marry her husband Robert Cosby Sr. in order to secure the future |
| 0:46.2 | of the family's church empire, Faith Temple Pentecostal Church. The stipulation was clear. Mary would |
| 0:53.1 | become the first lady of the church, alongside Robert, who served as bishop. |
| 0:58.2 | Mary said that her grandmother believed that she had, quote, unquote, robbed him of his youth and wanted to ensure he would be cared for after her death, |
| 1:07.4 | trusting Mary above anybody else to be loyal and to treat them well. That marriage took place in 1998 |
| 1:13.2 | one year after her passing, and even Mary herself admitted that the arrangement felt odd. |
| 1:19.4 | But she framed it as an act of obedience, one rooted in respect for her grandmother's wishes. |
| 1:25.2 | As First Lady of Faith Temple, Mary now runs the church alongside Robert, |
| 1:29.6 | a role that carries enormous spiritual authority within the Pentecostal tradition that emphasizes |
| 1:35.4 | prophetic leadership, divine calling, and obedience to God's chosen figures. For many viewers, |
| 1:41.8 | that revelation reframed everything, not just Mary's personal life, but her power, |
| 1:46.5 | her wealth, and her position within the church. That moment, when Mary Cosby told the world that |
| 1:52.4 | she married her step-grandfather was the spark that pulled Faith Temple Pentecostal Church |
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