The actress took comfort in her onscreen relationship with James Lafferty, as Haley and Nathan.
I did, yes, only in the moments when the cameras were rolling, she explained.
But I thank god James and I were able to really maintain a totally professional relationship.
James Lafferty and Bethany Joy Lenz on ‘One Tree Hill’.THE CW / courtesy Everett
Nobody cared except my husband, she said of her ex, who she refers to as QB.
But, he also wanted me to quit acting so I would stop making out with other guys.
Lenz was unaware because, despite her initial hesitations, the couple merged their bank accounts upon being wed.
Bethany Joy Lenz.Robby Klein/Getty
It was more just that gut check of, like, This is mine.
you’re able to’t question his decisions.
That’s how it was presented to me, but not in those words.
Otherwise, I would have been like, Y’all crazy.
Lenz would eventually leave the small Christian community in 2012, following the birth of her daughter, Rosie.
“It made me feel like there was a safety.”
She also said her costars would often make a run at intervene where they could.
“And so amazing to be cared about in that way.”
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