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‘The Bear‘ actress, Ayo Edebiri has explained that she left the church due to the relationship she has with her friends who are members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community.
The Nigerian-American thespian stated in an interview with Vanity Fair that she could not withstand how members of the LGBTQ+ community are not accepted by members of the church.
She mentioned that the idea that her friends who are homosexuals would not make heaven (according to Christianity) often makes her sad.
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Like many people with immigrant parents in America, Ayo Edebiri said she was raised in a strict and religious home. Her mother attended a Pentecostal church.
She said the church laid emphasis on modesty and gave no room for jewellery, skin showing, or form-fitting outfits. The church also preached on the second coming of Jesus, which she said increased her anxiety.
“It was horrible for my anxiety, I was petrified of death. I was petrified of the rapture,” she said.
Edebiri also struggled with the idea that her gay and muslim friends wouldn’t make heaven, which was the teaching she got in church. “It was genuinely breaking my brain and giving me so much stress and sadness. I was just like, ‘I need a break,'” she told the outlet.
Ayo Edebiri is an American actress, comedian, and television writer. She has played chef Sydney Adamu in the comedy-drama series The Bear since 2022, for which she has won a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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