David Archuleta Shares 'Special' Bond With Heather Gay and Jessi Ngatikaura
American Idol alum David Archuleta forged long-lasting friendships with reality TV stars Heather Gay and Jessi Ngatikaura over their respective former ties to the Church of Latter-Day Saints. “A couple nights ago, I had Jessi, who is one of the amazing women on [ The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives ], who’s been vulnerable, open and messy in front of everybody … [host] one of my book tour nights in Salt Lake City,” Archuleta, 35, exclusively told Us Weekly while attending Actors Rising Presented by The Actor Awards and ELLE on Thursday, February 26. “That was really cool.” He added, “We gained this special connection with each other, having both been raised Mormon and leaving our religion and trying to bring awareness to things that usually people just try to sweep under the rug or try to pretend are not there in our religion, in our culture and in our families.” Archuleta grew up in the Mormon church before leaving the religion behind in 2022, one year after publicly coming...