Mary Cosby

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Mary Cosby
Born (1972-10-17) October 17, 1972 (age 52)
OccupationTelevision personality
Known for The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Spouse
Robert C. Cosby
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(m. 1998)​
Children1

Mary Martha Cosby (formerly Harris; [1] born October 17, 1972) [2] is an American television personality. She is best known as an original cast member on the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City .

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Early life

Mary Cosby is the youngest of her siblings. [1] [3] Her father was originally from Milwaukee. [4] Her grandmother, Rosemary "Mama" Cosby, founded Faith Temple Pentecostal Church in 1968. [5] Following Rosemary's death in January 1997, [6] controversy arose between her widower, Bishop Robert C. Cosby, and her children—specifically Rosalind Cazares, Mary's mother—over the division of Rosemary's assets, which included a printing company, day care, beauty salon, record store, and Gospel radio station. [7] [8] This controversy was exacerbated after Robert married Mary, his step-granddaughter, in September 1998. [9] [10] Because of the marriage, Mary Cosby is estranged from her mother. [1] [3]

Career

In September 2020, Cosby was announced as a cast member of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City . [11] Noah Samton, an executive at NBCUniversal, stated that the show was conceived after they discovered Cosby, and eventually found other personalities for a full The Real Housewives installment in Salt Lake City. [12] In addition to The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, she has also appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen . [13]

Having missed the second season's reunion special, she did not return for the show's third season. [14] [15] She returned as a friend of the show in its fourth season, and returned as a full-time cast member in the fifth season. [16] [17]

Personal life

She married Dana Harris, but was later divorced. [3] She married Bishop Robert C. Cosby, her step-grandfather, in September 1998. [1] They have a son, Robert Jr. [18] Cosby has described her marriage as an "arranged marriage" and has stated, "It was kind of in my grandma's will for us to marry." [19] Through her marriage, she became the First Lady of Faith Temple Pentecostal Church. [20] [21]

Controversies

Cosby has been the subject of allegations that Faith Temple Pentecostal Church is a cult, particularly from former church members and several of her fellow The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast members. [14] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] She has denied the allegations, calling them "false" and "ridiculous". [27]

In April 2021, she was charged with unlawfully providing shelter to a runaway and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She pled not guilty to the charges in August 2021, and the charges were dropped in September 2022. [28] [29]

In December 2021, she issued an apology for racist comments she made on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, having stated, "When I think about Jen [Shah], I see heartless, I see a thug. Like, you know, those Mexican people that make all those drugs." [30] [31]

In September 2024, she sued two executives of United Security Financial, accusing them of embezzlement. [20]

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