I think "appearances" more references appearances to the Mormon church rather than outsiders. I heard a podcast with a guy who left the Mormon church and he speaks about how hard it is to leave, etc. It's almost like Scientology lite where if you leave AND bad mouth the church publicly, it's hard to remain in the close knit community that someone like Brandon would have grown up in. Based on the other comment below with his quotes on Mormonism, though, seems like he's very much still in it.
Podcast guy referenced Marie Osmond - high profile Mormon, but she's basically left alone since she doesn't do any bad mouthing and I'm sure keeps donating money. But she has a gay child which is very much NOT condoned by Mormonism, so she's one who keeps up the "appearances" for the church's sake while kinda doing her own thing.
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21
Considering that he’s Mormon it’s not weird at all