Rebekah Vardy divides viewer opinion in Jehovah's Witness documentary trends now

Rebekah Vardy has been hailed as 'brave' for telling her story of growing up as a Jehovah's Witness and experiencing sexual abuse while a part of the religion.

The WAG, 41  - who is the wife of Leicester City footballer Jamie and is perhaps best known for the Wagatha Christie trial involving her high-profile libel claim against Coleen Rooney Rooney - fronted Channel 4 documentary Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah Witnesses and Me on Tuesday.

In the programme, Rebekah spoke about her experiences of growing up in the Jehovah's Witness fellowship, and shared that she tried to take her own life at the of 14 before being shunned by her family. 

She alleged in the documentary that the religion failed to support her through sexual abuse as a child, with Rebekah claiming elders insisted she had misinterpreted a romantic gesture.

Taking to Twitter during the one-off episode, viewers praised the media personality for coming forward with experience, while others pondered whether she was the best person to front the show. 

One person wrote: 'Well done for telling your story, very brave ! the more exposure of this cult the better.'

While someone else shared: 'Well done Rebekah Vardy highlighting the JW organisation. It’s all true. She grew up part of it so best placed person to discuss it.'

Another person tweeted: 'RV comes across really well and very educated. It's a shame she got caught up with that social media nonsense as that is what she will be known for.'

'Good to see R doing something more useful than that daft court case. Lot of folk who preach the jeeezus thing dont seem to be able to get what its all about, they get stuck,' wrote another viewer.

While someone else posted: 'Shame this documentary is after the Wagatha Christie case. Jehovahs Witnesses are a very high control doomsday organisation and it’s likely what she discusses is true. There should be external regulation for organisations so that children in particular are protected.'

Another viewer remarked: 'So brave to speak out. What a terrible religion they are. It’s heartbreaking to think of those abused who had no one they could trust… even family.'

Quoting Rebekah, someone else wrote: '"No one valued me enough to protect me… and only having children makes you realise"… really hitting home.'

'What a sad programme about Rebekah Vardy,' wrote another viewer, while someone else insisted: '#rebekahvardy no one else to present this.'

Questioning Rebekah's motives for making the documentary, someone else wrote: 'Is this #RebekahVardy documentary an attempt to make us feel sympathy for her now? Change public perception? An explanation for the way she’s behaved so far? Seems too obvious.'

While another person wrote: 'There’s something missing from this Rebekah Vardy documentary about Jehovah’s Witnesses. I feel like I should care more because these shows normally hit me hard but this one hasn’t for some reason.'

Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian denomination with about 8.5million followers worldwide, who believes the destruction of the world is imminent.

They impose a strict moral code on members, including that homosexuality is a sin, and punishes those who deviate from their beliefs by 'disfellowshipping' them, ostracising them from the community.

Rebekah was raised as a Jehovah's Witness in Norwich, Norfolk, but left at the age of 15, after she was 'shamed' for the sexual abuse she experienced and was shunned by the community alongside family members following her parents' divorce.

Mother-of-five Rebekah said she was sexually abused by an individual in the community between the ages of 11 to 15, which she claimed was covered up by 'elders', senior male religious leaders.

In the documentary Rebekah returned to Norwich, where several members of her family still

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