This man loves his children and former wife. I hope they all have peace in their lives.

I knew someone who went through two marriages before finally accepting himself for his authentic being. I hope Mr. Smart is able to have a positive life and gains acceptance from Lois and all his children. I'm sure he will continue making a positive difference in this world.

I have the highest respect for Ed. It’s obvious he loves his family and knows how much he’s hurt his wife. But he had to be true to himself and I’m glad he came out and accepted what he is. God doesn’t make mistakes.

@samsmom400

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, it's about being true to Jesus Christ. Ed is being true to his god. Not Jesus Christ. You're right, God doesn't make mistakes, people sin.

What a courageous and great man. Thank you for being open and honest, Mr. Smart -- I wish you well, and hope you find great happiness.

Wow, what a lovely respectful conversation. The interviewer was so kind and compassionate. Would love to check in with Ed and see how he's doing these days. I wish him all the best.

What a sweet man. The whole family is so sweet

Thank you Bob Evans, you are a great interviewer. This interview was one that could go North or South ! FAST, but you did it right Bob. You moved out of the way and led him down a very human Lane and thank God you did. Wow so kind and understanding. Wow wow.

I have lots of love and respect for Edward Smart. First knowing him in the mission field in Tucson, AZ. Awesome missionary. Remaining friends. Our family will always love and respect you Ed Smart. Happy you are able to be yourself regardless of society's expectations. God loves you and will continue to bless you. Hugs bud. Thank you for being you.

@yudithdm9302

4 жыл бұрын

This is a very nice comment, I don't know Ed personally but he looks like a very nice and honest man and a great father.

@elizabethsmith9624

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for changing my mind about Mormons

@mrsTraveller64

4 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethsmith9624 🤗🤗🤗

@DrAnnBlakeTracy

4 жыл бұрын

If you really loved Ed you would work harder to learn what has happened to him to cause such out of character behavior. I have warned of this coming for 30 years & now it is so rampant that in the last 5 years the number of girls in Utah having sex change operations has increased by 10,000٪!!!!! What does it take to wake up Utah to the chemical warfare waged against them, against us all?! Time to read the reason for the Word of Wisdom again?

@dianaboyer683

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN!!!!!!! God does love him and will continue to bless him.

I’m very touched by this interview. So grateful my nephew had the courage to come out and that my understanding eventually expanded beyond my LDS upbringing and once belief. The world is full of lovely people. Best wishes to Ed and his family moving forward.

@samsmom400

3 жыл бұрын

What about Christ? Mormons always talk about the "church". They never mention Christ except when they are trying to convince people that they are Christians. Look to Christ. After I escaped the Mormon Church, I found Christ and it changed my life.

Thank you Ed Smart, you have enlightened me in so many ways. You are right sir, love is the most important thing in life. Loving yourself first is important.

I am sending you a big hug Ed. I wish you were my neighbor. I would like to have you for a friend. May good things come to you and all of your family.

A great interview with a lovely human being. I hope that his relationships with his children are still intact. Everyone deserves happiness!

Awww! Ed Smart, you are an amazing man. I am one of those that prayed for your family & yelled in joy when I heard of Elizabeth’s, return! Still praying for you! Much love from South Carolina!

What a lovely man. My heart goes out to Ed and his family. ❤️

@KAZHE63

4 жыл бұрын

Ree-Ree Marie he absolutely wasted his wife’s life! It is completely selfish!

@484reeree

4 жыл бұрын

Tracy He didn’t WANT to be gay, he tried everything he could to change. He loved his wife and family. It caused him great pain to not be able to be honest about who he was.

@tomsoares8285

4 жыл бұрын

Tracy what about his life? why is she the only one entitled to love and happiness? what about all the pain he went through by being forced into hidden and never being able to be himself, the judgement people like you and others bring upon him, etc? I definitely feel bad for her but there’s two sides to this story and at least to me he’s the true victim.

He is a GREAT MAN , I am a fan❤

@overatourhouse4026

3 жыл бұрын

Jeepman89 no

What a sweet man! Of all the interviews I've seen over the last decade this one man has most touched my heart with his honesty and strength and how his pain made him make such a hard choice. His family will realize this eventually. I'm not LDS and know nothing about it - it's just that this man himself is so inspiring. His search for truth is really a thing of beauty.

@TheCandiceWang

3 жыл бұрын

⭐️🙏🏽 Agreed

What a kind sweet and loving man and father. God bless him always.

Brilliant interview. Thank you Bob Evans!

I hold no judgment! I never walked his shoes in this experience but I know inner turmoil! Its nightmare and painful! I wish this on no one, if you can get rest and peace and not live misery all your life then I say do what is best for you! Peace you ED

Me too Ed. Rough Stone Rolling & In Sacred Loneliness. Read several times & looked up many of the footnotes. My whole testimony exploded. I feel deceived, like a naive child. You have every right to change your opinion of the church & of excepting your gayness. Blessings to you & yours. Lois, I feel so much empathy for you, sweet mother.

Ed, you're an extraordinary father. Few dads would have worked so relentlessly, especially while being personally attacked, to ensure every stone was turned to save your daughter's life. To have a father like you, I am in awe of what that would be.

I feel for Ed. He is a truth seeker, just like his daughter, Elizabeth.

His momma, Dorotha Smart, beautiful lady. I live in Palm Springs, and she used to live here part of the year.She passed away last year at 90yrs.old.

@TheCandiceWang

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, no!

😱Wait a minute! What?! How did I miss this?😱 😭That family has been through so much! 😭

@TanukiOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Me, too! I completely missed this too.

@lovingatlanta

2 жыл бұрын

@@TanukiOfficial - 😫 Sometimes I find out stuff so late and after the fact, that I feel like I must have been in a different or parallel Universe.

It’s amazing how open Ed is in this and other interviews. I salute his courage!!! He could just coast along or just disappear. But by his outspokeness he is helping so many LGBTQ kids in that church.

@samsmom400

3 жыл бұрын

It's too bad his platform isn't for Jesus Christ.

Nobody wants to feel alone in a marriage. I feel bad for the pain he’s secretly been carrying for so long. Struggling with anything for so long wears you down to nothing. I feel bad for him getting outed by someone leaking his personal missive to the press. I feel bad for Lois and what she’s going through. I hope they can all find peace and happiness as they walk their own paths.

He’s an awesome father/person I’d be happy to be his daughter/friend he’s really an inspiration, and does feel bad for Lois! Love the whole family ❤ I see the pain he feels, it’s not a choice!

Ed I’m sorry you and your family are going through this. God loves us all and I’m glad you came out.

@joecook5689

4 жыл бұрын

If you believe in God you might as well be nice about it like you seem to be. Good job. And good job ignoring the silly old testament idea about stoning homosexuals and every other person ever for walking too far on the sabbath. Dumb shit like that. Read Leviticus if you think I'm exxagerrating. It's embarrassing.

@TheCandiceWang

3 жыл бұрын

Mr Cook you are reading ancient scripture through a modern lens.

❤️

Wow

Good for you and I'm sure all the rest in the church that have to hid who they really are can come to the true understanding of where we all stand in the struggle. Feel no shame hold you head high. "Jesus loves me this I know. For the Bible tells me so."

Pretty sure this guy asked more than 3 questions.

"What does the future holds for you?".....?????...

Strange laughing.

One thing I find quite humorous & am puzzled as to why it would be a concern in our day & age is the translation of the Book of Mormon he mentions as looking at a rock in a hat? We live in a day & age where looking at a flat box, which almost has to be in a hat to see it since sunlight causes such a glare, opens the whole world to us & radio transmission is delived via crystals...so why would looking at a rock, especially those that are opaque until you hold them up to the sun where you can see right though that black stone, be considered far fetched in the least?!

@joecook5689

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I kinda get your point. Religion is wishful thinking. Solving mortality problem. We're the only species that know we are going to die. It doesn't surprise me at all that like half of us line up with wallets open to ask a fellow human, "will you tell me there is a god?"

I find it hard to believe he never acted on his “gayness” til he left his wife. How did the police know he was gay back when Elizabeth was taken

@TheCandiceWang

3 жыл бұрын

It may be all sorts of difficult p, but it's not impossible. It says more about your skepticism.

@alyssaxxy

3 жыл бұрын

It’s kinda obvious…

@donrainesoh

3 жыл бұрын

You saying he sucked the cops off?

@sarahsheinin9729

2 ай бұрын

I could tell.

Heart breaking for his wife and children as well as him!

😘

Wait, is this Fox Fox?

@nunyabidniss1792

4 жыл бұрын

No, it’s a local Fox affiliate. Not Fox News.

Why don't we ask his wife what he's done to her life

I don't get the need for him or anyone else to go on national tv and do all of the interviews. What's his point?

After all they went through you’d think his wife would at least recognize his pain and be more empathetic.

@IWantToMature85

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Soares she also went through something. Both sides can be hurt!

@tomsoares8285

4 жыл бұрын

@@IWantToMature85 Not taking that away from her. Her pain and anger absolutely valid. But its wrong for her to mock him and to treat him the way she did when all he did was try. He has said in other interviews she thinks homosexuality is a choice.

@bob15479

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomsoares8285 I used to think it was a choice too, all of us who were indoctrinated did. Our leaders asserted that god would never create someone gay. No I know that isn't true and that those leaders had no idea what they were talking about.

@overatourhouse4026

3 жыл бұрын

Denise Vasquez Lemrick you may be surprised one day when someone you love comes out. Open your heart for empathy and understanding. We all need to share more of these feelings❤️

@TheCandiceWang

3 жыл бұрын

What on earth?!?!

Hopefully Lois found herself a real man…

Ed talks about going to his church leaders and the temple, but he never once says that he cried out to Christ. That's all he ever had to do. This just breaks my heart.

@TanukiOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Ed is obviously a man of intense faith. It's obvious he has daily talks with Christ. Don't assume that Christ didn't respond to him and tell him free himself of this burden he has been carrying. Christ and Christ's love freed him. 🙏🏼

@samsmom400

2 жыл бұрын

@@TanukiOfficial He doesn't have faith in Christ. Christ would never contradict himself. Read your Bible.

Trust me there's not one thing wrong with you and you still can go to heaven something that the Mormon church will never understand more because it is a cult instead of a religion. Which thank you for bringing that to light. You are the Mormon churches test. How they treat you going forward is a reflection of who they are not you. As long as you accept who you are and ask for forgiveness knowing is the difference.

@michaelrobins1866

4 жыл бұрын

Still a sin. No ifs ands or buts.

@blindjustice3658

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelrobins1866 you are right Sin is Sin you sin I sin we all sin hence Jesus. Died for us all not just one or the other. I think the difference is repentance. Trust me I have the most stubborn bull headed brother that reminds me every time I see him.

@MsDrSantana

4 жыл бұрын

The real test for the Mormon church is not Ed's sexual orientation, its the fact that the prophets, seers and revelators could not discern that Elizabeth was in downtown taken by former temple workers. Leaders gave the Smart's blessing and could not say where she was or what happened to her. So they could not discern Mark Hoffman was a liar with murderous intent, and then could not discern Elizabeth was walking around town dressed in make-believe temple white.

@michaelrobins1866

4 жыл бұрын

There is no "test". We don't cater to anyone. A sin is a sin.

His poor wife Lois… .

I think he should have stayed quiet and suffer alone and not bring his wife and children out in public. We didn't need to know about him or about how his wife reacted,we could all have gone on with our own lives perfectly well without knowing or caring. If my husband did that to me,come out as gay,my last wish would be that he'd humiliated me infront of the whole world by saying what I said,how I reacted,that is none of anyones business. I would sue my husband for bringing me out in public just for him to have a story to tell. But some people don't respect anyone elses feelings as long as their own feelings are getting better.

@mrsTraveller64

4 жыл бұрын

@Kate B.in this case it was about gay yes,might as well have been about him coming out as having betrayed his wife with three mistresses,wouldn't make any change,to bring his wife into it shows no class at all from him,sorry.

@susanclark1152

4 жыл бұрын

He will save lives with his story.

@tylerh8275

3 жыл бұрын

What is he supposed to do? This is what religion does to people, they go their life following the book and fighting their true self the whole time, just to realize in the end, you cant change who you are. I wouldnt shame him for being who he really is.

@danibohbot7066

3 жыл бұрын

Staying silent is a painful experience. Basing your reaction on limited context means you form an opinion without all the information. May be his wife and family supported this interview? Even if they didn’t, his story to tell without guilt or explanation. . When you judge less and accept even when you can not understand-your heart will feel much lighter. I hope you get there one day, I really do

Now he has married a man.

It's sad to see his process. He still speaks of being gay as if it's an affliction.

Closeted mormon gays read Rough Stone Rolling. Recipe for sayonara mormon church.

What a sad narcissistic man. Does he really thing he is so important to hold a press conference to share his personal relationship. I am disgusted that he drug his family into the public eye to validate his conflicted choices. He quite possibly be the most conflicted person I have ever witnessed. I think he is lying through his teeth about not leaving for another man he was involved with. Its human nature to leave pain and run to pleasure. I cant think of a single case where a person who is not being abused, just walks away into the arms of nothing. My observation is he was involved with some man at some level and saw that as his escape hatch out of his personal conflict. Sad man, I can't see that he will be happy long term. The attention he is getting from someone now wont be able fill the void he has from running from 34 years of his family. It does not add up. His whole coming out and doing it publicly is just a narcissistic action to validate his feels... certainly would love to hear from Lois. There are 3 sides to every story, hers, his and the truth in the middle... wish them all well. Sad

@T77pt

4 жыл бұрын

Rex Halbeisen what is sad is your obtuse and judgmental views. Thankfully, others are willing to show some grace.

@RexHalbeisen

4 жыл бұрын

@@T77pt no judgement here. Love who you want to love, sleep with who you want. Just observations. I am entitled to them. He did not need to do this in public. Nobody cares and he should not want public validation if he was truthful to himself.

@boobie17

4 жыл бұрын

He drug his family...American

@aplaceandathing

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know the difference between a press conference and an interview? He was asked to do an interview because Fox13 deemed it newsworthy.

@nidaford9840

4 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more wit you. He lied to his wife and children for 30 years and still lying. He is leaving because for another man and I truly believe that they have been together for years now. Nothing but a liar. No need to be on TV. Go do your thing and enjoy your life

So leaving your wife makes you a hero?

@TanukiOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

To stop living a lie makes him a hero. He saved himself and his wife additional pain.

He sponsors the Hershey highway clean up project.

1Cor 6:9-11 Will not inherit God's Kingdom. That is what some of you were.

He is unable to understand the feelings of the wife he had share most of his life with. Had he told her without her having to ask for it, the entire story might have ended differently. As charming as he can sell himself, he didn‘t respect the mother of his many children.

@danibohbot7066

3 жыл бұрын

Unless you are gay you can not possibly understand the shame that is often attached to the question “are you gay?” Him not being able to answer that question in that moment has no reflection on who he is or the love he felt for his wife. When you judge less, and find it within yourself to accept even if you can not understand- your heart will feel much lighter. I hope you get there one day, I really do.

@katherinea.williams3044

2 жыл бұрын

@@danibohbot7066 Amen sister! You put that so eloquently! Thank you for such a lovely, poignant comment! Love & Light from Miami Shores🦚 Stay safe mate🌎🙏🏼 Peace & Prayers for Ukraine🇺🇦

He revictimized his family and abandon them ...instead of putting his sexual desires to the side and be there for his family and honor his obligations and kept his word and truly cared about anyone other than himself I wouldn’t chalk this whole thing up as a scam

@TheCandiceWang

3 жыл бұрын

The issue is Lois did ask him ourright, she wanted to know. He was stunned. He also neve wanted this to be public. Someone on his FB leaked his words.

Tragic.

@rosestephanierodriguez9084

3 жыл бұрын

What's TRAGIC is that Mormonism MADE HIM live his life, falsely, as a straight man. He was BORN HOMOSEXUAL. IT IS NOT A CHOICE!! I am happy that Ed Smart finally had the courage to come out openly and publicly.

@Student____2025__1

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosestephanierodriguez9084 So it’s tragic that his six children were born? I bet they disagree.

@rosestephanierodriguez9084

2 жыл бұрын

@@Student____2025__1 I NEVER said anything about it being tragic that his children were born. It seems to me that you are reading your own messages into my response that I never said.

@Student____2025__1

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosestephanierodriguez9084 You certainly did, Rose. You said it was tragic that he lived how he did. A result of him being married to his wife was the 6 great children.

@rosestephanierodriguez9084

2 жыл бұрын

@@Student____2025__1 OMG! I have no idea where you are pulling words from but if I said something was "TRAGIC," then I meant that what was tragic is that he kept his homosexuality under wraps for so long-and, that I think, is quite tragic! Additionally, though, I think him having produced six children from the previous marriage that he had is a great blessing!!!! Geez! WTF?!

You have Joseph Smith to thank for your understanding of a loving Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ. No other church understands their unity in purpose, but separateness in body. That knowledge came through a living prophet in a restored church. Hold on to what you know. Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Ed is so good! Ed is so wonderful! No. Ed has made LOIS a VICTIM here. Ed lied for 35 years and now speaks his hurtful "truth" and Lois is the victim. He now runs around with other men, dates, and is gleeful about his new romance life. Lois is the victim in all this acting out on Ed's part.

Thumbs down..Elizabeth doesn't need a freak show dad after her.ordeal..he's a sicko

@T77pt

4 жыл бұрын

Rebecca Sowell He’s definitely not a sicko, but very intelligent, honest and open. Unfortunately, some people choose to hate rather than try to understand. Hopefully, he doesn’t give up on God, but can get out of the Mormon cult.

@iaingraham7586

4 жыл бұрын

@@T77pt My situation is similar, but slightly different from that of his family. My late father was closeted, and we were estranged from him prior to knowing that; based on abusive behaviour on his part. I have good relations with another family member who is gay, and I am supportive of human rights protections for LGBTQ people. Sexual orientation is not a choice, but people have personal relationships within a family that aren't always easy to unpack. He seems like a decent man, so in some ways that marriage breakup might be harder on his kids , than the one my parents went through was for me. I hope they are able to have good personal relationships with each other at some point. (in our case the marriage breakup occurred when my Dad was closeted)

This family will do anything for attention

@T77pt

3 жыл бұрын

HUH?

Let’s bring a stranger to your house to help with outside maintenance and be oblivious enough to think that may not be problematic with two daughters. Typical Mormon stupidity.

He hired Brian David Mitchell because he was cute.

@lisaa.5378

2 жыл бұрын

Yuck!