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Brooke Burns said she learn something new every day from her work on "The Chase," a game show she hosts on GSN, alongside British quiz genius Mark "The Beast" Labbett.  FOX411 spoke to the ex-"Baywatch" star about the show, raising her daughter and being a Christian in Hollywood.

Brooke Burns: I grew up in a Christian home. My spirituality has evolved into my own personal faith. I definitely have a Christian background. It taught me to keep a world view perspective on a work industry and that's how I view Hollywood. It's a very tiny piece of the world. It's not what life is about. Working in this industry is an occupation which is really fun, I enjoy myself. We get paid really well, I feel very lucky to be doing what I'm doing but it's not to me what life is about. My identity has been grounded in something greater than who I am or what I'm doing in Hollywood, for sure.

Burns: I grew up in Texas. My dad is in the oil business but he also did missionary work. In Texas if you don't go to church you're strange, in L.A. if you go to church you're crazy. That was something I had to learn. It's a choice. I should be able to believe in what I want to believe in and so should you. It shouldn't be an area of tension. It's interesting, a lot of times when you bring it up, it becomes as controversial, if not more, than bringing up politics.

Burns: I have a fantastic photo of her on her first day of eighth grade where I captured every teenage girl's feelings about a mother trying to take a photo. She's looking at me and smiling but the subtext is, "Please stop!" She's wonderful, we're very close. I was a single mother for 10 years. We're very tight. Touch wood nobody hates me yet, I guess I've got the teenage years to survive yet.

Burns: It's harder than it used to be. What we didn't have before was the social media aspect of it in terms of dating and friendship and what you're putting out there in the universe is forever.