Things are heating up once more in Utah.
“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is returning for its third season, which unfolds in some completely different places (no spoilers right here) however lacks completely no drama as the ladies attempt to steadiness private relationships, work alternatives and the distinctive dynamics of being actuality stars.
The collection started in 2024 due to Taylor Frankie Paul, who discovered scandal in 2022, when she introduced by way of TikTok that she was getting divorced after she mentioned she violated the phrases of her open marriage. She additionally shared that she and her now ex-husband Tate had participated in “soft swinging” with different {couples} of their Utah group, which concerned buying and selling sexual companions of their social circle.
Paul is credited with forming “MomTok” by pulling collectively a bunch of fellow Mormon moms on TikTok. Many of the members have thousands and thousands of followers, sharing glimpses into their lives for profitable sponsorships.
The first season of “Mormon Wives” final yr centered on the fallout from Paul’s scandalous revelation, in addition to her subsequent being pregnant with boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, with whom she grew to become concerned whereas married.
Fast ahead Season 3, and much has modified as viewers witnessed the toxicity between Paul and Mortensen over the previous two seasons and the current announcement that she is the next Bachelorette.
Paul’s fellow solid members Layla Taylor and Miranda McWhorter provided help in her try to seek out love on one other actuality present.
“I think Taylor deserves to find an actual pure example of love in somebody that respects her in and out of the room that she’s in,” Taylor mentioned. “I feel like Taylor’s (Frankie Paul) just deserving of that. So we’re excited. We’re so excited.”
McWhorter agreed, which suggests one thing as she and her now ex-husband Chase had been an enormous half of the “soft swinging” scandal that kicked the showcase. She instructed NCS, “You gotta be okay with whatever skeletons you got in that closet coming out.”
“You have to authentic and open and real about everything. I think the more reserved you are this might not be for you. And it’s hard,” McWhorter mentioned. “This is a hard world to be in. You have people that are judging you off of how you handle situations, off of how you operate. And it’s hard because people are only seeing such small glimpses into who you are as a person.”
New “Bachelorette” Paul is not the one one who has gotten a actuality crossover.
Cast members Jennifer Affleck and Whitney Leavitt had been chosen to compete on the newest season of “Dancing With the Stars.”
Affleck spoke with NCS quickly after she was eradicated from the dance competitors.
“It’s definitely a different vibe and it’s a different hard because with the ‘Secret Lives’ it can be very draining in the sense that there’s a lot of drama and it’s uncomfortable in that sense,” Affleck mentioned. “But ‘Dancing With the Stars’ is uncomfortable in the sense that it’s not only mentally demanding, but also it’s very physical.”
She mentioned she cherished how constructive “DWTS” was as a result of “everyone tries to stray away from drama and that was kind of nice for me to be able to be on a reality TV show that doesn’t fixate on drama.”
Season 3 additionally consists of the heightened drama of discovering out what actually occurred concerning allegations of Jessi Ngatikaura being untrue to her husband and the unraveling of her and a few of the opposite ladies’s relationship with Demi Engemann, who has had pressure with more than just a few of them.
Ngatikaura admitted to having “all the emotions” about her private life taking part in out on air.
“I’m nervous clearly, because it’s a big story to share and I have no idea what the opinions will be,” she instructed NCS. “But I’m also relieved that it’ll be out there because it’s kind of been like a secret and no one’s known my dynamic and what happened in my relationship.”
“So at least it’ll be out there and I can talk about it openly, but I have no idea what the audience is going to feel,” she added.
Season 3 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” debuts Thursday on Hulu.