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The viral Mormon scandal that exploded on TikTok two years ago is getting a Hulu docuseries titled The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
The six-part documentary, which will premiere on the streaming platform in September, will chronicle how “a scandalous world of a group of influential Mormon mothers implodes when they get caught in the middle of a sex scandal,” according to Variety“Now, their sisterhood has been shaken to its foundations. Faith, friendship, and reputation are at stake. Can #MomTok survive and continue to defy the rules, or will this group fall from grace?”
Taylor Frankie Paul, the Utah influencer at the center of the Mormon swinger drama, will appear in the documentary, as will momfluencers Demi Engemann, Jennifer Affleck, Jessi Ngatikaura, Layla Wessel, Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Mathews and Whitney Leavitt.
For those unaware, the internet was captivated by the inner workings of Mormon #MomTok after Paul announced that she and her husband, Tate Paul, were getting a divorce. During a livestream in 2022, the influencer, now 30, revealed that she had engaged in some “soft swinging” within her group of married friends.
In her video, Paul explained that she and Tate, who share two children together, had an “agreement” in their relationship, but she “went off that agreement” by going “all the way” with an unnamed man in their close-knit community.
“The whole group was intimate with each other,” she said. “It wasn’t like I was dating my friend’s husband. It was like we were at a party, I got aggressive and we went out to play alone instead of with the whole group,” she said.
However, Tate told her followers that her fellow Mormon momfluencers were “shunning” her, despite other members of her friend group being involved in the sex drama. Unsurprisingly, her comments led many people on the internet to puzzle out which TikTok stars were involved in the sex scandal, though several Mormon #MomTokers have denied their involvement.
Following the swinging drama, Paul debuted his new relationship with boyfriend Dakota Mortensen on social media in August 2022. She was arrested on charges of assault and domestic violence in February of last year. Paul later pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, while the other four charges were dismissed without prejudice. He reached a plea deal last September.
That same month, Paul announced that she and Mortensen were expecting their first child together. The influencer, who shares daughter Indy, six, and son Ocean, three, with her ex-husband, welcomed son Ever in March of this year.
He Secret Lives of Mormon Wives It is produced by Jeff Jenkins, known for reality shows. The Simple Life, Keeping Up With the Kardashiansand Bling EmpireThe six episodes of the unscripted series will air on Hulu in the United States on Friday, September 6.
