10 Shocking Reveals in The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

Top 10 Shocking Reveals & Bombshells in The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the craziest things we found out on the first season of this controversial Hulu series.

#10: The Chippendales Show

Mormon wives have fun, too. Just don’t tell their husbands. A fun outing to the Chippendales show would be no big deal on another series. On this show, though, it ends up causing some major blow-ups among the married Mormon MomTokers. The girls get to go behind the scenes and Jen Affleck knows right away what the fallout will be when her husband, Zac, finds out what’s going on. She and Taylor Frankie Paul end up leaving the theater before the performers even hit the stage, but it doesn’t help. Both women face heat from their partners and it leads to a conversation about what is and isn’t appropriate for Mormon women to do.

#9: Whitney’s Pregnancy Test

Throughout season one, Whitney Leavitt proves she never does anything the conventional way. She continues that streak in the season finale. Not only is her pregnancy a major reveal, but she finds a very special way to announce the news to her family. So, what does she do? She puts her positive pregnancy test in the center of a cake and then serves it to them. It’s certainly innovative. It also raises a lot of safety concerns. Leavitt’s sister says what we are all thinking. This is probably one of the most unsanitary pregnancy announcements ever.

#8: Whitney’s $20,000 Deal

While these Mormon women are clearly trying to reinvent how the world sees their faith and community, some topics are still plenty sticky. When Whitney Leavitt is offered a lucrative promotional deal for an adult device, she has to do some soul-searching. There are a lot of important, enlightening conversations that are had which ultimately help Whitney make her decision in the end. She’s bracing against a church and a code of conduct that sees women’s sexuality as shameful, after all. The biggest shock, though, might be the amount of money involved here. Leavitt was offered $20,000 to promote the product.

#7: The Soft Swinging Scandal

It’s the scandal that started it all. Without the partner swapping controversy, there might never have been a show to make. All of MomTok was rocked by the swinging scandal that Taylor Frankie Paul exposed on her own TikTok. In the midst of her divorce, Paul opened up about her open relationship with her husband, and all hell broke loose on her tight-knit Mormon community. “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” immediately delves into how it affected her fellow MomTokers. It puts a human face on a controversy many of us watched, open-mouthed, from afar.

#6: The Real Reason Whitney Went to Hawaii

Whitney Leavitt is seen as a de facto figurehead of MomTok. However, her life is far from perfect. When she picked up and relocated to Hawaii for months, Leavitt placed the blame on Taylor Franke Paul’s scandals. But her castmates believe there was way more to it. She eventually admits that her marriage to Conner Leavitt was on the rocks, and they went away to heal. The reveal that Conner had a secret Tinder account and had been talking and exchanging photos with women on the app throughout his marriage to Whitney is hard to hear. Luckily, the group is there to listen and support, and Leavitt apologizes to Paul for using her as a scapegoat.

#5: The Truth Behind the NICU Dance Video

Whitney Leavitt knows a thing or two about getting hate online. The resident queen bee of “Mormon Wives” actually made headlines a few years ago for a TikTok she made while in the NICU with her child. Her dance video, filmed next to her infant who was recovering from RSV, became a hot topic and she was promptly lambasted for exploiting her child’s condition. The video comes up again while on a girls trip, when Demi Engemann alleges that Leavitt admitted she only did it for likes. In her confessional, Engemann alleges Leavitt said this after they had a ketamine therapy session, which is a whole can of worms all its own.

#4: The Sinner Sunday DM

Every Sunday, Mayci Neeley puts her platform to good use by encouraging her followers to submit their sinful confessions. Messy and hilarious as that already is, one Sinner Sunday confession kickstarts a whole new dramatic storyline. One of these anonymous users alleges that they were hooking up with Taylor Frankie Paul’s boyfriend, Dakota, while they were dating. This doesn’t do Dakota any favors with Neeley. She’s already been open about disliking him throughout the season. But it forces Neeley to make a decision to support her fellow mom or keep the secret from her. Of course, she tells her. It’s reality TV after all.

#3: Substance Therapy

Demi Engemann is unleashing an entirely different bombshell on the group when she casually drops that she and Whitney Leavitt have done ketamine therapy. Regardless of the real applications of the substance in therapeutic settings, it’s a crazy thing to drop in the middle of a conversation. More than that, given that Mormons generally abstain from various everyday substances like alcohol and even coffee, it’s a shocking development. This is a group where soda is treated like a controlled substance. Engemann has since gone on record about how beneficial the treatment has been for her marriage.

#2: Taylor Frankie Paul’s Arrest

Just when you think MomTok drama might be settling down, things go left for Taylor Frankie Paul. The very first episode of “Mormon Wives” ends with her arrest after an argument ensues between her and her boyfriend, Dakota. Paul appears in body cam footage, disheveled and crying. Soon after, she’s taken into custody on suspicion of domestic violence. The fallout within MomTok is equally dramatic. The group considers distancing themselves from Paul, whom they feel has worsened their image as a unit. The couple stay together despite this, with Paul eventually giving birth to their son.

#1: Whitney Leavitt Leaves MomTok

After only half a season of drama, Whitney Leavitt does the unthinkable. Following a confrontation with her co-stars on their girls trip, she officially makes her exit from the MomTok group chat. Leavitt even flexes her blocking finger, cutting off the MomTokers on all social media. If she thinks this will remove her from the drama, however, quite the opposite happens. At the end of the season, she is completely alienated from the group, and her attempts to be friends with them are rebuffed. She breaks up with MomTok, seemingly for good. They insist they can survive without her massive following. She’s not so sure. Hopefully there’ll be a season two to tell us how it all shakes out.

Which of these made you want another season of MomTok drama? Sound off in the comments.