The Secret Lives of Mormon WivesCast: Meet Mormon Mom Influencers Rocked by Swinging Sex Scandal (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Frankie Paul, Mayci Neeley and Layla Taylor.Photo:Disney/Pamela Littky(3)

Disney/Pamela Littky(3)

The Mormon moms of TikTok are ready to bring their story to the small screen.

Just weeks before the premiere ofThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Hulu’s new series that follows the aftermath of a sex scandal that made international headlines, PEOPLE is giving viewers a closer look at the cast.

One of the stars of the reality series isTaylor Frankie Paul, who shocked the #MomTok community in June 2022 when she announced her divorce from her husband and opened up about their “soft swinging” lifestyle — a reference to being intimate outside their marriage, with restrictions.

In the process, the TikToker, who now has 4.1 million followers, ended up implicating some of her fellow “MomTok” influencers.

Taylor Frankie Paul.Disney/Pamela Littky

Disney/Pamela Littky

At the time, Taylor, now 30, explained that the couple agreed that they wouldn’t “go all the way,” but she admitted that she “did step out of that agreement.”

That July, Taylor introduced her new boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, as the guy she “cheated with” — and she recently welcomed her third child, whom she shares with her boyfriend.

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Along with the sex scandal, Taylor wasarrested in February 2023on suspicion of misdemeanor charges of assault, criminal mischief and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child after a fight with Dakota.

Demi Engemann.Disney/Pamela Littky

Another cast member is Demi Engemann, 30.

The influencer, whohas over 304,000 followers on TikTok, is divorced, remarried and now has a blended family with three kids. “I feel passionately about sharing my journey through motherhood and empowering other women through theirs too," she says.

Jen Affleck.Disney/Pamela Littky

Meanwhile,Jen Affleck— who shares two children with her husband Zac Affleck, a cousin of famous brothersBenandCasey Affleck— says she’s “excited to talk about the things that have happened in my relationship.”

“It feels like we got ten years of marriage counseling in this one season of filming,” she adds.

Jessi Ngatikaura.Disney/Pamela Littky

Fellow cast memberJessi Ngatikaura, 32, considers herself the “grandma of the group” and owns a hair school and extension company called JZ Styles.

She has been doing hair for over 10 years now. Divorced and remarried, Jessi also has a blended family with three kids.

Layla Taylor.Disney/Pamela Littky

Meanwhile, fellow cast memberLayla Tayloris the youngest of the group, although at 23, she’s already navigating life as a single mother of two after divorce.

Mayci Neeley.Disney/Pamela Littky

As forMayci Neeley, the former D1 tennis player at Brigham Young University is also the founder of a natal nutrition company. Additionally, the 29-year-old wife has two kids in a blended family and is currently on an in vitro fertilization (IVF) journey to expand her family.

Mikayla Matthews.Disney/Pamela Littky

Former teen momMikayla Matthews, 24, says the show “really gets to the raw things that we are going through.”

“We wanted to show the different sides to the religion,” adds Matthews, who is now married with three kids.

Whitney Leavitt.Disney/Pamela Littky

Rounding out the cast isWhitney Leavitt, 31, who is now married with two kids and pregnant with her third.

All episodes of the eight-episode series will premiere on Hulu on Friday, Sept. 6.

source: people.com