The reality showThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wivesis heating up as filming for the second season begins, with new revelations shaking up the cast’s lives.
HighlightsTaylor Frankie Paul leaked footage of ‘soft-swinging’ parties causing a scandal in the MomTok community.Kenna Rowley and her ex-husband accused of instigating the ‘soft-swinging’ scandal.‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ becomes Hulu’s top-rated show, outperforming ‘The Kardashians’.
Taylor provided what she referred to as “receipts,” revealing text messages in which Kenna told her: “I’m drunk, and I wish I were kissing you.”
The show explores the aftermath of the MomTok community, which imploded in May 2022 when Taylor revealed that she, her ex-husband, Tate, and several other couples in their Utah Mormon community were involved in swapping sexual partners at parties.
“The whole group was intimate with each other. Tate made out with several girls, I made out with several guys, and vice versa,” Taylorexplainedafter revealing the affair.
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Taylor Frankie Paul, the central figure behind the MomTok swinging scandal, accused a female member of “instigating” the affair, sharing a video of the two kissing
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Taylor’srevelationcomes after Kenna took to the platform to express her regret at having participated in the swinging parties, revealing that her experience contributed to the breakdown of her marriage.
“She never asked to stop; she was one of theinstigators, and sent her husband to get me,” Taylor wrote in the video. “But you tell your side, sis.”
The partner exchange arrangement inside Taylor’s Mormon community forbade intercourse between the participants, limiting their involvement to kissing and teasing. The practice, dubbed “soft-swinging,” naturally led to Taylor getting involved in a full-swinging affair, which broke her first marriage.
The revelation of Kenna’s involvement providedcrucial cluesthat led many in Taylor’s audience to connect the dots and assume Kenna and her husband were the ones with which Taylor “cheated” on her former partner.
The first season ofThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wiveswas a success. It became Hulu’s top-rated unscripted show, surpassing evenThe Kardashiansin ratings.
Proof of this is the reception of Taylor’s reveal. Many of her viewers had already seen Kenna’s video and jumped from one channel to the other as the drama unfolded.
“It’s 6 a.m., and my jaw is dropped. I saw Kenna’s videos yesterday; they made no sense to me, and then this?” one fan wrote.
“You best believe I hopped over to Kenna’s page quickly,” another stated.
Taylor became a TikTok sensation under the hashtag#MomTok, which compiles a variety ofMormonmothers showing their lifestyles, families, dances in skimpy outfits, and other miscellaneous activities.
The massive popularity ofher channelis due to the idyllic life it showcases. The apparent perfection of Taylor’s life was instrumental in explaining the shock that the “soft-swinging” reveal was to her viewers.
Hulu has promoted the show as the story of women sexually liberating themselves from the shackles of a restrictive belief system, which has offended adherents of the Church
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“We want to change the stigma of gender roles in Mormon culture,” one of themotherssays in the promotional video.
“I hate for Mormon women to be portrayed as restricted or lesser than men because that is not at all what the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) teaches,” wrote one follower.
“Anyone who knows anything about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints knows what a complete and utter joke this is. It’s morally disgusting to flounce and disregard the commandments of God and then have the audacity to say that you are a member of this faith,” said another.
“What an absolute FLEX! Everybody in the group caught feelings for you,” another said, referencing the video.
“I saw Kenna’s video first, and then this. MY JAW IS ON THE FLOOR,” said a follower.
“I grew up in a heavily populated Mormon community, and I can assure you this is NOT the norm. I still keep in touch with many of them, and monogamy is essential in their relationships,” a detractor stated.
“These gals today are free to call themselves what they like. None of it, however, has much to do with the church’s teachings,” another argued.
“Guessing they weren’t thinking of how their kids would react to seeing mom and dad with other people. There’s going to be a lot of therapy.”
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