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Whitney Leavitt Shocked When Taylor Frankie Paul Announces a Miscarriage After Her Bombshell Marriage News

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Whitney Leavitt thought the news out of the MomTok meetup couldn't get any crazier than hers.

In an episode of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the influencer gathers the ladies to share news about struggles in her marriage to Conner Leavitt. While she was expecting support from her castmates, she wasn't expecting that her big news would be upstaged.

Following Whitney's tearful confession, fellow MomToker Ta...
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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Conner Leavitt Apologizes for Porn Addiction to Wife Whitney: 'I Had a Real Problem'

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Whitney Leavitt wants to live honestly and has her husband Conner's support.

In an episode of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the influencer sits down with Conner to talk about being honest with her friends about strains in their marriage.

The conversation quickly turns emotional, as Conner opens up about his struggles with porn consumption — an issue Whitney hid from her castmates as they dealt with the fa...
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Taylor Frankie Paul Says Domestic Violence Arrest Was 'Worst Night' of Her Life but a 'Blessing in Disguise'

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Taylor Frankie Paul isn't proud of the moments that play out at the end of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiere.

After a drunken night and an out-of-control argument with boyfriend Dakota Mortensen leads to her arrest, Taylor has a moment of clarity about her life's direction.

Taylor was arrested after the couple's argument got so heated that neighbors could hear screaming. In body camera footage shown o...
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Whitney Leavitt Reveals She Doesn't 'Feel Safe' Around Taylor Frankie Paul After She Exposed Soft-Swinging Scandal

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Whitney Leavitt isn't happy with how Taylor Frankie Paul's soft-swinging scandal put her and her family in the spotlight.

After months of not seeing each other, the two MomTokers sit down in the first episode of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to air grievances.

Early in the episode, Leavitt explains the initial draw of the MomTok group and how her association with them made her look like she and husband Con...
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Jessi Ngatikaura Confronts Whitney Leavitt About MomTok Group Drama, Calls Her 'Hard to Trust'

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Jessi Ngatikaura didn't mince words when hitting Whitney Leavitt with some tough love.

Amid Whitney's continued frustrations with the women of MomTok, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives influencer has a candid conversation with her close friend.

The two women sidebar during Layla Taylor's divorce party and Whitney explains she was hurt from being labeled a "user."

"Maybe it's not coming from a vicious place,...
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Mormon Wives' Whitney Leavitt Debates $20,000 Brand Deal — for a Sex Toy: 'Very Taboo'

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Whitney Leavitt is trying to balance her values with her finances.

In an episode of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the influencer is faced with a dilemma when Bellesa, a sex toy brand, offers her $20,000 to promote one of their products. The post would simply entail a photo and a caption, but Whitney still has hesitations.

“All I have to do is hold it and take a picture, just me, and post it on Instagram....
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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Star Mikayla Matthews Talks Comparisons to Famous Gossip Girl Star: ‘Manifesting a Meetup’ (Exclusive)

Mikayla Matthews is cool with being akin to a Queen Bee.

"I've gotten it before. So when I first started TikTok back in the beginning of 2020, I'd get it all the time. Even now when I meet people, they're like, 'Oh wow, you're Leighton [Meester],' or 'You look just like Blair,' she says, nodding to the actress' Gossip Girl character.

She's flattered by the comparison, adding, "I'm trying to manifest a meetup!"

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'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives'' 10 Biggest Bombshell Moments, from a Chippendales Visit to an Arrest

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has only just been released and already it's proving to be one of Hulu's most scandalous shows of 2024.

The show follows eight women — Jennifer Affleck, Demi Engemann, Whitney Leavitt, Mikayla Matthews, Mayci Neeley, Jessi Ngatikaura, Taylor Frankie Paul and Layla Taylor — who are living in and adjacent to the Mormon community in Utah. These aren't just regular moms — they're co...
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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Layla Taylor Says She 'Recently' Experienced Her First Orgasm (Exclusive)

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Layla Taylor is experiencing new things in a new chapter of her life.

Layla, 23, is one of the eight women to make up the cast of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Speaking with PEOPLE about how the women tackle the subject of sex, Layla says she's happy to be part of a group of women "normalizing" these conversations.

"It's not something you talk about on the daily. I think it's something that should be, tho...
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Will There Be a Season 2 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives? What the Cast Has Teased So Far

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Fans can’t get enough of #MomTok and the drama from Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. 

The new reality series — which premiered Sept. 5 — follows the lives of the Mormon moms that make up the viral TikTok #MomTok group as they deal with the aftermath of the “soft swinging" sex scandal that made headlines worldwide back in 2022. 

TikTok star and #MomTok founder Taylor Frankie Paul sent shockwaves throug...
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Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Cast on Going from Stay-at-Home Moms to 'Breadwinners': 'Shook Up Some Relationships' (Exclusive)

They may be MomTokers, but they're MomTokers who make serious cash.

Speaking with PEOPLE ahead of the release of the new Hulu reality series, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the TikTok influencers are opening up about if and how making more money than their partners impacts their relationships.

"In my situation, I came from a marriage where I was in a very financially secure situation and I didn't have to worry about it. So it was more just a creative outlet for me," Demi Engemann tells PE...
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Jennifer Affleck Worries Zac Affleck Will 'Divorce Me' After She Attends Chippendales Show

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

A girl's trip to a Chippendales show turned into a relationship-defining moment for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Jennifer Affleck.

On a girl's trip to Las Vegas in celebration of Layla Taylor's 23rd birthday, Jessi Ngatikaura sets up a surprise outing for her fellow members of "MomTok" — the online community launched by a group of Mormon influencers in Utah and now chronicled in the new Hulu show.

Never...
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Taylor Frankie Paul Was Labeled a 'Cheater' and 'Husband Stealer' After Her Divorce, So She Exposed the MomTok Sex Scandal

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Taylor Frankie Paul is getting real about how Reddit rumors led to the soft-swinging scandal that rocked MomTok.

Paul shocked the #MomTok community in June 2022 when she revealed that she and her husband, Tate Paul, were getting a divorce.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives follows the aftermath of Paul's marriage ending, leading her to expose that a group of friends from MomTok were "soft-swinging" and "had an...
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Jennifer Affleck Talks 'Tricky' Financial Dynamics in Her Traditional Mormon Marriage to Zac Affleck (Exclusive)

Jennifer Affleck is getting real about having a modern Mormon marriage.

The MomToker and star of Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives tells PEOPLE that the changing financial dynamics that have come with her success in social media and content creation have provided some challenges for her and her husband Zac Affleck.

"I definitely think it was tricky for me and my husband at first because he was the provider for the first couple of years. And it wasn't like he was just making little mone...
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Jennifer Affleck Confirms She's Never Met Her Husband's Famous Cousin Ben Affleck: 'Hoping to One Day' (Exclusive)

It's an interesting time to be Jennifer Lynn Affleck.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 25, tells PEOPLE that her married name has always raised eyebrows, but even more so recently following the news of her husband Zac's cousin Ben Affleck divorcing Jennifer Lopez.

Speaking with PEOPLE about the Hulu series ahead of its Sept. 6 premiere, Jen says that it's always been "interesting" being Jennifer Affleck, joking she's the "original."

"Especially because my name happens to be not only...
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Monica Reveals the Memory That Inspired Daughter Laiyah's 90s-Themed Skate Party for Her 11th Birthday (Exclusive)

A girl only turns 11 once!

Monica is all too aware of how special that milestone is — the singer was just 11 years old herself when she was first discovered by producer Dallas Austin in 1991. The moment sparked the beginning of an illustrious career that continues to serve her, over three decades later.

For all those reasons, Monica knew she wanted to go big to celebrate her daughter Laiyah's 11th birthday. Laiyah turned 11 on Monday, Sept. 3, getting to enjoy a birthday party with friends a...
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Alyson Court Reveals She Owns the Couch from 'Big Comfy Couch' — But It Doesn't Fit in Her House (Exclusive)

When Alyson Court got her first gig as a child actress, she had no idea it was setting her on the path to becoming a childhood favorite, as well.

The Canadian-born actress, now 50, was one of a lucky few kids getting opportunities on the production scene in Toronto in the 1980s.

"In Toronto, there weren't a lot of professional kids in film and television at the time. It just so happened that I was going to a school for the arts. You had to audition to get in — very much like Fame, but for yo...
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The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on '90s Feuds and Fandom — and How He Really Feels About Green Day (Exclusive)

After 36 years as a professional creative, Billy Corgan is still amazed at where his life has taken him.

A man of many talents, the 57-year-old is continuing to evolve alongside his bandmates in The Smashing Pumpkins, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, Katie Cole, Jack Bates and Kiki Wong. Corgan is also amidst a time of transformation himself as an entrepreneur and most importantly, as a soon-to-be father of three.

Catching up with PEOPLE, Corgan says that touring lately — with Green Day on the S...
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Man Gets Tattoo of Late Mom's Handwritten Diary Entry from Day of His Birth to Honor Her Memory (Exclusive)

A loving and bereaved son has gone viral for the special way in which he chose to honor his mom's memory.

Jake Bley recently shared a video on TikTok displaying his first-ever tattoo. Inked on his leg is a phrase from a diary entry written by his mom, Nicki. She wrote the passage on the day Jake was born prematurely.

"My mom was actually quite a young mom, so I had a very close relationship with her. She was always incredibly supportive of us kids and very, very nurturing," Jake tells PEOPLE...
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Woman Shows Up for Flight, Learns She Was Placed on Airline's No-Fly List Over a Mile-High Case of Mistaken Identity (Exclusive)

A 24-year-old woman who was ready to attend her sister's bachelorette party was shocked to arrive at the airport and learn that she had been placed on an airline's no-fly list.

Erin Wright was all set to travel but was having trouble checking in. When she asked an American Airlines employee at the airport for assistance, she learned the confusing news, as she explained in a now-viral TikTok.

"I just went to the help desk from American Airlines and asked them to check me in and they were real...
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Woman Buys 2-Bedroom Fixer-Upper House for $1, Plans on Moving in by End of the Month (Exclusive)

A North Dakota woman has a dollar and a dream — to fix up a house and make it her safe haven.

Tia, who goes by the username @tiatortillaaaa on TikTok, lives in a small town in North Dakota. When she found herself looking for a new house, she didn't anticipate the adventure ahead.

"Houses here are usually under $100,000 already. I was looking to sell the house that I'm in right now because the mortgage was more than what I needed. Because of the small town, I felt like if I sold my house, I c...
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A Bride Wanted to Get Married at Her Childhood Home, Her Dad Works for a Year to Turn It Into Her 'Dream Wedding Venue' (Exclusive)

Madison Proznick is one deeply grateful newlywed.

Not only did the bride get to marry the love of her life, Brandon Bowling, on Saturday, July 13, 2024, but she also got to enjoy her special day at her childhood home.

Speaking to PEOPLE about her wedding, Madison explains how she met her now-husband just before March 2020 changed lives around the globe.

"We met on March 1, 2020, right before the pandemic. It was a couple of weeks before our second date. Then we were away from each other fo...
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Assistant Principal Reveals the Clever Way She Took Her Son's First Day of School Photo Remotely from Work

Back-to-school season can be tough on busy parents, especially those who work in the education field themselves.

A Wilmington, North Carolina, mom named Kristine is one such parent. As a middle school assistant principal, Kristine is responsible for her new students on the first day of school. Many times, that means missing out on her own son's first day.

"I have to be at my school bright and early on the first day of school," she explains. "I don’t get to see my son on the morning of the fi...
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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and Wife Chloé Mendel Expecting Baby No. 3: 'An Exciting Time' (Exclusive)

Billy Corgan's family is getting just a little bit bigger!

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman, 57, and wife Chloé Mendel Corgan, 31, are expecting their third baby together, the couple confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

"We are overjoyed to announce that our family is growing!" the soon-to-be mom of three tells PEOPLE. "It’s an exciting time for us, although unexpected!” 

Not only are the couple excited to welcome a new little one to the family, but they took joy in sharing their pregnancy news w...
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