Bombshell revelations come to the surface…<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Words by Ruchira Sharma<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/491432214_18498588889015982_5248850886173111925_n.jpg” alt=”Secret Lives” title_text=”491432214_18498588889015982_5248850886173111925_n” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is officially back for season two, but it turns out the swinging scandal storyline of season one is far from over. A brand-new cast member is joining the fold and bringing with her first-hand experience of said event and the fallout.<\/p>\n Unlike the rest of Taylor Frankie Paul’s friends who starred in season one, Miranda McWhorter, this season\u2019s latest addition, was actually involved in the swinging scandal that sky-rocketed this group of Mormon wives to fame.<\/p>\n For anyone confused what this swinging scandal is. Here\u2019s a robust explanation of what exactly went down with a group of Mormons in Salt Lake City, and why it caused a giant splash online.<\/p>\n It all started in 2022. Over on TikTok, there were a group of mum influencers who regularly posted about their Mormon lifestyle \u2013 dubbed #MormonMomTok. Queen of the Mormon mums was Taylor Frankie Paul, who has over 4million followers on TikTok, and she broke the internet (or at least, #MomTok) when she revealed she and her husband, Tate Paul, were divorcing after she violated a swinging agreement they\u2019d made with their friends (that\u2019s code for cheating, right?).<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/175147_0711_V1-scaled-e1747325562632.jpg” alt=”Ana de Armas” title_text=”MIRANDA MCWHORTER” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] \u2018But no one was innocent, everyone has hooked up with everyone in the situation,\u2019 she continued. \u2018So yes, I\u2019m getting shunned\u2026 but it wasn\u2019t like I was going around hooking up with my friend\u2019s husband. We were at a party, I got belligerent, and we went and messed around by ourselves rather than with the whole group\u2026 it was a one-time thing because we were so gone.\u2019<\/p>\n If you\u2019re confused where Mormonism comes into this: swinging is not an accepted practice in the religion, in fact they are meant to abide by the so-called law of chastity which says, \u2018God approves of sexual activity only between a man and a woman who are married\u2026 Outside of marriage between a man and a woman, it is wrong to touch the private, sacred parts of another person’s body even if clothed.\u2019<\/p>\n So, you can see where we have scandal! After the news broke, TikTok sleuthers were obsessed with the lives of these Mormon mums, and any friend associated with Frankie Paul was assumed to be part of the swinging community \u2013 though a number denied being involved at all.<\/p>\n When Hulu\u2019s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives came out last year, it captured the aftermath of the drama exploding online as producers followed Frankie Paul’s friendship group – consisting of Demi Engemann, Jennifer Affleck, Jessi Ngatikaura, Layla Taylor, Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Matthews, and Whitney Leavitt – as they reacted to the scandal.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] ‘The scandalous world of a group of Mormon mom influencers implodes when they get caught in the midst of a swinging sex scandal that makes international headlines,\u2019 Hulu\u2019s description read. Only Frankie Paul has admitted to being involved in the swinging, with the rest of the cast denying any involvement.<\/p>\n Now however, one of Frankie Paul’s friends who admitted to being involved has joined the cast: Miranda Hope, previously McWhorter.<\/p>\n Hope was married to Chase McWhorter, who both initially denied being involved in the swinging but have since confessed. ‘There was a lot of fear, guilt and shame that played a role in that for me, things that I needed to address in my personal life between my marriage, my religion, all of that,’ Hope recently told People magazine. She and McWhorter divorced last year, with Chase also admitting they were involved in swinging parties.<\/p>\n \u2018It was never, like, conversations that led to this. It was, like, we were already all hanging out, having drinks \u2026 or maybe one of the guys would dare me and Taylor to kiss or something like that,\u2019 she told The Viall Files podcast this week. \u2018From there, is what would lead to other things.\u2019<\/p>\n She continued, \u2018I was very, very firm with the things that maybe other couples had done that I was not interested in doing. That\u2019s something I told Taylor, as well. \u2026 It was never, like, “This is a world [Chase and I were] going to explore. We want to be swingers.” It was just, kind of, circumstances we got ourselves into, and then things would happen.\u2019<\/p>\n The third couple involved in the swinging scandal was Kenna Gibbons and her ex-husband Brayden Rowley. In November last year, she posted a five-part series on TikTok saying it was one of the \u2018biggest mistakes\u2019 she\u2019s ever made. In fact, she claims that the reason her marriage fell apart was because her husband was the one that \u2018stepped outside the swinging agreement\u2019, as Taylor put it in her original confession. Brayden has not commented publicly.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”41.8px” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seriously…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":9921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9728"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9748,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9728\/revisions\/9748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}‘There was a lot of fear, guilt and shame.’<\/span><\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]