Almost all the women on ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ deny being involved in the TikTok swinging scandal that made them famous — except two

Buckle up: the MomTok swinging scandal isn’t over yet.

Three years after Mormon mom influencer Taylor Frankie Paul publicly announced that she and her then-husband were divorcing after “soft swinging” within their friend group led to her catching feelings for another friend’s husband, she’s a full blown reality star. So are her friends from MomTok, the collective of Mormon mom influencers she caused a rift within when she went public with the scandal.

That rift resulted in a TV deal, and season one of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” was a hit, becoming Hulu’s most-watched unscripted premiere of 2024. But while season one of the series saw seven of the eight MomTok influencers deny involvement in the swinging scandal, the arrival of Taylor’s former best friend Miranda McWhorter in season two brings some new revelations.

Here’s a rundown of all of the couples involved in the show, and what they’ve said about the swinging scandal.

Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen

The swinging scandal kicked off after Taylor announced on social media that she and her then-husband, Tate Paul, were divorcing after “soft swinging” within their friend group. The two share two children, Indy and Ocean.

Taylor is currently in an on-again, off-again relationship with Dakota Mortensen. They have one child together, Ever True, and Taylor documented her pregnancy during season one of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” She describes Dakota in the series premiere as a recovering addict.

Taylor also opens up in the series premiere about the fallout after the swinger drama.

“What was frustrating though was all of the moms coming at me crying like, “This is ruining our lives, take it down, blah blah blah,’ and then they’re joking about it on their TikToks,” Taylor says. “I’m like, ‘This ruined your life and now you’re joking about it? I’m confused.'”

During a season two confessional, Taylor gives more detail on the swinging parties, saying that the swinging went beyond just kissing people who weren’t their partners.

She says she and another woman had sex with their respective husbands in the shower at the same time, and had sex in the same bed at the same time. Taylor also says that while in bed, they played a game in which the wives were blindfolded and had to guess which husband they were kissing.

Whitney Leavitt and Connor Leavitt

Whitney and her husband Connor share three children together: daughter Sedona and sons Liam and Billy. Whitney documented her third pregnancy on social media and on season two of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”

In the “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” premiere, Whitney opens up about a 2022 incident in which Connor was secretly on Tinder. She says that he had been on Tinder for their whole marriage, but he told her that he had never met up with anyone from the app, though he would exchange messages and photos with women. He later told Whitney he had a porn addiction.

Whitney says that she and Connor temporarily left Utah for Hawaii because of the Tinder incident, rather than to flee the MomTok swinger drama. She’s denied being involved in the swinging.

Layla Taylor

Layla Taylor is divorced and shares two sons with her ex-husband.

“Divorce isn’t something that’s encouraged in our church,” she told Today. “We’re definitely taught to keep our families together. Families are forever. It’s not something that I think they love, but I’m all for and I’m an advocate for making yourself happy.”

Layla told Today that she and her ex-husband agreed that their sons would not appear on screen in season one of the show.

Demi Engemann and Bret Engemann

Demi and Bret Engemann have what she calls “a bit of an age gap.” In the series premiere, she was 29 years old, while he was 46. They each have children from previous relationships: Brett has two sons, and Demi has one daughter, Maude.

“The father of all fathers to his two sons,” Demi said of Brett in a Father’s Day post. “I’ve never seen a dad so involved or love their kids harder, the most devoted step-dad to Maude, and future father to our own children one day.”

In the series premiere, Demi says that she had been at some parties where the swinging was happening, but she was completely unaware. She said that her husband, Brett, had “picked up on the vibe” from some of the other husbands in the group.

Demi says in a confessional that she and Brett “do not share,” but that Taylor told her that she thought it would have been fun to swing with them.

Jessi Ngatikura and Jordan Ngatikaura

Jessi married Jordan Ngatikaura after divorcing her previous husband. They have three children: Jagger, Peyton, and Jovi.

In the series premiere, Jessi denies that she and her husband were involved in the swinging scandal.

“I’m way too busy and tired,” she says. “By the end of the night I barely want to have sex with my husband half the time. I just don’t know if I could handle, like, four other guys.”

Jen Affleck and Zac Affleck

Jen said in an Instagram post that she and Zac met when she was 18. People magazine reported that Jen and Zac Affleck were married in 2019. They share two children, Nara and Luca, and Jen is pregnant with their third.

Despite Jen’s claims in season one that Zac is the actor Ben Affleck’s cousin, it’s not true.

The couple addresses the confusion in season two, with Zac explaining that he’s not related to Affleck, but it’s been a running joke, and Jen ran with it.

Jen says in a season one confessional that she was not a part of the swinging.

Mikayla Matthews and Jace Matthews

Mikayla met Jace when she was 16 and he was 21, and became pregnant before they were married. At the beginning of the series, they had been married for six years. They have three children together: Beckham, Haven, and Tommy.

Mikayla and Jace are expecting their fourth child, and she’s been documenting her pregnancy on social media.

Mayci Neeley and Jacob Neeley

Mayci told the Mirror in 2022 that she met her husband, Jacob Neeley, while she was raising her son Hudson as a single parent following the death of his father, Arik Mack. They were married in 2018 and share a daughter, Harlow.

In February, Mayci revealed that she’s pregnant with her second child with her husband.

In a May 2022 TikTok, Mayci posted a video “clearing my name” amid the swinging drama.

Miranda McWhorter

Miranda used to be best friends with Taylor and is one of the original members of MomTok.

Miranda and her then-husband, Chase McWhorter, initially denied being part of the swinging scandal when Taylor’s story went viral in 2022. But in 2024, Chase revealed in an interview with Us Weekly that he and Miranda attended hangouts with other couples, which involved drinking a lot of alcohol and playing games like spin the bottle.

Miranda and Chase, who share two children, announced their divorce in 2024 and have said that the scandal wasn’t one of the reasons for their breakup.

Miranda, now a single mom, appears in season two of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and comes clean about the role she played in the swinging scandal.

In the season two premiere, Miranda says that she played spin the bottle and kissed other people, but maintains that “no one had sex ever.”

Miranda later says that she regretted denying Taylor’s claims, but at the time, she was focused on protecting her reputation as a Mormon.

Palmer Haasch contributed to a previous version of this story.

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