The not so secret life of Mormon Wives star Taylor Paul: who is the TikTok famous mom?
TAYLOR Frankie Paul first came to be known as a #MomTok creator but she has since been whipped up in scandal and controversy.
The cast member of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, revealed the “sex swinging scandal” and ever since fans of the show have been desperate to know more.
The mother-of-three has accumulated over 646k Instagram followers, as of September 2024.
She has not shied away from scandal and was even tagged in a Cosmopolitan video offering threesome advice.
Who is Taylor Paul?
Taylor Frankie Paul was born on May 23, 1994 in Utah.
At the time of her rising TikTok stardom, Taylor was married to Tate Paul.
The pair have had two children together, Indy and Ocean.
Following the cheating scandal which was leaked online, the pair divorced.
Taylor has since begun a relationship with Dakota Mortensen, who she allegedly committed adultery with.
In March 2024, the couple welcomed their son, Ever True, into the world.
The Hulu reality show star has been open about having a miscarriage before Ever True.
Where is Taylor Paul from?
Taylor has remained in Utah with her three children.
Despite having a social media following before the show, she went viral after admitting a “soft swinging” experience with one of the other girls in the show.
She explained that this was something she did with her then husband, Tate, describing it as an encounter where you “just hook up but you don’t go all the way”.
In the May 2022 video, she acknowledges there was an occasion where she was intimate without Tate present and that this was outside of their marital agreement.
Taylor also suggested that the scandal extended to others in the group but never named other participants directly.
She said: “No one was innocent. Everyone hooked up with, like, everyone in this situation.”
Her controversial background did not end there as she was arrested in the state in February 2023.
This led to the reality star being charged with assault and domestic violence in the presence of a child.
The following year she reached a plea deal after admitting guilt to aggravated assault.
Many of her fans were shocked at the discovery of her arrest due to her social media career being centred around family and her friends who are also Mormon mothers.
However, a year on from what Taylor has described as the “worst day” of her life, she took to TikTok to say that she was “one year sober” and that hitting “rock bottom” was a “wake-up call moment”.
What does Taylor Paul do for a living?
Before all of the controversy broke out and Taylor starred in the show, she was already a viral sensation.
From 2020, the mother participated in various online trends from dancing to parenting content.
She has referred to her Mormon friends as her “sister wives” before.
Alongside her social media status, Taylor runs her own clothing store called Happy Vally.
What is #MomTok?
In 2020, the group of Mormon women began creating and posting on TikTok.
They all have separate accounts meaning that there has been reams of content for fans to scroll through as most of the content creators share group videos, solo content and sometimes include their children and husbands.
The cast of the series extended to Mikayla Matthews, Whitney Leavitt Jen Affleck, Mayci Neeley, Demi Engemann and Jessi Ngatikaura.
After admitting the swinging scandal, Taylor seems to have been “shunned” from the friendship group ever since, proclaiming that the “majority” of MomTok were not involved.
All of the controversies from the show
In May 2022, Taylor and Tate officially announced their divorce on TikTok, after she was accused of cheating.
Soon after, Taylor revealed that she had been involved in soft swinging with some of her friendship group.
It was this that supposedly led inspired the creation of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
In July of that year, Taylor revealed she had a new partner, Mortensen.
Taylor was arrested after a report of domestic violence in February 2023.
A year on it was revealed that she pled guilt as part of a plea deal.
Taylor’s relationship with Mortensen appeared to be on the rocks in the Spring of 2023.
Captured in the show and revealed in the September airing, Taylor confides in a friend who later received a tip from a woman.
Believed to be called Jenna, the messaged on Instagram indicated that she has slept with Mortensen.
It is later confirmed in the show that Mortensen had lied at the beginning of his relationship with Taylor, and for a short time had dated both the reality cast member and Jenna.
Taylor appeared on The Viall Files podcast in September 2024 where she revealed she has attended therapy to work through this aspect of her relationship and has struggled to feel secure since.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Info
Hulu's newest reality series, which follows a group of #MomTok influencers, was released on Sepetmber 6.
- According to the show’s official synopsis, the series follows 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.”
- The scandal began in 2022 after MomTok frontrunner Taylor Frankie Paul revealed she was divorcing her ex-husband, Tate Paul.
- During a TikTok livestream, Taylor shared with her followers that the divorce was prompted by his involvement in “soft swinging” among the MomTok community.
- Taylor said she and Tate agreed they wouldn’t “go all the way” with the other members.
- “The whole group was intimate with each other,” she said, adding, “Tate has made out with several girls and other things, and I’ve made out with all of the husbands and vice versa.”
- Two months after the news went viral, Taylor revealed the man she “cheated with” was her new boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen.
- The series stars Taylor, Jen Affleck, Layla Taylor, Demi Engemann, Mayci Neeley, Jessi Ngatikaura, Mikayla Matthews, and Whitney Leavitt.