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

September 6, 20240
Taylor Frankie Paul was 29 when the series was filmed but is 30 now.

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The entire swinging scandal kicked off after Paul 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 dating Dakota Mortenson. They have one child together, Ever True, and Taylor documents her pregnancy on “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” She says in the series premiere that Mortenson is a “recovering addict.”

In the series premiere, Taylor opens up about the fallout after the swinger drama.

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

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Layla Taylor is 23 years old.

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

“Divorce isn’t something that’s encouraged in our church,” Taylor 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.”

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

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Jessi Ngatikaura is 32 years old.

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

Jessi denied in the series premiere that she and her husband were involved in the swinging.

“I’m way too busy and tired,” Jessi says in the premiere. “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.”

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Mikayla Matthews is 24 years old.

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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.

Mayci Neeley and Jacob Neeley
Mayci Neeley was 28 years old at the time of filming but is 29 now.

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