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The MomTokers of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives are lastly the place they belong: on a reunion sofa speaking about all of the insane drama from the previous two seasons of their Hulu actuality present. For some purpose, Nick Viall (of The Bachelor and podcast fame) is the host for this train, however he does a principally positive job conserving the women on monitor and increasing empathy to them and their companions when warranted.
Your complete reunion is an hour and 40 minutes lengthy, and quite a lot of it’s filler; what number of instances can we recap the swinging scandal that began all of this three years in the past? However the reveals, once they occur, are satisfying. Seize your soiled sodas and a few ketamine — right here, every part you should know in regards to the SLOMW reunion, airing at this time on Hulu.
One of the crucial complicated story strains on the second season of SLOMW includes Marciano Brunette, a solid member on one other nascent Hulu actuality present, Vanderpump Villa. In a formidable show of company synergy, a number of the MomTok girls visited the villa previous to filming SLOMW season two, and so they blended it up with the wait workers there, together with Marciano. Initially, the Mormon wives accused Demi Engemann of being too flirty with Marciano within the villa, however by the top of season two, Layla Taylor sat down with the person himself, and he alleged that he really had intercourse along with her (now-former) greatest buddy, Jessi Ngatikaura.
Nick did his greatest within the reunion to settle the rumors, however he had two forces working in opposition to him: Demi didn’t present as much as the reunion in particular person, and Jessi declined to speak about her experiences with Marciano as a result of they may play out on season three of SLOMW. “There’s no secrets and techniques. We’re exposing all of it,” she mentioned. Simply not but. (She pointedly wasn’t sporting her wedding ceremony ring.)
Jessi did reveal, nonetheless, that Demi and Marciano exchanged texts by which Demi made jokes about oysters and “swallowing c*m.” (Sure, Demi self-censored.) So we all know, no less than, that Demi did flirt with Marciano, albeit in an attention-grabbing means.
It positive appears that means. On the shut of season two, many of the wives had turned in opposition to her — most notably her onetime BFF Jessi. Demi made an enormous push to oust MomTok’s authentic chief, Taylor Frankie Paul, from the group, and Taylor responded by revealing that Demi had disparaged Jessi’s hair-salon-and-extensions enterprise, JZ Types, behind her again. This understandably didn’t sit nicely with Jessi.
Demi didn’t present as much as the reunion — she claimed she had a preplanned household journey to Disneyland — however she did sit down for a one-on-one interview with Nick, by which she expressed little regret for her actions in opposition to Taylor and Jessi. Actually, she doubled down, claiming that Layla, Whitney Leavitt, and Jen Affleck all mentioned they didn’t like getting their hair coloured at JZ Types. (They denied this.)
However by skipping the reunion, Demi missed out on an opportunity to reply to one of many largest reveals of the evening. Jen, who had her personal falling-out with Demi in the beginning of the season over an unwelcome, beginner Chippendales efficiency, performed a recording of a cellphone name Demi made to her earlier than filming by which she requested Jen to not discuss what occurred with Marciano on-camera.
Hilariously, Demi steered on the decision that Jen inform producers that she really admires how open and sincere Demi’s marriage is. This clearly didn’t occur, and Jen and her husband, Zac Affleck, alleged that Demi despatched them a cease-and-desist afterward to forestall them from discussing Marciano. Eep.
MomTok’s most dramatic on-again, off-again couple appeared collectively on the reunion, however Taylor informed Nick that they may “by no means” get again collectively in actual life. She did admit, nonetheless, that they’re nonetheless form of hooking up. (Nick famous that they posted images of themselves licking one another at Stagecoach this yr.) Sigh. I hope Taylor finds peace.
The reunion concluded with one other beautiful show of company synergy: Two of the wives are going to be contestants on ABC’s upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars! Congratulations to Jen and Whitney. It is a good reminder that each one of this began with the ladies dancing to trending audio on TikTok.
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