Paddy McGuinness jokes 'where do I sign up?' in very cheeky chat with Mormon Wives stars as they tell him about their swingers lifestyle and risque 'Daddy' lip tattoo

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Paddy McGuinness joked 'where do I sign up?' in a cheeky This Morning interview with Mormon Wives stars as they told him all about the cast's swingers lifestyle.
Paddy, 51, joined Alison Hammond to present Friday's episode of the ITV chat show, which saw them chat to two stars from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives - Whitney Leavitt and Jessi Ngatikaura.
The American Disney+ reality show, the second series of which came out earlier this month, follows a group of Utah-based Mormon mothers and TikTok influencers.
The programme captured attention after cast member, Taylor Frankie Paul, went viral for admitting her husband and she had been swinging with other Mormon couples.
But Paddy, who split from his wife and mother of his three children Christine in 2022 after 11 years of marriage, didn't appear dissuaded as he joked about joining the show and becoming a Mormon husband.
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Reality star Whitney Leavitt pulled back her bottom lip to reveal the tattoo, which read 'Daddy'
Seemingly referring to the so-called 'soft-swinging' scandal - with the term denoting romantic and sexual intimacy outside a partnership, without full intercourse - Paddy joked: 'Where do I sign up? I'm in!'
As he thanked the guests for coming on the show, he then did a double fist pump.
During the interview, Alison made it clear that Whitney and Jessi no not participate in the swinging lifestyle, clarifying: 'Let's be clear, Whitney and Jessi did not "soft swing".'
Paddy then cheekily interjected, referring to other cast members who are swingers as he quipped: 'Doesn't make them bad people.'
Alison agreed: 'No, it doesn't', before Jessi joked: 'Maybe next season!'
Jessi - who left the faith several years ago but still features on the show due to her continuing links to Mormon family and friends - then explained some of the values of the religion.
They include not having tattoos - but both women admitted they do actually have inkings themselves.
Whitney revealed, 'I actually have one too but mine's hidden', gesturing to her mouth.
Alison said, 'So naughty, you've got a tattoo in the mouth?', adding: 'You are the naughtiest Mormon wives!'
Jessi, who encouraged Whitney to show off the ink, commented jokingly, 'You have like a hardcore tattoo', before adding: 'No, she's like a bad Mormon!'
Whitney then pulled back her bottom lip to reveal the tattoo, which cheekily read 'Daddy'.
Alison turned to her co-host Paddy to ask, 'Do you know what it says?', before he confirmed: 'I do, it says Daddy!'
He then asked jokingly: 'Sorry, I just need to check, does that say Paddy?' as the studio descended into laughter.
An amused Jessi quickly replied, 'Yes, it does, she's a fangirl', while Paddy responded: 'Oh, right, OK, it's meant to be!'
The two Mormon wives explained another aspect of the faith means they are unable to drink coffee, as part of treating their body as a temple.
They instead drink fizzy beverages, mixed with a variety of flavoured creams and syrups - and brought in their regular orders for Alison and Paddy to try.
Both were very complimentary about the drinks, praising how delicious they were, with Alison saying lightly: 'Could I join the Mormon wives? How do I do it?'
But Paddy interjected to say: 'More importantly, how do I become a Mormon husband? These are the main questions, how do we become a Mormon husband?'
Jessi jokingly replied: 'You got to get married in the temple, you gotta move to Utah, go to BYU [Mormon-sponsored university in Utah], there's so many requirements.'
Towards the end of the interview, Alison praised Jessi for being so open about the cosmetic surgery procedures she has undergone.
'You're so open Jessi, like I know you've had a little bit of surgery down below and you've had some surgery up above as well, you've had a breast reduction', she said.
The reality star confirmed, 'Yeah, everywhere!', before Alison cheekily continued, turning to Paddy: 'Which you're not happy about are you?'
A taken aback Paddy stuttered: 'Sorry, I came on the tail end of this, I was still thinking about... [a comment made just before about Whitney being a Great British Bake Off fan].'
Jessi quipped, 'He's like, "I just heard breast, what?"'
'You're so open Jessi, like I know you've had a little bit of surgery down below and you've had some surgery up above as well, you've had a breast reduction', Alison said
Jessi also noted that the very popular Mormon Wives reality show was only commissioned because of her co-star Taylor's frank admissions online about swinging - despite the sexually conservative reputation of Mormonism.
She said: 'Well, I think Taylor was the one who originally came out with it because there were rumours going around about her and she's like, "I'm going to set the record straight", which thank God she did because we got a show so…!'
Paddy's divorce from former model Christine, 37, was finalised last summer, following their split in 2022.
The couple share three kids - ten-year-old twins, Penelope and Leo, and seven-year-old daughter Felicity - who are all autistic.
Despite their split, they remain living under the same roof at their £2.5million family home in Cheshire for the sake of their young family.
But earlier this year, MailOnline revealed Paddy had put their £6.5million Cheshire house up for sale.
Christine had reportedly grown increasingly tired of cohabiting with Paddy, who was happy for the arrangement to continue.
Christine had already flown to Ibiza to begin filming with the rest of the cast but told fans she was 'returning home to her family' after a change of heart
Speaking about their split, Christine said: 'I've never spoken about the reasons for our divorce, and I don't know if I ever will.
'It was a difficult time. It wasn't something that, you know, I just decided to do overnight, or that we chose to do.
'We tried, and, yeah, there just, unfortunately, there was no repairing it, you know?'
Christine also pulled out of her scheduled appearance on Celebs Go Dating earlier this month, revealing she felt it was 'too soon' for her to date so publicly following her divorce.
Christine had already flown to Ibiza to begin filming the series with the rest of the cast but told fans she was 'returning home to her family' after having a change of heart.
Revealing the news on Instagram at the start of this month, she said: 'I joined Celebs Go Dating with great intentions but have realised that dating on a public platform and the attention is brings is just too soon for me.'
She added she may appear in the future though: 'They've said the door is always open for me which I'm so grateful but for now I'm returning home to my family.'
This Morning is available to watch on ITV on weekdays at 10am and to stream on ITVX.