20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives viewers all say same thing after season two
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives returned to Disney+ last week and viewers cant get enough of the explosive drama that has them all left saying the same thing.
Season two of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has landed on Disney+ and if the goal was to shock and provoke, it has succeeded.
The new 10-episode season dives even deeper into the hidden underworld of Utah's most camera-ready religious influencers - the 'MomTok' group - peeling back the layers of religion to reveal a world filled with cheating rumours, swinging confessions and casual ketamine use.
The show follows around the 'MomTok' group - Taylor Frankie Paul, Jen Affleck, Demi Engemann, Whitney Leavitt, Mikayla Matthews, Mayci Neeley, Jessi Ngatikaura, Layla Taylor and Miranda McWhorter - who are supposed to follow strict Mormon beliefs.
These include no sex before marriage, no coffee or alcohol and no adultery, yet these acts still find a way into the show.
The group of mums preach that 'MomTok' is all about 'empowering women' and the show leans heavily into the language of empowerment and modern womanhood away from religion.
Throughout the season we see cast members Jessi and Jen speak about the reason for 'MomTok' and preach about empowerment.
As Jen tells her husband Zac: "As a group we're trying to influence the world. We're trying to empower women," to which Zac replied: "But you guys just s**t on each other."
While new-comer Miranda, seems conflicted on the 'girl-hood' vibe of 'MomTok' as she is shown in a confessional saying: "I can't help but wonder. If this is what women support women looks like, cause it certainly doesn't feel like it."
This has prompted viewers to take to social media, and voice their opinion on what 'MomTok' is really about. During a lengthy Reddit thread, they discussed what 'MomTok' looks like to viewers of the show.
"Perhaps I'm being too cynical," one user wrote, "but I don't believe the narrative that MomTok is meant to empower and support women. Maybe in the very beginning, but it's become a business for these women."
A second viewer was not so convinced with the 'empowering women' side to 'MomTok', calling out the cast to be more 'real'. They said: "Please for the love of Joseph Smith, STOP with the 'MomTok is all about women supporting women!' b*****t. No one believes this drivel. Y'all certainly don't! And we the viewers DEFINITELY don't fall for it."
While a third highlighted that the show is full of petty conflict, husband-blaming and fighting, as they wrote: "It's about women supporting women!" Proceeds to centre men and misogyny at every turn."
As another viewer simply stated: "'Women support women' is a phrase they all use so so much that it's virtually meaningless. None of these women are feminists lmao."
Although not everyone felt so strong about the issue, as one viewer stated: "Who cares what they think MomTok is all about, it is great television."
Season one and two of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wife is available to stream on Disney+ now.
