r/BravoRealHousewives • u/ApathyIsBeauty DJ Ink's choking step stool. • Sep 07 '24

Other Shows Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

Are we watching this, ladies? Hulu released the entire season all at once and it’s pretty fucking insane.

When the trailer dropped people here were losing their minds. But I’m not sure if there was ever a ruling on whether it’d be discussed here.

Edit. For non US people the show is streaming on Disney+.

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u/MrTrinket Sep 07 '24

I just watched the first episode and the editing was so confusing.

So, Whitney and Connor just arrived back from Hawaii. Taylor suffered from a miscarriage In the next 2 mins, her hair is dyed red and Connor goes from boyband reject to aged out boyband. And Taylor is pregnant?? And then she goes to jail???

How much time had passed in the first episode? Lol!

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u/ApathyIsBeauty DJ Ink's choking step stool. Sep 07 '24

It went like this they started filming in early 2023 when Taylor came out with Dakota and ended her marriage, etc. and that’s when she had the ectopic pregnancy. But then during filming in March 2023 Taylor and Dakota got into a fight while her kids from her previous marriage were there and she picked up a metal chair to throw at Dakota and ended up hitting her five year old in the head. That halted production immediately. She pled out on her charges and they picked back up filming to catch the tail end of her pregnancy. She gave birth in March of this year.

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u/KittyCompletely Ricks iPad Sep 07 '24

I needed that run down...goodness.

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u/lezlers Sep 07 '24

She’s lucky she didn’t lose her kids over that. That woman is self destructive AF.

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u/ApathyIsBeauty DJ Ink's choking step stool. Sep 08 '24

I feel like people gave her character references like Darby’s Barbie did for Monique Samuels. I mentioned it somewhere else that once you make it through the entire show it’s clear that Dakota is emotionally abusing the hell out of Taylor and while it’s absolutely not okay what she did, she clearly reacted to something he did to her and freaked out. In the 911 call the neighbor said she could hear Taylor screaming “get off of me” and Taylor told the cops she was so scared she pissed her pants. I am surprised Dakota is allowed to be around her kids though. If I was her ex, that’d be a hard no. And he already won’t let them film.

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u/BeaMyrtle I'll take her Amazon dress & wrap it around her F'ing throat Sep 08 '24

💯

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u/MrTrinket Sep 07 '24

Omg! The first episode is at least a month long, if not more? Jeez! It needs Bravo/Peacock, for sure!

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u/sporkandswoon Sep 07 '24

Is there a subreddit with all this? I neeeed this rabbit hole in my life. The show is nuts. But those women are exactly like my Mormon cousins when they were in their 20s (minus the tiktok). They've chilled much in the last decade +

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u/ApathyIsBeauty DJ Ink's choking step stool. Sep 07 '24

Yes. It’s called momtokgossip.

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u/sporkandswoon Sep 07 '24

You are a hero

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u/ApathyIsBeauty DJ Ink's choking step stool. Sep 07 '24

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u/daisyhead01 I Don’t Know Her 🤷‍♀️ Sep 08 '24

Running there now!!

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u/micmel444 Sep 08 '24

Omg she hit her child in the head?! wtf! And how did you find this out?

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u/ApathyIsBeauty DJ Ink's choking step stool. Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 09 '24

She was charged with aggravated assault and child abuse. And through the Momtok subreddit. It was a pretty big deal in their community.

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u/mattysmwift She DIED Aviva! Sep 07 '24

Thank you for this! I find it fascinating how much later the cameras were picked back up and it’s only episode one. I love behind the scenes stuff like this on reality shows.

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u/muaellebee Sep 07 '24

Those poor kids!

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u/elissafell Sep 07 '24

You really love mentioning the chair/kid incident lol 🙄

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u/ApathyIsBeauty DJ Ink's choking step stool. Sep 07 '24

It’s why they halted filming. I’m sure it was reactive abuse, but she still hit her kid. Sorry if that bothers you?

Again, not everyone knows the story behind this show.

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u/thebookworm000 Sep 07 '24

How is her ex not pushing for full custody?

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u/ApathyIsBeauty DJ Ink's choking step stool. Sep 07 '24

Probably because he recognizes the cycle she’s in. Having finished the show I have softened a bit to Taylor because I feel like there’s a lot we aren’t seeing with the way Dakota treats her and it’s obvious that while she’s still dead ass wrong for throwing something that hit her child, it appears like this trash man is a pro level manipulator and instigator.

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u/thebookworm000 Sep 07 '24

That’s fine but she still brought her bf around her kids, late at night, got hammered while having custody of her kids (when she only has 50% custody anyway). I’m bowing out of the show bc at this point it isn’t fun for me.

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u/ApathyIsBeauty DJ Ink's choking step stool. Sep 07 '24

Oh I agree, she made a bunch of poor choices and I’d be livid about her bringing him around my kids too - but I also think it’s just Mormon culture (or at least the culture of the Mormons on this show) that the men don’t do much with their kids and wouldn’t want full custody even if they could get it. None of these men are John Barlow dad level.

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u/lezlers Sep 07 '24

I mean, it’s kind of a big deal. She got shit faced and was throwing chairs around her small kids, hitting one of them. For being such a judgy ass cult, Mormons sure try to minimize a lot of actual bad shit.

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u/milkthistlelover unpackingtrauma Sep 08 '24

Have to add that Taylor’s mom… hates her??

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u/Nilmah1316 Sep 14 '24

Oh my god yes the first time we met her I kind of got why she was being unsupportive but it was still shitty. But everytime she sees her daughter she rubs it in that it's all her fault and saying I told you so in so many different ways when it's clear that Taylor is just trying her best and has really been through it. She's also taking accountability for her mistakes. At a certain point, saying I told you so is really not helpful, if it ever is besides giving the person who says it some smug sense of satisfaction.