Weekend: Can #MomTok Even Survive This? 😬

You didn’t need a PhD in Bravo-ology to know The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives would inevitably take over your group chat. For those who haven’t yet binged all eight episodes: The Hulu series is about a group of Mormon momfluencers — who, thanks in part to their “Utah curls,” look eerily identical. It follows them as they navigate life after one of the stars and self-proclaimed #MomTok creator Taylor Frankie Paul exposed a “soft-swinging” sex scandal. Naturally, you’d think Paul and the accusations would’ve been the show’s main drama. Not so. In just one season, Secret Lives viewers have heard the women open up about ketamine therapy, learned about a controversial vibrator brand deal, witnessed an extremely dramatic trip to Chippendales, and watched the women get Botox injections with a side of laughing gas. It also introduced fans to the sugary Swig soda shop and the Mormon wives’ eyebrow-raising husbands, who have a lot to say but less to do (many of the wives are the breadwinners).

But, above all, it’s given the nation one of the most polarizing reality TV villains since Christine Quinn: Whitney Leavitt, the group’s vying ringleader, who declares #MomTok in need of a serious rebrand. That “holier than thou” attitude doesn’t sit well with the women, particularly since Leavitt has her own past to contend with (including briefly fleeing Utah with her husband and filming a controversial TikTok while her baby was in the hospital) and an increasingly IDGAF attitude (see: her Fruity Pebbles prank). Once her fellow MomTokers have had it with her, Leavitt exits the group…at least, temporarily. TBD if we’ll see Leavitt in season 2, or if there will even be a season 2. Though, given the show’s popularity, the odds are in our favor. Mormon wives, we raise our 44-ounce styrofoam cups to you.