Filming for season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives hasn’t resumed after multiple scandals, according to Miranda McWhorter’s ex-husband, Chase McWhorter.
During an interview on the Tuesday, April 7, episode of Harry Jowsey’s “Boyfriend Material” podcast, Chase, 30, said that cameras haven’t picked back up since production on the Hulu series was paused last month — and he doesn’t know if or when they will.
“I think that’s kind of up in the air at this point,” he claimed. “Hoping they do. All the other women have a bunch of great stories and story lines that haven’t been told. I think that’s a great thing they could look into. So I think they should, but we’ll see.”
Reports circulated last month that production on season 5 of Mormon Wives had paused after Taylor Frankie Paul and ex Dakota Mortensen were allegedly involved in a domestic dispute in February. Taylor’s costar Mikayla Matthews later said that she and the other members of MomTok decided together that they didn’t want to film in the immediate aftermath of the incident.
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“It was a decision that all of us girls came up with and agreed on,” Mikayla, 26, explained in a March Instagram Story Q&A. “We didn’t feel comfortable filming with everything that was happening.”
The Draper City Police Department in Utah confirmed to Us Weekly on March 16 that a “domestic assault investigation” was ongoing regarding a February incident involving Taylor, 31, and Dakota, 33. The department said that “allegations have been made in both directions.”
Taylor and Dakota’s off-and-on relationship has been a focal point on Mormon Wives, which premiered in September 2024 and launched its fourth season in March.
Shortly after news broke that production on season 5 had paused, leaked footage showed Taylor arguing with Dakota during the 2023 incident that led to her arrest (and was discussed on season 1 of Mormon Wives). The video showed her throwing multiple metal stools at Dakota while her daughter, Indy, now 8, was in the room. Taylor shares Indy and son Ocean, 5, with ex-husband Tate Paul, while she and Dakota share son Ever, 2.
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Taylor was taken into police custody in February 2023 and charged with aggravated assault, two counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child, child abuse and criminal mischief. Us confirmed in August of that year that Taylor pleaded guilty to felony aggravated assault as part of a plea deal to drop the other charges. If she abided to the terms of her deal for three years, the charge would be downgraded to a misdemeanor.
After new footage of the incident appeared online last month, ABC canceled Taylor’s season 22 of The Bachelorette just days before its scheduled premiere.
Meanwhile, Taylor’s costar Jessi Draper was experiencing her own personal issues as husband Jordan Ngatikaura filed for divorce on March 19 after the duo had previously separated.
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“I did end it with him, so I knew it was coming, but we had made an agreement to do it together, and he blindsided me and filed because he wanted the headline first,” Jessi, 33, claimed during a March interview on Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “We agreed to tell our children together before filing, and we haven’t done that.”
A source later exclusively told Us that Jessi had recently cozied up to Chase at a party.
“They were having fun at a party, and it’s not serious between them,” the insider said in March.
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