Whether Hulu’s cameras are rolling, the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars remain messy. Mikayla Matthews has responded to her fellow SLOMW cast member Taylor Frankie Paul’s recent angry Instagram posts. In her posts, Paul, who is on a break from filming, called out the cast for making fun of her personal drama. TFP even changed her Instagram bio to say “Creator of Momtok,” a title Matthews disputes. “It’s honestly crazy that we’re even arguing about who created what or who’s more relevant,” she wrote in an Instagram story. “This show was pitched to us, by the way (me, Mayci [Neeley], Whitney [Leavitt], and Taylor), about stay-at-home moms providing for their families and, of course, ‘MomTok,’ which we all know was started by Miranda [Hope], Camille, AND Taylor.” The Camille she’s referring to is influencer Camille Munday, who does not appear on SLOMW.
“Of course the talks of a show came from the Mormon moms swinging drama being exposed online by Taylor (who wouldn’t want to pick that shit up and watch it!?), and of course we’ve gotten incredible opportunities since, but every single girl had to interview and was cast because of the value and vulnerability THEY brought to make this show what it is today,” she continued. “If they wanted a show about one person or the swinging drama, they would’ve done that.”
In her posts, Paul included screenshots of text messages she claims to have received offering her various roles and appearances that would later go to her co-stars, including a spot on Dancing With the Stars. Her post implied they only received offers because she turned them down. Matthews criticized Paul for posting antagonistically, saying she was using her larger following to attack the other cast members.
“Throwing around the word ‘bully,’ but failing to acknowledge there has to be that power imbalance,” Matthews wrote. “Constantly threatening to ‘f*ck someone up’ or ruin their life publicly and using your much bigger platform to send hate to them for the sole reason of taking back that power. Or constantly reposting things and repeatedly pushing the narrative of, ‘I’m the reason you have this, You only got it cause I turned it down, I’m a star and you’re not as interesting. Don’t forget it,’ seems like weaponizing and manipulating your following to keep yourself in that power position to intimidate the people around you over and over.” At this point, it seems irrelevant whether Paul and Matthews film scenes together for the upcoming SLOMW seasons. The real drama to follow is happening right now on our phones.
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