“Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Mikayla Matthews has called it quits on her eight-year marriage to Jace Terry.

“We both agreed to do a separation,” the MomTok member admitted in a confessional during episode 9 of Season 4, which dropped on Thursday.

The couple’s struggles stemming from intimacy issues and Matthew’s past sexual abuse were one of the main storylines this season.

Mikayla Matthews and Jace Terry (pictured above with their daughter Lottie on “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives”) have called it quits after eight years of marriage.

“We both agreed to do a separation,” the MomTok member admitted in a confessional during Season 4 of the Hulu show, as seen above.

After beginning couples therapy last season, the couple revealed they hadn’t made much progress.

“It’s so incredible that everyone’s getting these opportunities and going out and living their dreams, but my health has held me back from saying yes to a lot of opportunities,” Matthews said in a confessional, referring to her struggles with a mysterious chronic illness while also being postpartum.

“It’s definitely discouraging and frustrating, and it kind of holds me back in other places in my life, like my marriage with Jace.”

Matthews, 25, and Terry, 30, share four children: Beckham, 8, Haven, 6, Tommie, 4, and Lottie, who was born in July 2025.

The couple (pictured above hugging on the show) tried to work through intimacy issues last season, but both shared that since then, they haven’t made enough progress.

Matthews, pictured here on the show, explained that she needs to work on trauma from sexual abuse she experienced as a child and also focus on her health.

Throughout the season, Matthews also realized she needs to focus on healing from the sexual abuse she experienced as a child — and she won’t be able to do that if they are also trying to work on their sex life.

“I feel like I’m working on so many different things outside of just sex, and I know that obviously he can’t just be like, ‘OK, well we can go without that.’ We both get to a point where we feel really helpless about it,” she explained to her co-star and best friend, Mayci Neeley, in another scene.

Ultimately, both she and Terry conclude she doesn’t “have the motivation” to tackle the issue and decide to separate.

The episode also showed the heartbreaking moment Matthews moved out of their shared home, as seen above.

As Matthews packed up her belongings, the estranged pair continued to air out their issues.

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During a heartbreaking scene, where Matthews is packing up her things to move out of their shared home, the couple continued to air out their issues.

“At home, you feel like you can’t focus on your skin and your health because I’m also here,” Terry told her, seemingly explaining why she’s the one leaving the family home.

“I think it’s hard anytime you bring up the stuff with the sex and the intimacy. I feel it’s hard on me because again, my nervous system is already in fight or flight, and I’m already maxed out. My bucket is full,” she explained to him.

“I don’t think it’s like with the intention of being separated forever,” she continued. “I think we’re obviously still going to see each other every single day. I’m not trying to go even a day away from the kids anyway.”

“I don’t think it’s like with the intention of being separated forever,” Matthews said, noting that she is still going to see their four children every day.

The former pair (seen above with their four kids) both said they made the decision with their children in mind. mikayla matthews/ instagram

However, she admitted to not knowing when their separation will end “because it could take weeks [or] months to be healed.”

“There’s part of me that is definitely scared to lose him because I feel like our marriage is so good outside of the sexual intimacy part of it, which is ironic because that’s his No. 1 need and that’s my No. 1 wound,” Matthews said during a confessional.

The “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” Season 4 is now available to stream on Hulu.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.