Inside Southern Californias sexy Mormon community…
Across 5 seasons of the Hulu hit “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” viewers discovered just how messy issues may very well be for the gorgeous, godly gals of Utah as they navigated a swinging scandal, secret affairs, DadTok fights, rocky marriages, divorces and even a “Dancing with the Stars” feud.
Now, the franchise is heading west to showcase Southern California’s LDS girls with “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County.” It premieres Thursday on Hulu and Disney+ and guarantees to be just as scandalously entertaining, if not more so, than its predecessor.
Madison Bontempo, Aspyn Ovard, Bobbi Althoff, Ashleigh Pease, McCall Dapron, Jordan McClanahan, and Avery Woods attend an event in Santa Monica, Nov. 4, 2026. Disney
“There’s so many funny moments, and so many moments people can resonate with, where we’re being very vulnerable,” one of the show’s stars, Madison Bontempo, 34, told The Post. “There’s a lot of fun drama.”
The trailer teases divorce, polygamy and loads of secrets and techniques. Even before the first episode airs, juicy plots are developing among the 9 solid members.
Aspyn Ovard seems in a promotional photograph for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Disney
One of the main girls is longtime YouTuber Aspyn Ovard, 30, who has more than three million subscribers on the platform. She filed for divorce from Parker Ferris in April 2024, the same day she announced the beginning of their third daughter.
She has since spoken brazenly about exploring her biinappropriateity, and now she’s making headlines for brazenly courting a New Jersey married couple, Bri and Billy Davis.
Billy, left, Aspyn Ovard, heart, and Bri pose for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” in Orange County on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Disney
“So many people have questions, people are interested,” Ovard told The Post. “For me it’s just so run of the mill and normal, but I also, if I ever saw another throuple in the wild, like on TikTok or something, I’d have the same kind of questions, like, literally tell me everything, ‘How does it work?’”
The relationship is particularly hanging to the more religious ladies on the show. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints limits intimacy to heteroinappropriate marriage with the purpose of procreation and bonding.
Ovard, who calls herself “Mormon-adjacent” — she grew up in Utah, immersed in the religion’s tradition but isn’t Mormon herself — says viewers will get to witness how her castmates react to her relationship. “You’re going to see a little bit of our dynamic.”
Bontempo, for one, is on board.
“Aspyn brings Bri to a lot of scenes, and she feels like one of the girls,” she said.
Madison Bontempo seems in a promotional photograph for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County,” Saturday, April 25, 2026. Disney
Jen Affleck seems in “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Disney
Jen Affleck, 27, is the only solid member carried over from the unique Utah collection after relocating to Los Angeles. Earlier this month, she filed for divorce in Provo, Utah, from her husband, Zac Affleck, whom she met on a Mormon courting app when she was 18. After seven years of a turbulent marriage, she pulled the plug even though she is pregnant with their fourth youngster. The proceedings have been messy.
GWN broke the news, and Zac took to TikTok to say he was blindsided and discovered about the divorce from a reporter.
“I didn’t expect the news to come out when it did,” Jen told The Post.
Jen Affleck seems in a promotional photograph for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” on Monday, June 15, 2026. Disney
Zach claimed they’d mentioned separating a yr earlier and that he “basically begged her to stay.” When he said on social media that he would always champion her, Jen responded by posting an previous clip of Zac criticizing her physique two weeks after she gave beginning, with the caption, “He was never my biggest supporter.”
Fans also resurfaced an interview in which Jen said Zac threatened divorce if she took an performing function with an on-screen romance. Zac has since called his feedback about her physique “obviously horrible.”
Bri, left, and Aspyn Ovard seem in a scene from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” on Monday, June 15, 2026. Disney
The public feud has hit Jen exhausting. “I wasn’t even going to show up to the premiere [on Nov. 4] cause I just was not having a good time, and it’s so fresh,” she said. “I’m not sleeping at all.”
Another scandal includes star and former pediatric ICU nurse Avery Woods, 31, who has a TikTok following that’s two-million strong.
Avery Woods seems in a promotional photograph for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Disney
In February 2025, on an episode of her podcast, “CHEERS! with Avery Woods,” she made crude jokes about Jesus and Christian ladies who put Bible verses in their Instagram bios.
She later apologized on TikTok, saying, “I made a joke that crossed a line,” but it was widely criticized as insincere.
Avery Woods, left, and Jordan McClanahan seem in “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” on Friday, June 12, 2026. Disney
The backlash has been ongoing. Viewers on platforms like Reddit expressed strong disapproval of her becoming a member of the solid, particularly since she doesn’t even live in Orange County but somewhat the tony enclave of Calabasas in Los Angeles County.
“I’ve lived my life online for a long time, and I think people already have their opinions about me no matter what,” she told The Post. “I also think when people have their opinions made up about you, they just don’t want to see you succeed.”
Billy, left, Aspyn Ovard, heart, and Bri pose in Orange County, Friday, June 12, 2026. Disney
Critics also level out that she isn’t Mormon, though she grew up around the church and is hardly an anomaly on the show.
“I’m not the only one that’s not active in the Mormon church on this list,” she said.
Indeed, Ovard has stepped away from the church. Another star, podcaster Bobbi Althoff, 29, is a religious Christian but not Mormon.
Jen Affleck, left, and Madison Bontempo seem in a promotional photograph for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” on Friday, June 12, 2026. Disney
Still, a number of of the 9 main girls are deeply non secular, leaving the group sharply divided by religion.
“There are many beautiful things about the Mormon church, how we all rally around each other and show up for each other,” said Ashleigh Pease, 32, an Australian-born mom-of-four and the franchise’s first non-American star.
Pease is a religious Mormon, but says she’s not judgemental.
“I just want to show up as myself. I’m not here to represent the Mormon church perfectly, because I’m imperfect. I’m not a perfect human. But I’m here to show up as me” she said. “And I think we have that in our own little sisterhood of a group. We are all there for each other.”
Ashleigh Pease seems in “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Disney
Bontempo, a mom-of-five who showcases her brood on the YouTube channel “The FishFam,” is a practising member of the LDS church and sees the show as a likelihood to share her religion.
“I was excited for the opportunity to be able to showcase how much I love Jesus Christ whenever I could,” she said. “One of the things the church has taught me is to forgive and have grace for everybody, and to love everyone. And so I share that a lot in the show.”
Indeed, it appears the show’s stars could have loads to repent for across the eight episodes.
“I’m not here to show up and be perfect,” said Affleck. “I’m here to show all the ugly, the beauty, the good and bad. And that’s what I do on this show.”
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