‘Mormon Wives’ Stars Shocked by Success: MomTok Will Survive!

When is the season opener?The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives“It was released on Hulu in September, and the cast had no idea how quickly its popularity would rise and that they would be back for a second season so soon!

The series, which follows the lives of a group of Utah Mormon mothers — Frankie Paul Taylor, Whitney Levitt, Lila Taylor, Demi Engman, Macy Neely, Jennifer Affleck, Jessie Ngatikaura, and Michaela Matthews — garnered so much attention during the first season that a second season is already being filmed. , which means fans don’t have much longer to wait for new episodes.

Two of the stars of the program, Taylor Frankie Paul and Whitney Levittrecently shared their thoughts on how quickly the show is taking off and gave a little idea of ​​what fans can expect in Season 2.

Paul recently spoke with the people About how her life has changed since the Hulu reality show debuted in early September.

“I’m at a loss for words sometimes. I didn’t expect the show to be as good as it did,” she said. “I also wasn’t expecting another season and for it to be approved so quickly. Obviously I’m very happy and grateful, but it’s very surprising. You never know.”

Ball told PEOPLE that she remembers thinking the show “was going to be okay.”

“I remember thinking: ‘This is going to be good. It has to be good, since we all have a story that people haven’t heard about, and we all have followers,'” she said. “I didn’t know how well it would work, so it was as shocking as it happened.”

Unaccustomed to being filmed the way the show was done, Paul described the experience as “amazing” and said “you see yourself in a different way that you wouldn’t normally have.”

For Levitt, who many fans described as the villain of Season 1, she felt that filming the show was “a little bit like therapy” as she was working through some personal issues.

Getting to know the fans while out and about was something the actors had to learn to get used to, and quickly.

“I’m still adjusting because it happened so fast, but I love it when people come up and say hi and ask about the picture,” Levitt told PEOPLE. “I had one child, and a college student asked me to sign his BYU card and it was probably the best thing ever. I was like, ‘Oh yeah, sure. “I will sign your BYU card.”

Paul added: “And then the people in your messages reach out to you, and they’re just unexpected people that you liked, we all liked them. So it was really nice to see them. And sometimes I forget that people are there. Watching it is a national thing to this day. I still don’t I think I realize that, to be honest.

While Paul and Levitt said they were surprised by how quickly the show became popular; They are excited and ready for what is to come in Season 2.

“I don’t think any of us thought it would be this big and it will continue to be this big,” Leavitt said. “It was something we all wanted to do and we’re so grateful for how big it has already gotten and how much bigger I knew it was going to get from here. That was the biggest surprise to me, a thousand percent.”

Levitt shared that Season 2 will contain a lot of conversations and confessions. She even called it all “therapeutic.”

Don’t have Hulu and want to see what all the MomTok hype is about? The show will first air on ABC on January 27, 2025.

The reality show will be part of ABC’s winter programming lineup and each of Season 1’s eight episodes will air on Monday nights at 10 PM ET starting January 27.

Season 2, which is currently filming, will be released on Hulu in spring 2025.

While many content creators work Tik Tok Share the ongoing drama between MomTok moms, Stephanie Telegy He tries to keep everyone up to date on all the Mormon drama with regular updates.

A recent TikTok video shares some new updates about the moms and the drama that seems to follow them. She started by talking about the actors’ recent trip.

“It looks like some of the MomTok members are on a little trip right now in New Orleans,” she said, showing photos of some of the moms. “Looks like Taylor Frankie Paul and Jane Affleck aren’t on the casting tour.”

She then talked about Affleck and what’s going on with her regarding season two.

“I got a message from someone saying that Jen signed a contract for five seasons, and she can’t finish the show, because it’s coming from a reliable source. She told me who the source is, but I can’t tell you guys because they asked me and I don’t do that,” she continued. “But if the source is the source they say they are, then yes, it is credible.”

If fans missed the show after the first season ended, all they have to do is check out the girls’ social media pages. This seems to be where the drama lives on while they’re busy filming season 2.

Ball, who was a host at the recent CMAs, called out her fellow “Mormon Wives” stars online when they appeared to ignore her social media posts about her big moment. Shortly after that drama broke, one of the women involved in Paul’s volatile controversy decided to share her side of the story in a multi-part TikTok series, leading to even more drama.

And then there were some online recriminations and heated words between Paul and co-star Demi Engman that continued for several days.

So, if you’ve been following the show and can’t wait for the new episodes, be sure to check out MomTok on their TikTok and Instagram pages.

Season 1 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is currently streaming on Hulu. Season 2 will be released in spring 2025.