Mormon Women Are Taking Over Screens...
Mormon Women Are Taking Over Our Screens
"This fall, as Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck were competing for the mirror ball trophy on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” their other TV show, “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” a Hulu reality series, released its third season.
During commercial breaks for both, ads could be seen for the upcoming season of ABC’s “The Bachelorette,” with Taylor Frankie Paul, another “Mormon Wives” star, as the lead. (The Walt Disney Company owns both the network and the streaming platform.) Another cast member, Mayci Neeley, in October released her memoir “Told You So,” which then became a New York Times best seller. This week, the Broadway production of “Chicago” announced that Leavitt would be taking a turn as Roxie Hart.
The women are also members of MomTok, the social media influencer group whose successes and frictions are the central drama of “Mormon Wives,” which premiered in 2024. Bravo has been concurrently airing the sixth season of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.” The group and the Bravo housewives are all part of a growing wave of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dotting TV and social media, who, together, have increased the religion’s profile across pop culture. . ."
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