Two stars of the upcoming Hulu reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives — the show that will follow the Mormon mom TikTok stars who were exposed for “soft swinging” with each other’s husbands — are opening up about their income, and it’s nuts! Speaking to E! News on Sunday, Whitney Leavitt revealed:

“It’s hard because each year is different. You could get a really big brand deal like, ‘Hey, we want to have like a six-month contract with you,’ and then next year you don’t get it at all. It varies drastically.”

She said one of her biggest deals was to promote a sex toy on her social media account for $20,000 — but that’s chump change compared to what she made on another super secret deal.

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Her pal Mayci Neeley dished:

“We both have gotten one — we can’t say what it was — but we’ve gotten a deal that was $75,000 one year.”

Whoa!

Whitney, who has over 2 million TikTok followers, added that brand deals all depend on each Mormon #MomTok star’s brand, sharing:

“It will vary for people depending on what your specialty is, like fitness and health or beauty. Toys or mommy products for your children.”

Her co-star, with over 1 million followers, agreed. She noted that “each industry varies. Some pay more than the others.”

When asked if their connection to the Mormon community’s swinging sex scandal impacted their finances, the influencers insisted it only helped them. Whitney exclaimed:

“Oh no! If anything it just gave us more publicity to be honest with you.”

Everybody loves a scandal!! Meanwhile, Mayci had a slightly different take, pointing out:

“It’s kind of a mix though. I threw an event for my business launch that I did on the show and I had a couple of vendors that almost pulled out because they’re like, ‘Wait, are you in that swinging stuff?’ So, I think reputation-wise it took a little bit of a hit, but income-wise I don’t think it really affected us too much.”

Both of them have denied taking part in the Mormon swinging groups, so that helps. Whitney said:

“I think if we were involved specifically, Mayci and I, it would have been different. We weren’t, so we just took the clout from it.”

As Perezcious readers know, a bunch of Mormon moms went viral online when member Taylor Frankie Paul revealed all the sexual experimentation that was going down behind closed doors in the friend group — leading to tons of broken marriages!

Apparently, a bunch of people started doing what they called “soft swinging,” where they’d make out with other people while their partners watched. Sex was off-limits… until it wasn’t, and then all hell broke loose! The scandal quickly blew up online, leading to the upcoming Hulu series. There, the controversy will not only play out on screen, but the ladies will also be seen trying to convince their husbands to leave behind the outdated ways of life they were raised on within the religion. It looks juicy, y’all!

If this show takes off in the way that it seems like, these girls will just be making even MORE money per brand deal!

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Julianne Hough is opening up about the trauma she suffered as a child… and it’s just horrible.

The Dancing with the Stars co-host sat down for a candid conversation on The Jamie Kern Lima Show on Wednesday and revealed a deeply upsetting truth for the first time ever: she was sexually abused at just 4 years old.

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While talking about vulnerability and “abuses of power,” the 36-year-old made the shocking confession:

“My first experience with [sexual abuse] was when I was just 4 years old.”

Poor, poor Julianne. What an awful thing to happen to someone of any age, let alone a 4-year-old. And what makes her story even more sad is that her abuser was her “neighbor.”

Heartbreaking.

The Footloose alum bravely admitted it was the “first time” she’d ever “said that out loud to anybody in an interview,” before explaining how growing up within the Mormon community in Utah made the situation all the more “confusing.” She shared:

“That was a very, very confusing time because, obviously growing up in the Mormon culture, everything needs to be perfect, everybody needs to put on the shiny ‘We’ve got our stuff together,’ and there was not a lot of repercussion for what had happened.”

Unfortunately that sounds all too familiar. Far too many predators use religious communities as their playgrounds — and get away with it for years.

And even more shocking, Julianne made ANOTHER confession:

“And by the way, I’m not the only one in my family that had gone through similar things. And so that was a very challenging thing to come to terms with, which is like, nobody did anything.”

The Safe Haven star admitted she didn’t tell her parents until years later because amid “other things” that were happening in her childhood, she “forgot.” But it all came bubbling to the surface one day when she was 15. She was telling them about the unspecified other trauma, and her truth about the sexual abuse came out, too:

“I started sharing those things, but I had forgot about the neighbor thing at 4 years old until I started really doing this work in the last few years.”

She added that she “blocked out from birth to 10 basically because I had completely disassociated from [the abuse] ever happening.” Sounds like PTSD.

But when she did finally tell her parents, she said they “felt guilty”:

“At the time, when I was younger, I think they also didn’t know what to do. And were also in a position of not feeling capable or also feeling helpless. We’ve definitely gone through conversation after conversation like, ‘But we get it now, right? And we’re on the same page? I’m not blaming you now.’ But I definitely needed more at the time.”

She noted that at the time it was a difficult conversation, but that now as an adult and upon more self reflection, she’s more willing to address her trauma.

Elsewhere in the interview, Julianne opened up more about the toll abuse can have on a person at such a young age:

“Being so young, and those being your first experiences — whether it be physical, mental, sexual — those abuses of power to someone who is vulnerable to it — it immediately sets a precedent of: other people have the power.”

Powerful stuff. Watch her entire interview (below):

What a truly heartbreaking story. She’s so strong and we commend her for sharing her story!

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The rapper’s gospel group has had its tax-exemption status revoked after failing to file tax returns for the past THREE years! WTF?! From here, it’s unclear what will come of the rapper’s faith-based Sunday Service idea. But the Internal Revenue Service is at least adamant about one thing: it can’t operate as a non-profit organization any longer!

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First reported by the US Sun, and then confirmed by Page Six, the Gold Digger rapper’s Sunday Service charity has been shut down by the IRS for failing to file any tax returns for three fiscal years. A note on the IRS website that was updated on Monday indicates that the org was shut down and its tax exemption status revoked back on May 15 “for not filing a Form 990-series return or notice for three consecutive years.”

Oops!

The Hurricane rapper first founded Sunday Service back in 2019, so based on that quote, it sounds like he filed tax returns for just the first two years before dropping it. Not ideal! Originally, as is the case with all listed 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, Sunday Service had been given an exemption from federal income tax filings. But without any documentation regarding its financials for three years now, the IRS swiftly pulled that charity demarcation.

Sunday Service has had quite an interesting run, to put it mildly. Ye’s first performance for that project occurred at Coachella on Easter Sunday in 2019. He also collaborated with megachurch pastor Joel Osteen at various points, with the televangelist’s Houston church hosting Ye in November of that year.

Ye also might really be hurting for money following the fade of Sunday Service. We say that because back in 2020, during an interview with Nick Cannon, Kim Kardashian‘s ex-husband admitted to spending “every dime” he had on the thing! At the time, Ye claimed he spent upwards of $50 million marketing his faith-based project:

“I spent every dime that I have for marketing from Yeezy on Sunday Service. Every dollar I had. I spent $50 million last year on Sunday Service if you add up the operas, if you add up the flights. It was 120 people going to Jamaica. The Yeezys, they were selling themselves. So instead of paying for ads, I invested it in the church. I invested in spreading [the] gospel. I invested in saying Jesus’ name on high.”

And now, that’s all over… at least as far as the IRS is concerned regarding the outfit as a charity. Per Page Six, a rep for the rapper did not return a request for comment about the gov’s decision, so at this point, Ye’s reaction to it is unknown.

Thoughts, y’all?? Sound OFF in the comments (below)!

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We learned a couple weeks ago that those Mormon mommy TikTokers — you know, the ones who were exposed for “soft swinging” with each other’s husbands? — were getting their own reality show. We didn’t know it would be our next obsession!

Now Hulu‘s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has dropped its first full trailer, and we are SO IN! This looks amazing!

Video: Sister Wives About To Have A ‘Civil War’ In Tense New Trailer!

There’s sex, fighting, arrests, drama, orgies — all set in a backdrop of a draconian religious community where the women are trying to break free of the men’s backward ideas! It’s like Sister Wives meets Housewives. It’s like if The Handmaid’s Tale was a trashy reality show! It’s SO GOOD!

Ch-ch-check out your first look at Taylor Frankie Paul, Demi Engemann, Jennifer Affleck, Jessi Ngatikaura, Layla Taylor, Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Mathews, and Whitney Leavitt as they break bad in SLC, coming September 6 on Hulu (below)!

[Image via Hulu/YouTube.]

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When thinking of Euphoria, one wouldn’t typically associate its viewing audience with a Christian congregation. But what about if one of the show’s leads was a pastor’s daughter? Well, that’s Hunter’s exact predicament! While on the Call Her Daddy on Wednesday, the trans 25-year-old rising star told host Alex Cooper:

“My dad [Mac] is a pastor, and my mom [Katy] is — she’s ordained to be a pastor — she works in the children’s ministry in the church.”

Yikes!

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Anyone who’s remotely familiar with Euphoria will know how popular Christian values definitely don’t align whatsoever with the show, which depicts graphic underage sex, self harm, explicit drug use, and more. Hunter dished:

“There’s this whole, like, ‘pastor’s daughter’ trope, you know? And it gets kind of tough because, like, obviously what I do now is very — I mean, when I got my first job, I had to tell my parents that I was doing a TV show and in the first episode I’m having anal sex with a 45-year-old and cutting myself in the arm.”

In the show’s first episode, Hunter’s character Jules, who is supposed to be just 17 years old, has a graphic sex scene with Eric Dane’s character Cal — father of Jacob Elordi’s character Nate. We’d remind y’all the Grey’s Anatomy alum was nearly 50 years old when the scene was filmed! Later, Hunter’s character goes to a house party where she’s harassed by Nate, leading her to cut herself.

We bet that was quite the difficult pill Hunter’s parents to swallow! And even worse, for the whole congregation! She explained:

“They have to tell their congregation that their kid’s going to be on TV, and that their congregation who are just little old nice white Christian people from the South are going to watch this TV show and see me getting butt f**ked.”

We’re sure a lot of prayer took place after that! A different kind of holy…

The HBO star revealed she feels bad to this day “because that’s something that they still have to deal with.” But it’s not going to get in the way of her career! Hunter has a brief role in Emma Stone‘s new movie Kinds of Kindness, which spoiler alert, is pretty stripped down. She playfully revealed, “I got my titties out,” which she has “no personal problems with.” She noted:

“But it is something where I’m like some people just aren’t going to get it, and, you know, that’s a whole other thing.”

Her work isn’t for everyone! You can listen to the full podcast episode (below):

Thoughts, Perezcious readers??

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Of course, back in May, the pop star and his model wife announced that they are expecting their first child together. And while the parenthood era of their lives is upon them, they’re still focused on each other. Especially because there are so many unsettling temptations and adversities swirling around the Baby singer in the music business!

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On Tuesday, People spoke to several sources about the tight-knit couple, who first tied the knot in 2018 and then had a second marriage ceremony a year later. As far as being parents goes, one source explained that they are 100% ready to enter this new phase of their lives together:

“They’re ready to become parents. They’re planning for the baby’s arrival and it’s very cute. They are super committed to their marriage, but also to being the best parents possible.”

Awww!

Of course, this follows just days after Hailey came out in a W Magazine cover story to reveal that she’s not “super close” with anyone in her own family right now. That includes her own father, actor Stephen Baldwin, and her mother, graphic designer Kennya Deodato Baldwin.

But it sure sounds like she has found a new source of love and support in the Biebs! And he’s found it in Hailey just the same! A second source explained that the couple has rallied around each other after Justin has come to find it difficult to trust people in the music business during his career thus far:

“The music industry is a cutthroat world and it’s difficult to trust people. He’s had major trust issues and thinks everyone wants something from him. He has a small circle of friends.”

And his beloved wife is at the very center of that circle! The first source added:

“Hailey has always been very supportive of Justin. She’s his rock. She is patient and someone he can always lean on.”

A friend of the couple added more on that dynamic, too:

“She’s been a grounding force for Justin. Her family is who they are, but she always wanted her own identity. … She’s really figured out who she wants to be and works really hard. They will be super hands-on parents.”

Loves it!

It’s not just parenthood that has them hands-on, either. While the early years of navigating a high-profile marriage “hasn’t been easy” according to that same friend, Hailey has stepped up to be a guiding force for her beloved husband. As he perennially figures out his next career moves, she’s right there with advice and counsel:

“She’s very involved and helps him make decisions.”

And their faith is right there, too. An industry source spoke to the mag, as well, acknowledging that Justin and Hailey’s turn to focus on their Christian faith is no accident or afterthought. While both have been open about struggles with mental health and the price of fame at various points throughout their lives, faith has become a rock for them:

“Justin and Hailey are really involved in their church community. … They’re very religious and lean on their faith.”

Ultimately, with a baby on the way and parenthood ahead, the first source summed it all up with five encouraging words:

“They will be great parents.”

We have no doubt about that part! Reactions, Perezcious readers?? Share ’em in the comments (below)!

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Remember a couple years back when that group of Mormon mommy bloggers on TikTok had that HUGE scandal surrounding “soft swinging”? With Taylor Frankie Paul at the helm, a community of these supposedly devout, religious couples were caught in a huge mess when it turned out they were doing a PG-13 version of swinging — trading husbands for everything but sexual intercourse (or so they said). The “soft swinging” coming to light led to the destruction of several marriages! All because they didn’t follow their own religious rules!

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At least three couples in the Utah influencer circle were heading toward divorce after it came out that all six couples had been hooking up with one another. The soft swinging apparently got hard REAL fast — and now, thanks to Hulu, we’re getting an inside look. Finally, we’ll all get to know what really went down behind the scenes!

In a new Instagram post, Taylor shared a new video showing clips of each of the ladies’ personal videos, with all of them in stages of some distress. Lots of tears are shed, but by the end, they’ve all come together in one big group hug, officially announcing The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives! The influencer wrote in the caption:

“The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives coming to @hulu September 6th”

See the video for yourself (below):

Look out, Bravo! You’ve got some competition!

The show stars Taylor, who was the original momma who spilled the tea on this scandalous issue, as well as her Mormon wife besties Demi Engemann, Jennifer Affleck (no, not that one), Jessi Ngatikaura, Layla Wessel, Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Mathews, and Whitney Leavitt. The description of the show is SO spicy, too! It reads:

“The scandalous world of a group of Mormon mom influencers implodes when they get caught in the midst of a swinging sex scandal that makes international headlines. Now, their sisterhood is shook to its core. Faith, friendship and reputations are all on the line. Will #MomTok be able to survive and continue to give the rulebook a run for its money, or will this group fall from grace?”

Lots of drama in this supposedly devout community! And lots of sex! We’re guessing there are quite a few more scandalous stories to be shared! Will U be tuning in this September??

[Image via Taylor Frankie Paul/Instagram]

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It’s been over ten days now since the iconic actress sadly passed away amid her years-long battle with cancer, and her friends and co-stars are clearly still trying to wrap their minds around it. During Monday’s episode of the 90210MG podcast, which was sweetly titled Remembering Shannen Doherty, the late 53-year-old’s Beverly Hills, 90210 co-stars Tori and Jennie Garth discussed their final words with Shannen. Tori said:

“I’ve had a lot of death in my life, and I don’t believe in regrets, but I have a lot of regrets that I didn’t have that time to have a second chance to get past stuff from the past and look at all the good things and really talk it out and have that last conversation.”

But luckily that’s NOT the case with Shannen. The mom of five continued:

“I feel like she and I had that, and I’m super grateful for that.”

Awww.

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She didn’t give details on what exactly they talked about, but Jennie was happy to hear about Tori and Shannen’s interaction. She responded:

“I was thinking definitely of you, Tor, and how happy you must have been to have that time with her and to have that sort of just reconnection on a deeper level as both of you matured and grown and learned so much.”

But for Garth, she did not have the same. Jennie added:

“I wished that I had had that opportunity because I didn’t really get to sit down and have like [a] heartfelt conversation with her recently, but I was very glad that you did.”

That’s really too bad… And possibly why she’s reportedly not getting an invite to Shannen’s funeral!

Spelling also added that she’s “not doing well” since the Charmed star’s passing, noting that she hasn’t really been “emotionally” ready to talk about it. However, she has felt a responsibility to do so:

“For me, I honestly, as you know, didn’t want to do this. I just emotionally didn’t feel ready. And I feel like I know a lot of people are speaking out and giving lovely tributes to her in her memory, but I just, oh, I obviously wanted to do this for the fans, so this episode is for them, not for us.”

Tori continued:

“I guess it was just that belief that she fought so hard and was such a warrior. And she has shown her entire life and career you’re everything that she can get past anything. So although we know the answer is so evil and takes everyone that we love, it just I don’t know. I guess she made you believe that she was the one that would make it and she was so hopeful.”

Tori, as well as many of her other 90210 co-stars, offered loving tributes after Shannen’s death, which you can read HERE.

The mourning star then concluded:

“I’ve spent my whole life living in fear, and I’ve always been a fearful person, and I didn’t feel fear at all when she passed. I just felt sad. I felt sad for the second chapter she had, and I was so excited for that chapter for her and wanted her so badly to have that.”

So sad. Shannen was definitely taken too soon.

Our hearts remain with all of her loved ones! You can listen to the full podcast episode (below):

[Images via Tori Spelling/ Instagram & The Drew Barrymore Show/YouTube]

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If you haven’t been following, for the past few months Andrew has been dating Dr. Kate Tomas, a self-described “professional witch” or “magickal practitioner,” as she says on her website. The relationship came under scrutiny right away due to Kate’s supposed abilities. After all, she even runs a master class on seduction! And if she really can perform magic, as she says, then it’s only natural for folks to wonder if she decided to put her mouth where her money is and go get the guy she wanted! If nothing else, it’s phenomenal advertising for her business.

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Well, it turns out when actually faced with the question of whether she used magic to get Andrew, she took offense! In fact, she says she’s been offended for quite a while by the “horrific accusations that were leveled at me that I’d used magic to seduce my partner,” as she said on her recent podcast, The Friday Emails.

The accusations actually caused her to take down her seduction class temporarily, though eventually she put it back up. Hey, who can blame her? $89 a ticket is a nice chunk of change in her pocket…

We rib her, but it sounds like Dr. Kate is really serious about Andrew. Though she didn’t mention the Silence star she’s been photographed with all over the place, she told listeners:

“I am in a new relationship, and I’m in love and I’m really happy.”

But? While she works with Hollywood folks in a professional capacity — Lena Dunham is among her known clientele — dating a movie star has been tougher than she thought. As the paparazzi pics of the couple have spread on the internet, she’s been hit with a lot of really vicious comments from Andrew’s fans who don’t think she’s good enough for him:

“F**king hell, nothing could prepare me for having literally thousands of women telling me I’m ugly, I’m unattractive, I’m less than in every conceivable way.”

She uses magic to deal with that, as she puts it “moving out of that victim space and reclaiming the power that has been taken from you”:

“That might be screaming into a pillow, or doing a cord-cutting spell, or putting a dome of energy, like a bell jar, over somebody that’s actively harmful. The most powerful form of psychic protection is knowing who you are and being OK with that.”

But magic to seduce? That’s too much to suggest! Even though… isn’t that what she teaches? Not exactly. In a new interview with The Sunday Times, she maintains the seduction she teaches is “not about magic spells or manipulation”:

“It has got nothing to do with how perfect their teeth are — thank you, Reddit — or whether they conform to conventional standards of beauty.”

Clearly a jab at the commenters who don’t think she looks perfect enough for Andrew…

“People that are really attractive are full of charisma because they are authentically themselves and confidently anchored in that.”

OK, so that’s her secret? And she charges for that? “Be yourself”? Like what every middle schooler is told?? Hmm.

It kind of seems like she’s downplaying her own profession, doesn’t it? Besides, if she was going to use magic to seduce Andrew, it’s not like she could just snap her fingers and make it happen, right? While explaining why she charges nearly two grand for a single Tarot card reading and requires a six-month commitment to her services at $5k per month after that, she notes:

“Magic takes time. It can’t happen overnight.”

Hmm…

Well, we will add, to play devil’s advocate, so to speak, that some of the folks who think she used magic — or manifested — her relationship with Andrew point to a tweet from 2017 that she allegedly deleted just a couple months ago. It said:

“On the bus. Just saw an advert for Angels in America with Andrew Garfield & did a sharp intake of breath as I said out loud ‘Andrew Garfield'”

LOLz!

We mean, she wouldn’t be the first person to pine for someone publicly and then actually get to date them. Remember Demi Lovato‘s ex? Hell, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift!

Obviously you should totally be yourself… but it kind of seems like it doesn’t hurt putting out those desires into the universe either, right?

What do YOU think, Perezcious readers? Is it so horrible of people to wonder if Dr. Kate the “professional witch” used the magic powers she claims to have in her seduction of the movie star she crushed on for years? Or are people misunderstanding her craft and lumping her in with stereotypes?

[Image via Phil Lewis/WENN/Dr. Kate Tomas/TikTok.]

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