282: MomTok Tea Spilling with Jessi from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week, the ultimate chaos agent Jessi Ngatikaura joins Lauren and Chanler to talk about fame, friendship feuds, and what really goes down behind the scenes of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. From business blow-ups to relationship red flags, Jessi doesn’t hold back—and neither do your hosts. 💅

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(00:00:00) 🎥 Behind the Curtain — What Jessi didn’t expect when the show dropped, and how Utah reacted IRL.

(00:04:58) 💇‍♀️ Faith, Hair, and Fallout — Running a business in Utah County, balancing Mormon expectations, and bracing for public backlash.

(00:10:58) 📉 Jen & Zac’s Messy Arc — Church drama, text receipts, and one unexpected redemption arc.

(00:14:50) 💬 Taylor Frankie Paul: Icon or Chaos? — Jessi’s real-life friendship with Taylor, her thoughts on Dakota, and what we didn’t see on camera.

(00:18:30) 💥 Hairgate + Demigeddon — What really went down at Saints & Sinners, and why one healing session couldn’t fix the betrayal.

(00:26:00) 🧪 Layla, Miranda, and the Spicy Cast Additions — Who brought it, who played it safe, and what’s coming next.

(00:32:10) 🔄 Mormon Marriage + Glow-Ups — Jessi on her thyroid surgery, plastic surgery transparency, and the cultural double standards in Utah.

(00:38:40) 🔮 Swinging Culture + Mormon Complications — Upside-down pineapples, spiritual loopholes, and what the church says (or doesn’t) about ketamine.

(00:43:15) ⚔️ Mikayla vs. Whitney — Feuds, fractures, and where Jessi sees it all heading next season.

(00:46:40) 🧁 MomTok Constitution? — Breadwinners, Botox, and redefining Mormon motherhood on TikTok.

(00:50:05) 📣 Viewer DMs Save Lives — How Jessi caught a thyroid issue thanks to vigilant fans, and what her recovery journey looked like.

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0:00.0	Well, well, well, this is a huge day for pop apologists.
0:11.0	Like, dream come true day because we have Jesse Natikara star of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives on the show.
0:20.3	Thank you so much for being here. Thanks for having me. I'm so
0:22.7	excited. We were supposed to do this, I think, a few weeks back. But schedules got crazy. So I'm really excited. It worked out.
0:28.5	Oh my gosh. I mean, what a year you've had. Yeah. I was just telling you guys before, my life has not slowed down since September when season one came out. It's been just
0:37.9	go, go, go. I know, I mean, I feel like I see even just like your content on Instagram. I'm just
0:42.1	like, I don't know how you have the energy or the hours in the day. And you're a mom.
0:44.6	Yeah, yes. On top of it. You feel like this show has taken the world by storm.
0:57.6	I mean, the amount of people, obviously Lauren and I were raised Mormon were tuned in.
0:59.1	We're, you know, tapped into all the things.
1:03.3	But like the amount of coworkers I had that were like, are you watching Secret Lives of Mormon?
1:06.1	Like people who have no ties to Utah or Mormon culture.
1:06.5	Yeah.
1:15.1	Like it's just, it's totally taken the world by storm. So I can't imagine how crazy this is for you being, you know, like front and center in all of this.
1:17.7	Yeah. Like how are you doing? How are you doing with all the craziness?
1:27.7	It's, you know what? I was born for it. Like I live on chaos. Like I'm like, what can I be doing? Like, I'm so bad at, like, sitting still.
1:28.5	So I love it.
1:28.8	Great. But it's also crazy.
1:29.7	Like, it's so busy and so chaotic and fun.
1:33.5	But I always tell people, like, you watch the show and you're like, this is dramatic.
1:37.0	Like, imagine living it.
1:38.0	Like, I'm like, I am tired from that.
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