The ‘Mormon Wives’ Solid Is Preventing Over Pay: Drama Defined

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” forged broke the fourth wall in season two when arguments about pay spilled onscreen.

The truth present, which follows a bunch of unconventional Mormon-adjacent TikTok influencers referred to as MomTokers, was one among Hulu’s largest new hits of 2024. The speedy success led to the streamer renewing the present for 20 episodes in October 2024 — greater than double the size of season one.

In season two, episode six, the forged revealed that negotiations for the second season led to an argument the place Demi requested for Jessi to be kicked off the present to spice up her and their castmates’ pay packets.

This shocked followers and the opposite forged members since Demi and Jessi had been shut associates up till that second.

Whitney, one other forged member, instructed Enterprise Insider on Could 20 that the forged are at the moment paid equally for starring within the present, however urged that there may very well be extra conversations “down the road.”

This is what to know concerning the forged’s pay and the way it led to Jessi and Demi’s fallout.

Jessi stated Demi wished an ‘absurd’ sum of money

On Could 20, Jessi instructed the “Viall Recordsdata” podcast that Demi’s try and kick her off the present was the “catalyst” for the tip of the friendship.

Within the episode, Jessi stated that the argument started throughout a name with the forged, their managers, and attorneys as they devised a plan to barter larger pay for season two earlier than season one aired.

Jessi stated she joined the decision and heard Demi’s husband, Bret, inform the forged to give up the present in the event that they did not get the wage he and his spouse wished. Jessi stated she responded by saying she did not need to give up, which she stated angered Bret and Demi.

“She mainly threw me underneath the bus as a result of I did not care to struggle for extra money, and she or he wished an absurd sum of money,” Jessi stated, with out stating how a lot Bret and Demi wished.

Jessi stated after the preliminary name, Demi referred to as the opposite forged members to say Jessi needs to be kicked off the present so they might earn extra money.

Mikayla, Jessi’s costar who appeared on the identical “Viall Recordsdata” episode, additionally stated that the quantity Demi requested was an excessive amount of, including that the forged didn’t know the way profitable the present could be.

Mikayla added that Demi instructed forged members that Jessi had “no morals, no values.”

Whitney and Layla instructed Enterprise Insider that the forged ultimately determined to be paid equally for season two.

Explaining how the present’s forged is paid, Whitney stated: “it’s equal and I believe possibly extra seasons down the road, we’ll have extra conversations about it as a result of I believe simply naturally extra individuals are being filmed greater than others.”

Demi and Jessi’s fallout exhibits the struggles of blending enterprise with friendship

Demi and Jessi made up earlier than filming season two, however the began to point out when Jessi realized that Demi instructed their costar, Taylor, to not get her hair completed at Jessi’s hair salon, JZ Types, and criticized her enterprise.

Demi stated she was repeating criticism from others and that she did not do something unsuitable.

Jessi stated the ultimate straw was when Demi stored criticizing her for not supporting her in varied arguments.

“I used to be similar to ‘I am not doing this sample the place I’ve to beg to your love if I am not doing precisely what you need,'” Jessi stated.

Demi instructed “Viall Recordsdata” on Could 15 that the fallout was only a “misunderstanding” that may very well be resolved, however she stated Jessi refused to speak along with her off-camera.

The arguments are an issue for a present constructed round the concept the forged are supportive, shut associates.

Any rifts which may make viewers query how real their friendship is might have an effect on model offers that the MomTokers get and the success of the present.

Jessi and Demi have re-followed one another on Instagram, which might imply they’re rebuilding their friendship.

A consultant for Demi and Bret didn’t instantly reply to a remark request from Enterprise Insider.