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Days of our Lives spoilers for Wednesday, March 26, follow Ej’s attempts to make his son understand why Ej raped Johnny’s mother…and conceived him.

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Kate (Lauren Koslow) let it slip to Johnny (Carson Boatman) that the man who raped Johnny’s mother, Sami (Alison Sweeney), was, in fact, Johnny’s father, Ej (Dan Feuerriegel). And that he did it while threatening the life of Johnny’s sister, Allie’s (Lindsay Arnold), life.

That would be Lucas (Bryan Datillo). Who also happens to be Kate’s son. So you can see why she’s salty. And why Johnny is furious. Ej sees it, too. But he still thinks he can explain. So he tries. Again. Will he get punched in the face a second time?

More: Find out what happens on Days this week.

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One of the things keeping Brady (Eric Martsolf...

Bachelor Nation fans were shocked when ABC paused The Bachelorette. The dating show will not return in 2025 or 2026. Since then, various theories have swirled about the network’s decision. Ashley Iaconetti and Ben Higgins explained what happened to the show.

Was The Bachelorette Cancelled?

Fans fear the show might not come back. Iaconetti and Higgins addressed the franchise’s “rough patch” on their Almost Famous podcast’s Friday, March 14 episode. The Bachelor Nation alumni spilled the tea on the behind-the-scenes drama. They learned that production had already filmed 75 percent of The Bachelorette Season 22. This season would include romantic scenes set in Greece and Portugal.

But that’s when ABC pulled the plug on the spinoff series. The network wanted to save money and film in the United States, like The Golden Bachelor and The Golden Bachelorette. But Higgins doesn’t believe The Bachelorette was paused to save money. ABC canceled...

On the Tuesday, January 14 episode of The Young and the Restless, Claire saw Jordan. Earlier, she was horrified to think that she might have heard Jordan casually ordering coffee just a few feet away from her. Claire consoled herself by calling the prison and being reassured that Jordan was still under lock and key. But things are about to get much, much worse for Claire. Could her aunt drop a bombshell on Claire that will change everything?

The Power of Belief

Jordan (Colleen Zenk) hates the Newmans. She hates them so much that she stole Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Cole’s (J. Eddie Peck) newborn baby girl and raised her to hate her family. Or so Jordan told them.

Jordan went on the run, then to prison, and, in the meantime, the Newmans embraced Claire (Hayley Erin), and welcomed her into the family. Now Claire is working for her family company,...

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of an orangutan might look like? Their lifestyle is almost unimaginably different than our own busy, screen-filled lives. David Attenborough’s latest nature documentary for Netflix, The Secret Lives of Orangutans, takes viewers deep into the jungles of Sumatra for a privileged look at these elusive great apes.

Filmed in the protected Suaq Forest, home to over 200 individually observed orangutans, the documentary treats us to stunning aerial views of the lush green canopy and swampy forest floor habitat. Featuring cutting-edge camera techniques like small drones, we see these solitary orange-furred creatures like never before. We follow several focal individuals—grandmother Friska, her daughter Ellie, and Ellie’s daughter Eden—to learn about their relationships and journey through life stages.

The film looks especially at their daily activities and social behaviors. We discover how male orangutans loudly declare future travel plans...

Ezra Sosa, known for his performances on Dancing with the Stars (DWTS), recently shared his interest in expanding his presence in reality TV.

During an interview at the Directv x People EW Reality TV Party on September 26, Sosa revealed he wouldn’t mind participating in a different reality show if he weren’t involved in ‘Dancing with the Stars’.

When asked which show he would consider joining, Sosa responded without hesitation, mentioning Dance Moms and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

“Honestly, I’d probably choose Dance Moms or The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. We grew up Mormon in Utah, so we watched that and I’m like, ‘Facts, sis,'” the professional dancer didn’t hesitate to respond when asked, “If not Dancing with the Stars, what reality show would you want to be on?”

Dancing With The Stars – Sosa Expresses More Enthusiasm For ‘The Secret Lives Of...

There will be more of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” coming to your screen.

Hulu has renewed the unscripted series for 20 additional episodes, the streamer announced Thursday. The news comes nearly a month after “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” launched, with all eight episodes streaming on Sept. 6.

“Secret Lives” centers on a group of Mormon content creators known as “MomTok,” led by the self-proclaimed founder of MomTok Taylor Frankie Paul, and also includes Demi Engemann, Jen Affleck, Jessi Ngatikaura, Layla Taylor, Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Matthews and Whitney Leavitt.

The series follows their rise to fame as the women push stereotypes of what being a Mormon wife looks like, as well as the subsequent scandal that happened in spring 2022 when word broke that the group was “soft swinging” with each other.

“There was a philosophical question raised in Season 1, which was ‘Can #MomTok survive this?’ The answer unequivocally is yes!

Two years ago, influencer Taylor Frankie Paul blew up the internet when she went live on TikTok to tell her followers that she and her then-husband were getting a divorce.

The real surprise, however, was Paul’s admission that the couple was splitting because she’d broken the rules of their “soft-swinging” agreement, where they’d been swapping spouses with others in their Lds community, but would never “go all the way.” The video rippled across TikTok as people wondered who else from “MomTok” — the group of young, Mormon moms who had cultivated a hefty social following — could be involved in the scandal, and the cameras began rolling on Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives not long after.

That stroke of genius timing is all thanks to their manager, Select Management Group’s Danielle Pistotnik, who saw too much potential in these women’s lives to keep them relegated to social media,...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives follows scandalous Mormon influencers facing fallout from a swinging scandal. Connections between stars of Secret Lives and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City exist. One star almost appeared on Rhoslc but was rejected for lacking drama, now stars in Secret Lives.

The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives has become must-watch television for reality TV fans. The Hulu documentary follows a group of Mormon mom-social media influencers who get caught in the middle of a sex scandal that makes international headlines.

The Hulu show has been compared to The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, as both document the lives of Mormon women in Utah. The show does have some connections, with many of the stars aware of others.

We do cross paths, and its not surprising because Utah is very small and especially the influencer world and community here is very tight-knit,...

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has taken over social media as of late. Everyone is talking about the show and the drama that has been revealed from it. There is, of course, the constant Whitney Leavitt drama, and the general debate over how the women represent Mormonism and go against the usual constructs of the religion. But one of the earliest reveals of the show was that Jen and her husband Zac are related to Ben Affleck. It became a running gag throughout the season that every time Jen was on-screen, her card would show both her first and last name, in comparison to the rest of the women who only had their first name shown. So every single time Jen showed up on screen it read Jen Affleck, a funny little nod to her supposed relation to mega-star Ben Affleck. But ever since she spilled her superstar genealogy,...

The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives is already proving successful after premiering earlier this week. The show has attracted attention for the drama it brings, and the cast, including Layla Taylor, does not shy away from discussing things that most people may feel uncomfortable admitting: this includes her admission on getting cosmetic surgery and a discussion about her sex life.

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Fans are stunned by the big money the Mormon Wives stars were making before getting cast.

Layla is one of eight women on the show, and in an interview with People, she admitted that she was proud to be a part of this group and to be able to have discussions about sex openly. "It's not something you talk about on the daily. I think it's something that should be, though. I think it's something that should...

When Taylor Frankie Paul’s “soft-swinging” sex scandal dominated headlines, it sent shockwaves through the Mormon community and greatly impacted the dynamic between the #MomTok influencers. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives chronicles how Paul and those within the friend circle weather the controversy. Whitney Leavitt, 31, decided to step away from Utah for a few months and ventured to Hawaii. She came back at the start of the Hulu reality show’s first season, easing back into the group. However, there is some leftover hostility Leavitt has with Paul for putting #MomTok in a negative light. This left other cast members like 29-year-old Mayci Neeley in the middle of these Queen Bs. It was Team Taylor or Team Whitney, which unfolds over the eight episodes. Here Leavitt and Neeley talk about what they go through as cameras follow their families. Your friendship is tested. Whitney Leavitt: It is tested, but...

Taylor Frankie Paul’s ex-husband might get to tell his side of when The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives debuts on Hulu in September.

In the meantime, we’ve got everything you need to know about the mystery man and his very un-Mormon marriage.

As we’ve previously discussed, Tate had a very rocky relationship with Taylor Frankie Paul.

Taylor Frankie Paul appears in an screenshot from the upcoming Hulu series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. (Hulu (YouTube screenshot)) Why Did Taylor Frankie Paul Split From Her Ex-Husband?

Taylor’s career as a reality star has yet to begin.

But millions already know her story thanks to her status as a popular TikTok influencer.

In a May 2022 livestream, Taylor stunned fans by revealing that she and Tate were getting divorced.

News of the split came as a surprise. But fans were even more shocked by the events leading up to that decision.

Did Taylor Frankie Paul go to jail after she was arrested for assault and domestic violence?

That’s one of the many questions on the minds as the TikTok influencer ascends to a new level of fame thanks to her upcoming reality show, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Even before she was cast as one of the stars on Hulu’s controversial new series, Taylor had a sizable fan base on social media.

Taylor Frankie Paul appears in a screenshot from the upcoming Hulu series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. (Hulu (YouTube screenshot)) The Rise of Taylor Frankie Paul

Her candid descriptions of her life as a Mormon swinger helped gain her nearly 4 million followers on TikTok.

And all that clout eventually caught the attention of Secret Lives producers. As a result, they cast Taylor on one of the most buzzed-about new reality shows in recent memory.

Unfortunately,...

Wheelhouse UK Wins First Commission With Channel 5’s ‘Puzzling’

Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse has secured its first UK commission, a Channel 5 quiz format produced with ITV Studios-backed 12 Yard. In Puzzling [working title], broadcaster and historian Lucy Worsley will challenge Britain’s brightest minds across five rounds on language, calculation, lateral thinking, visual intelligence and memory. In a dramatic plot twist, the winning team then turn on each other to be named the ‘Best of the Best’ and earn a place in the series Grand Final, where the winner will be crowned. The series is the first revealed commission for Wheelhouse’s UK arm, which is helmed by former Deal or No Deal producer Glenn Hugill, who set it up earlier this year. 12 Yard is co-producer. Channel 5 rarely dabbles in quiz formats but recently picked up Eggheads, another high-end quizshow that used to air on BBC Two.

“Mobile 101, a Nokia Story,” a series about the dramatic rise and fall of the Finnish phone company, has been acquired by Disney+ and Walter Presents in multiple territories. The series was produced by Finland’s Rabbit Films and is represented in international markets by the outfit.

The six-part series, which sheds light on how a small Finnish company specializing in rubber boots became the world’s biggest mobile manufacturer at the turn of the 21st century, has been picked by Disney+ Italy, Netherlands and Belgium. Walter Presents, meanwhile, bought it for the UK & Ireland. Ruv Iceland has also acquired season one of the series.

“Mobile 101” was originally commissioned by Finnish broadcaster MTV3 Finland and streamer CMore for Sweden, Denmark and Norway. It premiered in 2022 to both critical and commercial acclaim.

Directed and written by Maarit Lalli, the series zooms in on how Nokia switched from rubber boots to...

Seasoned Finnish producer Ilkka Matila of Mrp Matila Röhr has signed with Estonia’s Taska Film and locked early support from the Finnish Film Institute and local commercial channel MTV3 for the 2.7m film “Between the Hammer and the Sickle.” Nordisk Film holds Scandinavian rights.

To be pitched on Aug. 24 at the Nordic Co-Production Market in Haugesund, Norway, the title will be one of Matila’s most defining projects, a feature which he believes will stay, along the lines of the multi-awarded “Mother of Mine” or “The Eternal Road.”

“Between the Hammer and the Sickle” will be one of the first features ever to portray Finland’s illustrious former president Urho Kekkonen. Head of state for nearly 26 years, Kekkonen served as the longest-serving Finnish president from 1956 until 1981 and masterminded his country’s policy of neutrality, keeping at bay the threatening Soviet Union with which Finland shares 800 miles of border.

“I...

Exclusive: Narratively, the digital media platform that specializes in human interest stories, has signed an exclusive overall deal with Warner Bros. Television.

Launched by veteran journalists Noah Rosenberg and Brendan Spiegel in 2012 after a Kickstarter campaign, Narratively’s content has been featured in outlets including The New York Times, National Geographic, Vice and The Guardian. Its stories “go deep into the heart of the human experience while cultivating an audience that is among the most engaged and loyal on the Internet,” the company says.

“Teaming up with a best-in-class studio partner like Warner Bros. TV is a natural step in our evolution,” Rosenberg said in making the announcement. “This partnership will help us continue our mission of developing new and impactful ways to bring authentic human storytelling to a large and influential global audience.”

Over the past year, Narratively has begun working with studio partners to adapt its storytelling for TV.