• Jessi Draper went on Call Her Daddy and dropped BTS details on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives production pause.
  • The Mormon Wives cast stopped filming amid Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen’s most recent domestic incident.
  • Jessi says it was a group decision that happened on Zoom with the support of production.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is currently in a production pause amid an open "domestic assault investigation" between Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen, and Jessi Draper just revealed what’s going on behind the scenes.

Speaking on Call Her Daddy, Jessi explained “So me and the girls, we did decide to stop filming when we found this out because we were starting to hear things a little bit before it leaked and we just didn't want to be filming and say the wrong thing on camera, not knowing the full story yet. And we didn't wanna like have to process all this information for the first time and then also be speaking about it, you know, so we just thought like for everyone's mental health, let's take a beat and let's not film right now. And that's probably the best thing for everyone in this situation.”

She then clarified “We went to production and the network and they were also supportive and they were like, ‘We totally get it, you guys come, first.’ They handled it so well and because of that we all felt like comfortable being like you what this is our real lives and if we want the show to continue to be successful, we have to handle this the right way.”

Jessi also explained that it was truly a group decision, saying “Honestly, it was us as a whole. We were on a group message. So we were just like, ‘Hey, let's jump on a Zoom call.’ And we all got on a Zoom call, even Whitney was on it even though she's not like in our lives every single day anymore. And we all just kind of talked about it as a whole and we're like, ‘Hey, how's everyone feeling? Pulse check, how do you wanna handle this?’ And we all were unanimously on the same page.”

TBD on when Mormon Wives will start filming again, or if Taylor will continue on the show, but apparently Hulu is about to start production on a spin-off in Orange County. More on that below: