Mikayla Matthews says she is done with The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives for now. In a social media post, she said she made the decision more than a week ago after hearing some news, and that she will not continue on the show at this moment.
The timing matters because the cast was filming Season 6 in Italy when she posted. For viewers following the series and the turmoil around MomTok, Matthews’ exit turns a private decision into the latest public break in a show that has already been shaped by conflict off camera and on it.
Matthews said she is not comfortable being part of something that keeps platforming behavior she does not agree with, adding that no amount of money is worth going against her morals. She said the show has helped her provide for her family, but she no longer wants to directly profit from behavior she sees as wrong and unethical. In her post, she also said the situation feels like a disservice to the children, everyone’s healing and the millions of people watching.
Deadline reported that Matthews appears to be referring to Taylor Frankie Paul, and that is where the friction sits. On the most recent season of SLOMW, Matthews and Taylor Frankie Paul clashed over Paul not wanting criticism of her life, then mended things on camera even as the off-camera relationship did not seem stable. Matthews went further in her post, saying supporting an adult does not mean making excuses for toxic behavior without accountability or change, and said she had spent years in that cycle before deciding not to return to it.
Her exit lands against a wider pattern of turmoil. Production for Season 5 was paused after domestic violence allegations from Dakota Mortensen, and legal actions, a custody battle and an old resurfaced video showing Taylor Frankie Paul physically assaulting Mortensen were released ahead of The Bachelorette, which ABC later canceled. Matthews did not say what news changed her mind, and that missing detail is now the core unanswered piece around a departure that appears immediate, personal and final for this moment.
She said she will keep sharing her story, her health and her advocacy. What she has not spelled out is the news that pushed her over the line, leaving the show to absorb the fallout without a public answer from Matthews about what she heard.
