'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' stars Jessi Ngatikaura and Layla Taylor share what it was like to watch season one back and reveal what the Mormon community has said about the show. Plus, they talk about the tension between cast members reveal their favorite TikTok trend.
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00:00We were just at your premiere the other day, how was it?
00:03How was the big night for you guys?
00:05It was so fun, it was so surreal to have it at the Paramount lot.
00:08We were like, oh, people watch this show?
00:10I think for the longest amount of time we always had this running joke in our group
00:13that we feel like we're filming a home movie and no one's ever going to see it,
00:16so it's so fun to see it come to real life and everyone watch it.
00:19Especially for the first season, what was it like, that experience watching the season back?
00:24Was it surreal and what was the reaction from the Mormon community?
00:28Yeah, it was surreal because we're in these moments with our real friend group
00:31and you forget everyone's going to watch it back and have an opinion
00:33and you don't get to watch your memories back very often, obviously, so it was crazy.
00:38The Mormons were really mad at us in the beginning, I think, because they were like,
00:41this isn't what Mormonism is about, like, you're a bad example.
00:44But in reality, we're just sharing our experiences and our real lives and that's valid.
00:48But I think they've softened up a little.
00:50No, for sure. I think that their reactions at first were valid.
00:53I mean, I feel like I get the fear behind it, wondering if we were going to misrepresent.
00:56But if anything, I feel like we're showing just Mormons at different levels within the faith
00:59and I think that's really cool.
01:01Is there anything this season that you were kind of like,
01:03I wish that they didn't show it like that or that's not really how it went down?
01:07We haven't seen it yet.
01:08Yeah, so we actually have no idea, so I will let you know afterwards.
01:12What about from last season?
01:15They just cut a lot.
01:16Obviously, we only got eight episodes last year and we filmed so much more.
01:20So I feel like there were more personal storylines for a lot of us that got cut.
01:23So I'm just hoping as seasons progress, you get to know each of us more as people.
01:27Yeah, absolutely, Miriam, what you said.
01:29I feel like in future seasons, it would be great for all the girls to be able to share their backstories
01:33because honestly, all of us have been through a lot and I feel like it's amazing
01:37and we hope to just inspire people, so hopefully we get to share that.
01:40I know there has been some tension between certain cast members here or there,
01:44but you guys all still film TikToks together.
01:46So does it ever get awkward?
01:48Are there things that we're not seeing behind the scenes where you are kind of hashing it out?
01:51You see that on our show, actually.
01:53Luckily, we're filming all the time.
01:54So yeah, there's definitely a weird dynamic where mom talk is a business
01:58and we have to show up and do the job and there are fights and tensions.
02:02Sometimes we're able to be professional, but it's just kind of part of the game, unfortunately.
02:06Yeah, I mean, content creation was how we started our job.
02:09So at the end of the day, that's kind of what we have to do together.
02:11And I feel like if you see it in that way, even if there is type of contention
02:15and see it more as like a business, then I think that you can get through the contention naturally.
02:18Yeah, I feel like a lot of people are just obsessed with you guys both on TikTok and on the show.
02:23What is something either on TikTok, it could be a person, a trend that you're currently obsessing over?
02:29Oh, that's a good one.
02:31I'm trying to think.
02:32I know, I'm trying to think of one.
02:34Oh, do you know that trend that they look up somebody on someone's like Facebook account
02:38that like you would not know that they know?
02:40Like they say like, oh, their mom's friend from high school.
02:44And they, yes, they're like, I'm so hungry, I could eat.
02:48I could eat this or like you say a celebrity's name or something.
02:51Yeah, what do you what would you say?
02:52You're so hungry, you could say that I could eat the villain of season two.
02:57Oh, OK, you're so hungry, you could eat.
03:00Hmm.
03:03I don't know.
03:03I'm trying to think my ex-husband.
03:07See, done.
03:08Amazing.