Miranda McWhorter Spills Her Tea About ‘Mormon Wives’ Swinging Scandal

Whereas followers of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” know all about Taylor Frankie Paul‘s soft-swinging scandal, they’ve solely heard Taylor’s facet of the story. However no must marvel any longer as Miranda McWhorteradditionally a part of the scandal, has lastly damaged her silence on the state of affairs, as she prepares for her debut on the present’s second season.

Simply as season 2 is about to be launched on Hulu, some truths are coming to the floor, getting MomTok followers much more prepared for brand new, bingeworthy episodes and extra drama than season 1 delivered.

Becoming a member of the MomTok crew for season 2, Miranda isn’t any stranger to the group’s drama. The truth is, she’s the middle of 1 massive drama that unfolded in season 1 with Taylor. (Miranda is the opposite a part of Taylor’s soft-swinging scandal.) Up till lately, followers have solely heard Taylor’s facet of the story, however now Miranda is talking up.

Miranda was Taylor’s bestie earlier than the swinging occurred, and avid viewers of the present are prepared for her to shake issues up within the anticipated second season.

Miranda lately spoke to PEOPLE about becoming a member of the present and the swinging scandal entered the chat.

“I feel that throughout the present and inside Mormonism, the very fact of the matter is that we’re being forthcoming about these skeletons,” she informed PEOPLE. “They will solely be clearly laborious to speak about. Me personally, clearly it took me time to be open about all of that, however I feel it exhibits that you may be open and trustworthy, whether or not or not you are judged.”

She continued, “That is one thing that you may nonetheless lean into your genuine self and never should care a lot in case you’re judged. You possibly can nonetheless be spiritual or you can’t be spiritual, and it would not actually matter both means.”

Miranda defined in her introduction on the present that it is simpler for her to talk her fact now that the connection together with her ex-husband Chase McWhorter is completed. And she or he is aware of she’s acquired some work forward of her to “win these ladies over.”

“What I actually am craving and wanting again is that help and that friendship, however I do know that I will form of should win these ladies over, and I get it,” she stated. “However I for positive really feel like I am strolling right into a lion’s den.”

After such a public scandal, the 2 associates had some repairing to do to their friendship.

“I feel folks overlook our friendship was means previous to our scandal, if you’ll,” Taylor informed PEOPLE. “It was 4 years of on a regular basis, at all times collectively, telephone calls, every little thing. We had been nearer, I would say, than our households – hanging out extra.”

Feelings ran excessive after the scandal and tore the 2 associates aside.

“I feel loads of Taylor’s frustrations had been with me not being completely genuine and truthful,” Miranda defined. “I used to be identical to, ‘Nicely, everybody wasn’t hooking up with everybody,’ and I simply left it at that. I get why that may really feel unfair to her. I feel there was loads of concern, guilt, and disgrace that performed a task in that for me, issues that I wanted to deal with in my private life between my marriage, my faith, all of that.”

Miranda additionally defined that she’s “unpacked” it throughout time.

“I feel over time as I unpacked that individually, it allowed me to unpack that extra publicly, and clearly, with Taylor, as nicely,” she stated. “I am unable to converse for her, however I really feel like me lastly addressing that, and in addition her addressing the harm except for the swinging factor, was in all probability very validating for us each.”

In a video shared by PEOPLE, Taylor and Miranda sat collectively to share perception into the swinging scandal and their friendship. Taylor stated they had been going to “come collectively from totally different views” to share extra of the story.

“I feel if you come to phrases with one thing that is a part of your actuality, a part of your story, I do not suppose that there is a lot concern about it being perhaps a part of your id generally,” Miranda stated. “I feel for me, sure, I do not need my story or who I’m to be the swinging factor. I’d hate for that to be the case, clearly, there’s much more to me than that, however it’s a part of my story.”