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 aspect of the story. However no have to marvel any longer as Miranda McWhorter, additionally a part of the scandal, has lastly damaged her silence on the scenario, 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 is not any stranger to the group’s drama. Actually, she’s the middle of 1 huge drama that unfolded in season 1 with Taylor. (Miranda is the opposite a part of Taylor’s soft-swinging scandal.) Up till not too long ago, followers have solely heard Taylor’s aspect 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 not too long ago 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 instructed PEOPLE. “They will solely be clearly arduous to speak about. Me personally, clearly it took me time to be open about all of that, however I feel it reveals you could be open and sincere, whether or not or not you are judged.”

She continued, “That is one thing you could nonetheless lean into your genuine self and never need to care a lot in the event you’re judged. You may nonetheless be non secular or you cannot be non secular, 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 reality now that the connection together with her ex-husband Chase McWhorter is completed. And she or he is aware of she’s bought some work forward of her to “win these women over.”

“What I actually am craving and wanting again is that assist and that friendship, however I do know that I will type of need to win these women over, and I get it,” she mentioned. “However I for certain really feel like I am strolling right into a lion’s den.”

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

“I feel folks neglect our friendship was means previous to our scandal, if you’ll,” Taylor instructed PEOPLE. “It was 4 years of on a regular basis, at all times collectively, cellphone calls, all the pieces. We have been nearer, I might say, than our households – hanging out extra.”

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

“I feel quite a lot of Taylor’s frustrations have been with me not being completely genuine and truthful,” Miranda defined. “I used to be identical to, ‘Effectively, everybody wasn’t hooking up with everybody,’ and I simply left it at that. I get why that will really feel unfair to her. I feel there was quite a lot of concern, guilt, and disgrace that performed a job in that for me, issues that I wanted to handle 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 properly,” she mentioned. “I can not communicate for her, however I really feel like me lastly addressing that, and in addition her addressing the harm other than 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 mentioned they have been going to “come collectively from totally different views” to share extra of the story.

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