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Business Upturn
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- Business Upturn
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3: Release date speculation, cast and plot details – Everything we know so far
The reality TV show The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has gained a large following due to its mix of drama and insights into Mormon culture. Fans are excited for news about Season 3 after two successful seasons. This article covers release date possibilities, cast updates, and expected storylines based on available information. Release Date Possibilities for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3 Hulu has not announced an official premiere date for Season 3 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. In October 2024, Hulu confirmed 20 more episodes after Season 1's success. Season 2, which aired on May 15, 2025, had 10 episodes, leaving 10 episodes still to come. Filming for these episodes is ongoing, as cast member Whitney Leavitt mentioned in May 2025. Given the eight-month gap between Season 1 (September 2024) and Season 2 (May 2025), the next episodes might arrive in late 2025, possibly November or December, or early 2026, around spring. Some reports suggest these 10 episodes could be called Season 2, Part 2, while others believe they will be marketed as Season 3, similar to how Hulu handled The Kardashians. An official announcement is still needed to confirm the release. Expected Cast for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3 The main cast from Season 2 is likely to return, bringing their ongoing conflicts and personal stories. The expected returning cast includes: Taylor Frankie Paul: The central MomTok influencer tied to the 2022 swinging scandal. Demi Engemann: A key figure in Season 2 drama, often clashing with others. Jennifer Affleck: Facing personal challenges, including pregnancy and marriage issues. Jessi Ngatikaura: Involved in a major Season 2 cliffhanger about an alleged affair. Layla Taylor: Played a role in revealing Season 2's final drama. Mikayla Matthews: Expecting a baby in summer 2025. Mayci Neeley: Also expecting a child, adding to the group's changes. Whitney Leavitt: Rejoined MomTok after earlier tensions, but her acting career may affect her role. Miranda McWhorter: A Season 2 addition linked to the original scandal. What's the Plot for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3? Season 2 left us on a cliffhanger that's got everyone talking. Vanderpump Villa 's Marciano Brunette claimed he had an affair with Jessi Ngatikaura, despite earlier buzz pointing to Demi Engemann. Jessi's calling it nonsense, and her husband, Jordan, thinks Demi's behind the rumor mill. Here's what's likely coming in Season 3: Jessi's Affair Drama: This bombshell will probably kick things off, with Jessi facing off against Marciano and maybe Demi. Expect heated arguments and divided loyalties in MomTok. Demi's Feuds: Demi's been stirring the pot, fighting with Taylor, Jessi, and even Taylor's mom, Liann. Will she double down or get pushed out? Jen and Zac's Marriage: Jennifer's break from filming was about saving her marriage and handling her pregnancy. Season 3 could show if they're back on track or still struggling. Taylor and Dakota's Co-Parenting: After cooling their romance, Taylor and Dakota are focused on raising their kids together. Their dynamic will keep things spicy. MomTok's Fractured Friendships: The group's split into cliques, with trust issues everywhere. Miranda's new role and Whitney's return could shift alliances again. Baby Boom: With Jennifer, Mikayla, and Mayci all expecting babies in summer 2025, expect sweet moments mixed with the usual chaos. Where to Catch the Show You can binge Seasons 1 and 2 on Hulu in the U.S. or Disney+ if you're watching internationally. Season 3 (or whatever Hulu calls the next 10 episodes) will likely stick to these platforms. Ahmedabad Plane Crash
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Demi Lovato Dropped swimsuit Pics From What Looks to Be the Dreamiest Honeymoon Ever
Demi Lovato and Jordan 'Jutes' Lutes are celebrating their wedding with the dreamiest looking honeymoon possibly ever. The couple—who married in Santa Barbara last month—are currently somewhere tropical and beach-y, and seem to be spending their time taking loved-up PDA pics and posing in cute outfits. Or, in Demi's case, an entire suitcase full of cute swimsuits. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) Reminder: Demi and Jutes met back in January 2022 during one of Demi's studio sessions, and Jutes popped the question in December 2023 (in a room filled with "roses, candles, and butterflies suspended from the ceiling," per Vogue). Demi spoke to the outlet about the ceremony, saying "Planning the wedding has been a lot of fun. It feels like we were waiting for Christmas morning each and every day leading up to the main event." The singer gushed about the wedding, saying "The ceremony was full of love. We were married by our good friend Dave Osokow, and he made it so personal. It was as if each and every person at the wedding was a part of a big family all celebrating with us. Looking into each other's eyes, all I was thinking was how lucky we are to spend this lifetime with each other." She added, "I just felt loved. All that life has brought me to this moment, and it was more than worth it. It was so special being able to marry my best friend, my soulmate, and the love of my life. It's hard to put into words what Jordan means to me. To find a love like this has completed my life in so many ways. We both put the work into ourselves first to be ready and open to share a life together, and I think that is a really important part of our relationship. We don't complete each other as we did the work to complete ourselves first—and I think that's a really important thing to do." You Might Also Like Here's What NOT to Wear to a Wedding Meet the Laziest, Easiest Acne Routine You'll Ever Try
Yahoo
14-06-2025
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Urgent appeal to find missing Sutton Coldfield girl – public urged ‘call 999'
An urgent appeal has been launched to find a missing girl from Sutton Coldfield. Demi is 15 and has not been seen since shortly before 3pm on Friday (June 13). The public are being urged to call 999 immediately if they spot her. Demi is white and pictured with short brown hair. Read more: Mum 'looked in eye' by thief as gang stole BMW and Porsche off driveway Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp, click the link to join At the time of her disappearance she was said to be wearing black and white joggers a black Berghaus puffer jacket and blue/black Nike trainers. In a statement a spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: 'Have you seen Demi, aged 15, who's missing from Sutton Coldfield? 'Demi was last seen at 2.48pm on the 13th June. 'She was wearing black and white joggers a black Berghaus puffer jacket and blue/black Nike trainers." Read more: Popular dad died at hospital after medics made scan error Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox The statement continued and said: 'Call 999 if you see Demi, quoting log 3618-130625.' Alternatively, anyone with any information but who does not have details of her immediate whereabouts, should call 101, quoting the same log number.
Graziadaily
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Jessi And Whitney On Season 3 Of 'The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives' – And *That* Cliffhanger
No strangers to scandal, the influencers who make up #MomTok, a group of Mormon women who broke the internet after posting about a swinging scandal in the friendship group, were always destined for reality TV greatness. In less than a year they have gone from relatively niche social media stars to fully fledged celebrities recognised around the world. This is, of course, thanks to the overnight success of their Disney+ show, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The first season premiered in September with an immediate second season commissioned, filmed and ready to air by May. It left fans with a lot of unanswered questions – not least because season two ended on the mother of all cliffhangers. In a reality TV metaverse maze, Vanderpump Rules star Marciano Brunette confessed to Mayci Neeley that it wasn't Demi Engemann he had a secret affair with but her best friend (now enemy?), Jessi Ngatikaura. The latter was not able to defend herself during the finale, so fans await the reunion episode on 1 July with bated breath. 'You know, months before it came out, I was aware of the situation and the reality of it, but I can't say much until the next season comes out' Jessi, who has been married to Jordan Ngatikaura since 2020, tells us. 'All I will say is there's so much more to that story than what was said at the finale. I'm looking forward to showing a little more vulnerability with the viewers and having them see a little more about my relationship and my life. I'm hoping someone can relate to it. I'm going to be pretty open and honest.' We don't know yet how the allegations have affected her relationship with Mayci, but her friendship with Demi was already hanging by a thread. In season two, Jessi confessed that she's tired of being Demi's lap dog, as viewers witnessed Demi comfortably move into the role of the show's new #MomTok villain. 'We're not like what we used to be,' reveals Jessi. 'I do feel like we've had a chance to talk through some things and after seeing season two, I think a lot of people can reflect on how they acted and put things into perspective. I would just hope that, as co-workers, we can be cordial. We were best friends at one point, but it just won't be what it was.' Adding, 'I'd rather that than have an enemy. It's draining!' In the Mormon wives circle, the term 'friendship' is a loose one. Like most successful reality TV shows, TSLMW is hinged on fallouts, showdowns and scandal. Whitney Leavitt knows this better than any of them. After season one aired, she formally left the group (and the group chat) and took to social media to claim she was given the 'villain edit'. Unsurprisingly given the show's success, she made a bold return in season two and has been passively voted back into the friendship group, even if she's not been added to the group chat yet. 'First of all, can we ban the voting?' she jokes when we speak. 'I said it as a joke and then people took it a little bit too seriously. It was like 'you can be here, but I don't really want you here'. I don't really know how to take that.' Of course, she is referring most specifically to Mikayla Matthews, who firmly voted against her re-initiation. Regardless of awkward dynamics, being part of #MomTok is a lucrative prospect. It might involve some turmoil in their personal lives and a relentless stream of speculation on social media, but it has turned their circle into a profitable business. How have their lives changed in the past year? Whitney is not shy to answer first. 'Financially, the fame, the opportunities, the people we've met, it's all drastically changed. In my experience watching, most TV shows take a few seasons to gain traction and catch on and we had an overnight hit.' 'We've been thrown into success,' she continues, 'which is such a blessing, and we know how lucky we are. We do not take that for granted.' Demi agrees: 'There's been a few moments when I'm recognised in another country and it's a "woah" moment, but I hope it never goes to our heads. That's when it gets dangerous.' What hasn't changed, however, is their collective commitment to the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints – even if it is characteristically unconventional. 'Some portrayals (of the Church) are fair and accurate, but others resort to stereotypes or gross misinterpretations that are in poor taste and have real-life consequences for people of faith,' the Church said in a statement about the Disney+ show. 'I mean, I don't really care, just because I know that my intentions are good,' Whitney responds. 'I'm not going to bash the church. None of us are, and none of us are wanting to represent the church. We're just sharing our lives and all of us happen to have a little bit of Mormonism in that.' 'Even if our show wasn't called what it was, if it was just a reality show set in Utah, then it would come up regardless because it's so apart of the culture and it's so saturated there,' adds Jessi. Regardless of the church's disapproval, #MomTok has done a lot to challenge some of the more harmful and sexist stereotypes of Mormon culture. This was perhaps most prevalent in the breakdown of Jen and Zac's relationship in season one. 'Not every marriage in the church is like this,' says Jessi, 'but some are more traditional where the man has the priesthood and is the head of the household and sometimes there's a power dynamic there. Jen and Zac really broke that open and I think Zack learned from it, which is great, and he's working on himself and she's working on things too.' 'I think it showed that it can be a little bit like that in the church and we're trying to show that it's okay to be breadwinners and moms at the same time, and to go after our dreams and also be housewives,' she continues. 'I think we're just kind of showing you can have it all.' Naturally, the #MomTok husbands have caught on. In the recent season we saw the fumbling origins of #DadTok, not yet a convincing rival of the original. Will this take off more in season three? 'I think we're always, obviously the focus,' Jessi laughs. 'But it shows the husbands support what we do now and understand it a little more. We're a legit business.' But both reality stars promise that viewers will have their most pressing questions answered in season three (and perhaps the reunion too). Jessi, for her part, says season three felt 'very different' and 'crazy' to film compared with the past two seasons. 'There were so many moving parts and answers and speculations. It was like putting a puzzle piece together, so I'm excited to see how people like it.' The season two reunion special of The Secret Wives of Mormon Wives airs on Hulu and Disney+ on 1 July.
Eater
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
The Team From Kingfield's ‘Midwest French' Bistro Is Still Digesting Its James Beard Nomination
Jeanie Janas Ritter and Adam Ritter first found out that their Kingfield bistro, Bûcheron, was a finalist for the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in a text from their former boss, Minneapolis culinary icon Gavin Kaysen. The husband-and-wife duo had made a name for themselves working at Kaysen's celebrated restaurants — including Spoon and Stable, Demi, and the soon-to-be-revived Bellecour — before opening Bûcheron just over a year ago. The intimate restaurant quickly earned a devoted following for its refined, French fare. 'We were stunned. It was a couple of crazy days of people emailing and texting us,' says Jeanie, the restaurant's hospitality director. 'One of my favorite moments was when we shared it in our team group chat because of the genuine excitement and pride. It was clear to me that it's everybody's recognition.' Bûcheron is one of 10 nominees in the category and the only restaurant from the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. (The only other Minnesota restaurant ever nominated in the category was Owamni, which brought home the award in 2022.) This year, they will be joined by a cadre of other Minnesotans for Best Chef: Midwest nominees, including Shigeyuki Furukawa of Kado no Mise, Diane Moua of Diane's Place, and Karyn Tomlinson of Myriel. Bar Brava is a finalist for its notable wine program. Jeanie sees a common thread among the Twin Cities restaurants that are garnering national attention. 'I think that Minnesota cuisine is defined by the ingredients rather than the technique,' says Jeanie. 'And when you think about the most exciting restaurants in Minneapolis that people are talking about, the techniques at each of those places are pretty dramatically different, but I think there's a similar thread of ingredients that you start to find.' The menu at Bûcheron is often described as a Midwestern interpretation of the French bistronomy movement, which seems in line with the clear-eyed vision for the restaurant. 'We approach [the food] as 'Midwest French.' Like using a French technique for a Midwestern dish or a French dish with Midwestern ingredients,' says chef Adam Ritter. 'A lot of places you go nowadays, it's like a hodgepodge of different cuisines. So we try to stay in that lane.' Adam isn't interested in over-manipulating components or disguising their origins. He says that guests and other chefs were pleasantly surprised when he served celery root tortellini in an acorn broth earlier this year. At a dinner last June, he fashioned a tiny frozen tree out of a dolgo crab apple and lilac bushes to mimic a photo in a book by local artist Mary Jo Hoffman. Ingredients from local producers embed a sense of place into Bûcheron's menu — wild rice from the Indigenous Food Lab, beef from Fellers Ranch, and jam from Adam's uncle's raspberry bushes. To keep ingredients as local as possible — Adam insists Minnesota chanterelles are better than those on the West Coast — his team freezes local produce at peak ripeness to serve year-round. 'Everything needs to taste like what it is, so if a carrot is on the plate, it should taste like a carrot,' says Adam. 'I want to make it delicate to where you can taste everything that's in the dish harmoniously.' The Ritters' decision to open a restaurant was motivated by both the needs of their growing family and their passion for excellent food and hospitality. The couple, who have two toddlers, wanted to create a positive work environment for their family and employees. 'We were on a walk with our baby right before I went back from maternity leave,' says Jeanie. 'Being in the restaurant business with young children is really hard, there's a lot of nights solo parenting. We knew if we wanted to do this and make it work, we needed to do it on our own terms.' Being independent restaurant owners has allowed the owners to have more control over their schedules and realize their vision for the menu. The Ritters made time for their family by hiring a team of trusted and familiar faces — both in the kitchen and front of house — that hold the same high culinary standards that they have. A few of Adam's former Demi colleagues joined the Ritters at Bûcheron, including chef de cuisine Cory Western and general manager Tyler McLeod. And thanks to years of developing relationships with the Twin Cities' most discerning diners, the Bûcheron team enjoys the company of many old friends throughout the week. One of the ways their community comes together is through bimonthly tasting dinners, some centered on the cuisines of regions in Spain or France, and others based on a fellow chef's memoir or a book of photography, like Hoffman's. 'We've built up a really good community of guests at other restaurants over the last eight years,' says Jeanie. 'We've gotten so close with so many of our regulars that when we have a hog roast for our team twice a year, a lot of them come.' With the James Beard spotlight now shining on Bûcheron, the Ritters remain committed to improving the day-to-day experience of running a neighborhood bistro. Reservations are booking out faster than ever, though they're quick to note that the bar is always open for walk-ins. Amid the buzz, the Ritters are still focused on the fundamentals: improving building operations, deepening relationships with local producers, and chipping away at their SBA loan. While staffed by many industry veterans, the Bûcheron team is still learning the day-to-day realities of overseeing a small neighborhood bistro. It's housed in an older building, and while guests might admire the ambiance by Christian Dean Architecture, behind the scenes, much of the first year has been spent steadily making improvements. Each season brings its own challenges — freezing temperatures, spring rain, and blazing sun which means problem-solving so the patio tables aren't baking hot. Recognition is exciting, but success still looks like hard work, smart decisions, and dishes that taste like home. Sign up for our newsletter.
