Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Paul and MomTok group member Makenna Gibbons — who was a part of the scandal, however not the present — have been slinging accusations and receipts forwards and backwards throughout TikTok.
If there’s one factor about Taylor Frankie Paul, she’s going to share her facet regardless of the way it’s acquired. On this case, she shortly jumped in to defend herself when new allegations dropped concerning the viral MomTok intercourse scandal that made headlines even earlier than The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
The most recent allegations showing to contain Paul come from Makenna Gibbons, who was a part of that authentic scandal however didn’t seem on the primary season of the truth present.
Makenna Gibbons’ Story
Gibbons dropped a five-part sequence of movies on November 25 to her TikTok, the place she claimed that she and her then-husband solely briefly participated within the “soft-swinging” MomTok scandal that obtained uncovered.
She mentioned that each instances it was with an unnamed couple — confirmed to be Paul and her then-husband in subsequent movies as she and Paul started exchanging accusations and tossing receipts forwards and backwards over the subsequent couple of days.
“We did change companions and soft-swinging occurred,” Gibbons admitted at first of her first video sequence, saying that issues shortly modified for her when she seen her husband is likely to be catching emotions.
Gibbons mentioned her husband admitted that he and this accomplice — later confirmed to be Paul — “each acknowledge that we get alongside very well and that issues may develop.” However as a result of they’re each pleased of their marriages, they “do not wish to go down that route.”
That was after the primary encounter, per Gibbons. After the second encounter, which Gibbons mentioned was additionally the final, she mentioned she informed him, “If that is what you need then we will divorce now, as a result of I will not take part.”
She additionally claimed she then spoke with the girl half of that couple, telling her that she and her husband had been finished with any form of “soft-swinging,” solely to purportedly discover out that not solely had her husband kissed this girl, however that they’d had intercourse.
She additional mentioned {that a} good friend not solely informed her about Paul’s bodily intimacy together with her husband, but in addition that the pair had been assembly up “for a while,” declared their love, and had been apparently planning to go away their spouses for each other.
Taylor Frankie Paul’s First Admissions
Paul seemingly confirmed no less than a part of this narrative when she first uncovered the “soft-swinging” MomTok scandal again in June 2022. At the moment, as famous by Folks, she mentioned that she and her husband had an settlement of their open relationship to “not go all the best way” or catch emotions.
She then admitted she “did step out of that settlement” and even fell in love with one of many husbands she was swinging with. If mentioned husband was Gibbons’, that may align with Gibbons’ declare that they’d declared love to at least one one other.
Again on September 4 of this yr, Paul informed The Viall Recordsdata that she had determined to talk out publicly after seeing a few of the different MomTokers liking feedback referring to her as a “cheater” and “husband stealer,” admitting she did not absolutely suppose by way of what exposing the entire group would do, however desirous to push again towards that narrative.
“So I obtained on-line, not pondering in any respect, however like, ‘Hey sure, I did do that, however we had been additionally all hooking up simply the opposite night time,'” she mentioned.
“It simply did not really feel prefer it was honest,” she added on the time. “There was much more to the story than simply I’m some form of house wrecker.”
Paul and Gibbons Again and Forth
As soon as once more, it seems to be like Paul is stepping in with “much more to the story,” this time in response to Gibbons’ preliminary five-part exposé about her experiences — which could not have named names, however was clearly pointing proper at Paul.
Leaping on the identical platform, Paul’s first TikTok pushed again at a few of Gibbons’ claims, with Paul writing that Gibbons “by no means requested to cease” the “soft-swinging” that was taking place. In reality, she claimed that Gibbons “was one of many instigators, and despatched HER husband to get me, however inform your facet sis.”
As La Roux’ “Bulletproof” performed within the background, she adopted up a video of her dancing with considered one of her and Gibbons kissing and laughing, then a photograph of her, Gibbons and presumably Gibbons’ then-husband (along with his face lined by a clown face emoji), and eventually some chat alerts from April 2 that would appear to substantiate Gibbons was absolutely onboard with what was taking place.
Gibbons then responded to this video with one more TikTok the place she pulled her personal receipts (and began naming names), pushing again towards the textual content screenshot Paul confirmed by providing a extra expansive screenshot of that trade the place Gibbons expressed extra confusion and reservations than enthusiasm.
She additionally shared one other textual content dialog with Paul from that point, the place she wrote that she did not like feeling she was being painted as bisexual when she will not be — which is why she now feels it is odd that Taylor used video of them kissing as a part of her personal receipts.
Paul then responded once more with even higher element in one more follow-up video the place she mentioned that Gibbons’ clarification of her April receipts within the above TikTok do not jive with a gaggle journey they’d all deliberate collectively in Might, the place they had been all purportedly nonetheless hashing out their boundaries.
“It is irritating after they’re all popping out to inform the reality and it is a bit of little bit of, ‘I did not actually wish to do it,’ ‘I wished to cease,’ ‘I wasn’t having fun with it,'” Paul mentioned in her newest TikTok. “They loved it!”
She additionally mentioned that it was her ex who introduced the {couples} collectively and mentioned he wished it to cease — not Gibbons — as she’s been saying since she first broke this story.
“I owned my half, why cannot they personal willingly doing it and by no means voiced to cease?” she questioned within the caption of her video, whereas additionally saying this may be her remaining feedback about it.
We’ll simply have to attend and see if that is true about both Paul or Gibbons.
Paul can be again when The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives returns for its second season. Gibbons, in the meantime, mentioned in her movies that she’s been requested many instances to be a part of the present, however has turned them down every time.