The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County star Aspyn Ovard has primarily kept her daughter’s childhood cancer battle private.
“Almost 4 years and I still haven’t found the words to describe the pain. 💔,” Aspyn, 30, wrote via Instagram, sharing rare family photos.
Aspyn and her ex-husband, Parker Ferris, revealed on the first season of Mormon Wives: OC that one of their children had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Aspyn and Parker, from whom she split in 2024, are parents of daughters Lola, Cove and Elle.)
“Our life ripped away,” the influencer captioned a second photo with her child.
Other images featured Aspyn crying in the hospital as her daughter received unspecified treatment, which resulted in hair loss, and celebrating her daughter’s 4th birthday at home.
“Didn’t think she would get to turn 4 💔,” Aspyn said. “Celebrated 3 more birthdays since, always thinking it’s the last.”
Through it all, Aspyn opted against disclosing her daughter’s diagnosis publicly.
“Hiding as much as I could,” she explained in a caption. “Tried to be normal online to keep one piece of my life consistent.”
Along with a selfie from the “present day,” Aspyn noted that she is “always hurting” and “wondering how much time is left.”
Aspyn initially didn’t plan to publicize her daughter’s treatment journey on Mormon Wives: OC at all.
“Initially, I wasn’t going to share a lot of things that are going on in my life,” she exclusively told Us before the show’s Thursday, November 12, premiere. “I’ve been very private for the last few years so I was thinking that maybe I could get away with doing this and still staying private. I think that this is definitely just a different experience than me sharing my life through my own content. It was kind of like going big or going home in a way.”
In addition to disclosing her daughter’s cancer battle, Aspyn opened up about her divorce from Parker and entering into a throuple with married duo Bri and Billy Davis.
“I had a lot of reassurance from production that they would be very respectful of my life and my story,” Aspyn told Us. “I got to have a hand in crafting my story and the way that they put everything together. So they made me feel very comfortable and OK with sharing everything that I did.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County is currently streaming on Hulu.
