The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County cast are weighing in on the swirling speculation that Jen Affleck was meant to join the MomTok spinoff.
“I guess I’m curious as well,” McCall Dapron told Entertainment Tonight at Hulu’s Get Real event on Wednesday, April 22. “I was surprised when we went to glam before this that she wasn’t with us. I heard she was sick, but I have no clue.”
Jen, 26, is one of the OG stars on Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the hit Hulu reality TV show about a group of young Mormon mom influencers living in Utah. Jen and her husband, Zac Affleck, have since relocated to California full-time, sparking rumors that she would lead a Hulu spinoff.
Hulu announced on Wednesday that an OC-set version of Mormon Wives is in development starring McCall, one of Mayci Neeley’s sisters, as well as Aspyn Ovard, Avery Woods, Bobbi Althoff, Salomé Andrea, Ashleigh Pease, Madison Bontempo and Chandler Higginson. There has been no official word whether Jen was ever meant to appear on Mormon Wives: Orange County — or will make a potential cameo down the line.
“She lives where we all live,” Avery, 31, added to ET, weighing in on the speculation. “She’s a part of the Orange County mom group, and I think we’re all just trying to be there for her as much as we can as a supportive friend [in] finding a new community out here since she left Utah.”
Aspyn, for her part, noted that she’s “not sure” whether Jen’s move will be chronicled on the Utah series or the California spinoff. (The original series recently resumed production on season 5 after halting amid Taylor Frankie Paul’s domestic violence investigation. Taylor, 31, denied the accusations before police declined to press charges earlier in April. It’s not known whether she will return to the show.)
“I haven’t seen [Jen] yet,” Aspyn, 30, teased of the first few episodes of Mormon Wives: Orange County. “I think I will see her soon.”
Aspyn, Avery and McCall have only filmed a handful of scenes for their new show thus far.
“It’s a very mixed cast,” McCall, 36, exclusively told Us Weekly at Wednesday’s event. “There’s, like, a couple girls that are similar to me. We’re traditional housewives, and there’s a couple girls that are girlbosses with big podcasts and have been in the influencing world for a while.”
McCall lives in Southern California with her husband, Kirk DaPron, and their four children. She’s now stepping into the spotlight and following in her younger sister Mayci’s footsteps. (Mayci, 30, is one of Jen’s costars on the OG Mormon Wives.)
“The biggest thing she told me is be neutral,” McCall told Us of Mayci’s advice of joining reality TV. “Don’t be too crazy, but be neutral [and] be in the middle. I’m, like, that’s actually good advice ‘cause it’s hard sometimes not to take a side. She’s, like, ‘Be a little bit more neutral.’”
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County premieres on Hulu later in 2026.
