{"id":2406827,"date":"2026-05-07T23:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2406827"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:04:17","slug":"mikayla-matthews-slams-claims-shes-not-supporting-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mikayla-matthews-slams-claims-shes-not-supporting-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikayla Matthews Slams Claims She\u2019s Not Supporting Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em>\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/mikayla-matthews\/\"><strong>Mikayla Matthews<\/strong><\/a> shut down claims that she\u2019s not supporting <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-frankie-paul\/\"><strong>Taylor Frankie Paul<\/strong><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jessi-draper\/\"><strong>Jessi Draper<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews, 26, is \u201cfed up\u201d after seeing comments suggesting she isn\u2019t standing by her costars Paul, 31, and Draper, 33, amid their respective healing journeys. On Thursday, May 6, Matthews clapped back at a fan who claimed Draper \u201cliked\u201d an Instagram post about MomTok members not \u201cposting support\u201d on her and Paul\u2019s accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wild how the minute you and Taylor do things the other MomTok members don\u2019t agree with, they stop posting \u2018support\u2019 on all your posts,\u201d the fan commented, \u201cLife is messy, true friends don\u2019t bail when it gets messy. It actually says way more about who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthews replied to the matter, \u201cInteresting\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-mikayla-reacts-to-momtoks-week-from-hell\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-mikayla-reacts-to-momtoks-week-from-hell\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Mormon Wives&#8217; Mikayla Reacts to MomTok&#8217;s &#8216;Week Straight From Hell&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u2019 Mikayla Matthews is sharing her reaction to MomTok\u2019s drama-filled week. The stars of the hit Hulu reality show have scarcely been out of the headlines in the past week. To recap: First, there was the alleged domestic violence incident involving Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen that put a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another Mormon Wives fan then wondered why Matthews was now addressing the matter, to which the Hulu star replied, \u201cBecause I\u2019m fed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthews fired back at another comment that called her \u201cvery rude\u201d while advising that she focus on her own marriage and healing journey, writing, \u201cGotta love a biased double standard \ud83d\ude43 I\u2019d genuinely love to see how you\u2019d handle being in the same position we\u2019re in.\u201d (Matthews has been candid about her marriage struggles with husband <strong>Jace Terry<\/strong>, as well <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-mikayla-matthews-health-issues-explained\/\">as her chronic illness<\/a>, which causes skin flare-ups.)<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cIf you feel entitled to comment on our life, don\u2019t be surprised when we respond. I\u2019m not someone who switches up my opinions just to save face online. If you don\u2019t like it, feel free to scroll instead of leaving a snide comment on a post about me \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mikayla set the record straight about where she stands amid Draper\u2019s divorce from estranged husband <strong>Jordan Ngatikaura<\/strong>, and Paul\u2019s court appearances with her ex <strong>Dakota Mortensen<\/strong> following a domestic violence investigation stemming from incidents that took place in February.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXXjcjlAYM7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On April 14, district attorney <strong>Sim Gill<\/strong>\u2019s office said in a statement obtained by<em> Us Weekly<\/em> that Paul <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-frankie-paul-will-not-face-charges-in-alleged-dispute\/\">would not be charged<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter reviewing reports and evidence submitted to the Draper Police Department and West Jordan Police Department, the Salt Lake County District Attorney\u2019s Office has declined to file charges against Taylor Frankie Paul,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYBe2pZDDG3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul said she \u201ccried\u201d when she got the news.<\/p>\n<p>Draper, for her part, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-jessi-breaks-silence-on-jordan-divorce\/\">broke her silence<\/a> after Ngatikaura, 28, filed for divorce in March, during an episode of the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn the last year, I\u2019ve told him, actually, a few different times, I want to get divorced. But he always calms me down,\u201d she said. \u201cI did end it with him, so I knew it was coming, but we had made an agreement to do it together, and he blindsided me and filed because he wanted the headline first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cWhile our paths are now moving in different directions, my priority remains my children and ensuring they feel loved, supported, and protected through this transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u2019 Mikayla Matthews shut down claims that she\u2019s not supporting Taylor Frankie Paul and Jessi Draper. Matthews, 26, is \u201cfed up\u201d after seeing comments suggesting she isn\u2019t standing by her costars Paul, 31, and Draper, 33, amid their respective healing journeys. 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