{"id":2492379,"date":"2026-07-07T19:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2492379"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:24:33","slug":"mormon-wives-layla-taylor-teases-new-romance-after-coming-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mormon-wives-layla-taylor-teases-new-romance-after-coming-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormon Wives\u2019 Layla Taylor Teases New Romance After Coming Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/secret-lives-of-mormon-wives\/\"><em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives <\/em><\/a>star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/layla-taylor\/\"><strong>Layla Taylor<\/strong><\/a> is giving fans a glimpse of her new romance after coming out as bisexual.<\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday, July 6, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaeWW8WsP-2\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> video, Layla, 25, posed for the camera before reaching out to grab a hand that appeared in the clip. No further details were shared about the person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018You\u2019re glowing recently,\u2019 thanks I\u2019m dating a woman now,\u201d Layla wrote over the video, captioning the post, \u201cChivalry isn\u2019t dead it\u2019s w the lesbians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Layla shared during a June episode of the \u201cOn Purpose With Jay Shetty\u201d podcast that she is bisexual, sharing that she is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-layla-taylor-comes-out-as-bi-is-dating-a-woman\/\">currently dating a woman<\/a> after \u201cliking\u201d one of her photos on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Women are] already more emotionally aware about certain things and very patient,\u201d Layla shared about her new relationship. \u201cI feel like at least who I\u2019m talking to right now, she\u2019s just been very understanding and letting me take this at my own pace because it is just still foreign to me and it is so new. [It\u2019s the] level of understanding and just being there for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Layla went on to open up about how she grappled with her sexuality when she was younger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up, I didn\u2019t fit in for a lot of reasons in my childhood. I grew up in a very predominantly white area, and being a little Black girl, I already stood out so much to my peers and took that on a lot more than I feel like I realized,\u201d she noted. \u201cI always had these thoughts and I kind of laugh about it now because I would be watching shows like <em>Pretty Little Liars<\/em> and I would watch, like, Shay Mitchell kissing a girl. I was like, \u2018Wait, why is that hot?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<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>She continued, \u201cBut I didn\u2019t know what those feelings were because I didn\u2019t have queer representation around me of [someone] I could look at it and be like, \u2018OK, this is normal.\u2019 It wasn\u2019t necessarily that I had parents \u2014 or I was Mormon at one point \u2014 but I didn\u2019t necessarily have that pressure to not do that. I just didn\u2019t have people around me that modeled that.\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-layla-taylor-reveals-when-she-lost-virginity\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2272669246.jpg?crop=0px%2C163px%2C2579px%2C1457px&amp;resize=2400%2C1350&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Layla Taylor\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/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-layla-taylor-reveals-when-she-lost-virginity\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;Mormon Wives&#8217; Star Layla Taylor Reveals When She Lost Her Virginity<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Layla Taylor revealed how old she was when she lost her virginity. During the Monday, June 29, episode of the \u201cOn Purpose With Jay Shetty\u201d podcast, Taylor, 25, reflected on her complex relationship with her parents. \u201cI think [I wish I got] just a little bit more support. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Layla explained that she \u201cdidn\u2019t know if it was just a phase\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-cast-hookups-over-the-years\/\">before she married<\/a> <strong>Clayton Wessell<\/strong> in 2020 and welcomed two sons. The exes have since split, finalizing their divorce in May 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would just kind of underplay it for a long period of my life,\u201d she said. \u201c[Now] I just feel like I\u2019m finally in the era that I\u2019m over not being truly myself and I\u2019m over not showing every part of Layla to the world. I\u2019m very proud now to be out.\u201d<\/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>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Layla Taylor is giving fans a glimpse of her new romance after coming out as bisexual. In a Tuesday, July 6, Instagram video, Layla, 25, posed for the camera before reaching out to grab a hand that appeared in the clip. 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