{"id":2495165,"date":"2026-07-09T16:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2495165"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:18:10","slug":"mormon-wives-jessi-draper-claps-back-over-momtok-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mormon-wives-jessi-draper-claps-back-over-momtok-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormon Wives\u2019 Jessi Draper Claps Back Over MomTok Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jessi-draper\/\"><strong>Jessi Draper<\/strong><\/a> is sending a message to fans of <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>after appearing in a video that hinted at drama with<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-frankie-paul\/\"><strong> Taylor Frankie Paul.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, respectfully, you guys need to calm down,\u201d Jessi, 34, said in a Wednesday, July 8, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dajw44RuLct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> video. \u201cI know that MomTok is all about drama videos and figuring out who\u2019s friends with [whom] and who\u2019s clapping back at each other. But you guys don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on behind-the-scenes. Just remember we film a reality show and you guys don\u2019t know the ins and outs until it comes out. We\u2019re currently filming right now, there is a group of us together. We do not choose who comes to these things and who doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessi noted that she has been \u201cvery public\u201d in her support of Taylor, who made headlines in March when she and ex <strong>Dakota Mortensen<\/strong> had been involved in an alleged domestic incident and season 5 of <em>Mormon Wives<\/em> halted production. (Local authorities declined to bring charges against Taylor, 32, after an investigation. In April, <em>Us Weekly<\/em> confirmed that Hulu <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mormon-wives-season-5-to-resume-filming-after-hiatus\/\">had resumed production on season 5<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still support Taylor,\u201d Jessi said. \u201cShe knows that. I talk to her every single day. Still friends with her. Still love her. I also still have some friendships in MomTok and we also film a show together and work together and we have to be together and we have to make videos together, it\u2019s part of our job. But also, it\u2019s a good thing that the group is able to get along and make videos right now.\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\/taylor-frankie-paul-backs-jessi-draper-amid-drama-with-exes\/\" 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\/taylor-frankie-paul-backs-jessi-draper-amid-drama-with-exes\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Taylor Frankie Paul Supports Jessi Draper Amid Their Relationship Issues<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTaylor Frankie Paul has her friend Jessi Draper\u2019s back amid a dramatic week for MomTok. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 31, dropped a comment in support of Jessi, 33, after the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d Instagram account posted a teaser from the JZ Styles founder\u2019s tell-all podcast interview on Tuesday, March 24. During the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jessi went on to address the video she appeared in on <strong>Whitney Leavitt<\/strong>\u2019s Instagram, where she and fellow <em>Mormon Wives<\/em> costars danced in a clip which read, \u201cWe\u2019re surviving.\u201d The video was released after Taylor seemingly ruffled feathers when she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/whitney-leavitt-reacts-to-taylor-paul-being-momtok-creator\/\">changed her Instagram bio<\/a> to read, \u201cCreator of Momtok + <em>SLOMW<\/em>. <em>The Bachelorette<\/em>. Jesus is king.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually thought when we made a video for Whitney\u2019s page, it was a positive thing, because you guys know our group has had our issues and some of it\u2019s still ongoing,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we were able to get together and do a fun video today. It was not meant to be a bash on anyone. It was not meant to be a dig. It was just that, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re all together filming right now and we\u2019re going to make a fun video like the old days.\u2019 Again, you guys don\u2019t know what is going on and the conversations that have happened behind-the-scenes.\u201d<\/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>She continued, \u201cBut, I\u2019m now getting a ton of hate messages that I\u2019m not supporting Taylor anymore and I\u2019m supporting the other girls. That\u2019s not true. I can be friends with multiple people at once. I can have my opinions. I have defended Taylor in rooms that she has not been in and I have been a really good friend. So I will not have the internet tell me otherwise. I also have friendships again, in the other group and two things can be true. That\u2019s called being an adult and being able to have friendships with multiple people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before concluding her video, Jessi noted that she\u2019s navigating a difficult period in her life \u2014 seemingly referring to her divorce from estranged husband <strong>Jordan Ngatikaura<\/strong>. (Jordan, 31, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jessi-draper-says-her-year-has-been-s-amid-divorce\/\">filed for divorce<\/a> from Jessi in March after five years of marriage. He also sought a restraining order, which has since been denied.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, I\u2019m going through a f***ing hard time in my life so I\u2019d appreciate people not doing this and sending me hate right now, because you have no idea what is going on behind-the-scenes,\u201d Jessi said. \u201cAnd I just wanted to say that. Stop being parasocial and just enjoy the show when it comes out and you\u2019ll have all the answers.\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>Jessi Draper is sending a message to fans of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives after appearing in a video that hinted at drama with Taylor Frankie Paul. \u201cOK, respectfully, you guys need to calm down,\u201d Jessi, 34, said in a Wednesday, July 8, Instagram video. \u201cI know that MomTok is all about drama videos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2495166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738],"class_list":["post-2495165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mormon-Wives-Jessi-Draper-Claps-Back-Over-MomTok-Post.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495167,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495165\/revisions\/2495167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2495166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}