Mayci from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives lost her boyfriend in a tragic car accident
'I was utterly destroyed'
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is back for season two, and we’re all getting to grips with the cast’s latest drama. There are all kinds of scandals, feuds, and break-ups emerging. But, it turns out that even before the Hulu show, some of the cast members endured some seriously heart-wrenching things in life. Mormon Wives’ Mayci Neeley tragically lost her boyfriend and the father of her son in her younger years.
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Mayci Neeley’s tragic loss
When Mayci Neeley was 20 years old, she went through the most tragic time and suddenly became a single mother.
Her boyfriend, and father of her kids, passed away in a car accident, and she said she was “utterly devastated,” per The Mirror.
Mayci was pregnant at the time and had to give birth to her son, Hudson, alone.
She said of the time: “The following months were the darkest of my life. My mum was terrified of my deep depression and wouldn’t let me out of her sight.
“I couldn’t even shower alone. I needed space to grieve. The cloud of depression only began to lift when I gave birth to my son, Hudson, on 21 September 2015. In short, he saved my life.”
What happened to Mayci’s boyfriend?
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Mayci explained in a 2022 interview that she and her late boyfriend found out they were pregnant in 2015 when they were both 19 years old.
Speaking of him, Mayci described her partner, Arik Mack, as “a bit of a wild guy – energetic, funny, and so full of life.”
Being pregnant and living away from Arik, Mayci detailed it being a tough time.
She said: “Being away from Arik was harder than I thought. My hormones were all over the place. On 24 March 2015, Arik and I had a fight. The pressure on us had become too much, and we started to argue over text.
“Little did I know that Arik was driving while texting me. Frustrated, I stopped replying to his messages. Later that day, I was scrolling through Instagram and a picture of Arik appeared on my feed. I didn’t think anything of it and continued scrolling. Then I saw another picture of him posted by a friend, with the caption, ‘I’ll miss you, Arik’.”
Mayci continued: “I started to shake and felt physically sick. Then I saw a photo of a car that was completely destroyed – it was Arik’s car. In total shock and disbelief, I rang his phone.”
She said the awful news of her partner’s death was confirmed by his father: “Arik has passed away. He was texting while driving and crashed his car. He was killed on impact.”
Mayci attended Arik’s funeral and said: “I clutched my bump as I sat next to his coffin and spoke to him for the last time, promising that I’d tell our son all about his father one day.”
She found herself a single parent at 20. But Mayci later went on to meet her now-husband, Jacob Neeley. The two have been married for over five years, and they’re expecting their second child together.
She and Jacob welcomed their daughter, Harlow, in 2021.
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