{"id":39043,"date":"2025-11-28T01:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=39043"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:39:41","slug":"mormon-wives-layla-doesnt-regret-getting-divorced-at-24-for-this-heartwrenching-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/28\/mormon-wives-layla-doesnt-regret-getting-divorced-at-24-for-this-heartwrenching-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormon Wives&#8217; Layla doesn\u2019t regret getting divorced at 24 for this heartwrenching reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Layla Taylor really came into her own during <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/05\/16\/all-the-eye-opening-ages-of-the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-cast-and-their-partners\/\">The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/a> season three.<\/p>\n<p>People were taking to X after seeing some of her scenes to literally ask who the new Layla is. Some even went as far as to say she was sticking her nose into other people&#8217;s business.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever critics fire her way, Layla&#8217;s living her truth and she&#8217;s showing up on Mormon Wives as her authentic self &#8211; and we&#8217;re here for it. This November, she sat down with Reality Shrine to spill the hot tea on her new relationship.<\/p>\n<p>She also delved into what it was like getting divorced in her early twenties, revealing the real reason she doesn&#8217;t regret it now&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Layla doesn&#8217;t regret her divorce at 24 years old<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" 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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfkB2MXOCcM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CfkB2MXOCcM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by layla taylor (@laylaleannetaylor)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/19\/from-layla-to-mikayla-heres-how-old-the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-cast-is\/\">Mormon Wives cast members<\/a> seem to have been going through it in one way or another over the seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Season three sees a spotlight shine on Jessi and Jordan&#8217;s marriage. But, it&#8217;s more than just those two who have had marital issues.<\/p>\n<p>Layla Taylor&#8217;s divorce was finalised in 2023. She and Clayton Wessel were married for three years. At the time, their sons were just babies. They&#8217;re now three and four years old.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of what she hopes people can take away from seeing her journey on Mormon Wives, Layla said: &#8220;I think if you&#8217;re stuck in a scenario every day that you&#8217;re questioning your worth and you&#8217;re questioning just who you are as a mother or a wife, I think prioritise yourself and show your babies a healthy example of love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She continued: &#8220;I think that&#8217;s one thing that I really wanted to show my kids, is that if I were to have stayed in that marriage, they wouldn&#8217;t have been able to see a healthy example and a model of what love should look like.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;It&#8217;s hard, and it&#8217;s scary to leave something, but I think you can do hard things, and overall, your kids will be happy with you that you were able to do the hard thing for them,&#8221; Layla added.<\/p>\n<h2>Layla&#8217;s smitten with her new boyfriend, Mason McWhorter<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" 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: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRfD0sYjufg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRfD0sYjufg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Mason McWhorter (@mase_mcw)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Layla shared how she&#8217;s armed and ready with questions ahead of the Mormon Wives reunion this December.<\/p>\n<p>She told Reality Shrine: &#8220;I think we left off some questions with Taylor and Chase at that end date scene right there. I think there&#8217;s probably a lot of questions that the audience has, and I have a couple that I would love to ask.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, reunions, they get crazy. So, we&#8217;ll see if everyone gets their questions answered, but I think it&#8217;ll be a, I think it&#8217;ll be a good one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of relationships and dates&#8230; we obviously had to get the tea on Layla&#8217;s current boyfriend, Mason.<\/p>\n<p>The Hulu star explained how she&#8217;s finally in a relationship where she can be fully herself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like I used to be in relationships where I was always changing every part of myself because I wanted to be loved so badly, and I&#8217;ve done this even in friendships,&#8221; Layla said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d almost be a chameleon to who I was with and the people that I was around because I just wanted to be loved and accepted so badly. I was like, hey, if I take on this that they really love, then they&#8217;re going to love me, and they&#8217;re not going to leave me, and then I realised that doesn&#8217;t matter, you can change yourself all you want, and they still potentially could leave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She continued to sing Mason&#8217;s praises, adding: &#8220;&#8230;so I&#8217;m finally in a relationship where I feel like I can truly be myself, and if that doesn&#8217;t work out long term, then I can at least leave this relationship knowing that I was authentically Layla. Take it or leave it, you know? 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