{"id":39661,"date":"2025-12-05T09:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=39661"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:54:44","slug":"a-selfish-and-dangerous-decision-slomw-star-chase-mcwhorter-confirms-he-was-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/05\/a-selfish-and-dangerous-decision-slomw-star-chase-mcwhorter-confirms-he-was-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A selfish and dangerous decision&#8217;: SLOMW star Chase McWhorter confirms he was arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Chase McWhorter has confirmed that he was arrested for DUI and cocaine possession, following <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/04\/mormon-wives-star-chase-mcwhorter-arrested-and-charged-with-dui-and-cocaine-possession\/\">reports that the incident had taken place in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chase admitted that it was a &#8220;short-sighted, stupid and dangerous decision&#8221; and described that the moment he was arrested felt &#8220;humiliating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dchasemac\/video\/7580040905499905311\" data-video-id=\"7580040905499905311\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@dchasemac\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dchasemac?refer=embed\">@dchasemac<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - chase !\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7580040832934333214?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; chase !<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He explained: &#8220;Time to address the elephant in the room. And I don\u2019t have a PR person, so we\u2019re just gonna raw dog this s***. The reports you saw yesterday that came out about what happened on July 4 with me are true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was pulled over for driving under the influence, had ingested substances that I shouldn\u2019t have and got behind the wheel of a car. It was extremely short-sighted, selfish, and dangerous decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd shout out to the cop for helping people stay safe on the road, because it could have ended much worse than it did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chase admitted that he was &#8220;obviously getting after it,\u201d and explained that he&#8217;d been at a friend&#8217;s pool party when a fight started and he decided to just drive home.<\/p>\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\/DRsho-3jw26\/?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\/DRsho-3jw26\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Chase McWhorter (@dchasemac)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nHe commented: &#8220;Obviously, the plan was to be there all day, but a fight broke out. And I should have Ubered, but for some reason, I decided to drive home, and that decision alone kills people every single day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that it had been a \u201chumiliating low,&#8221; saying that his parents &#8220;raised me much better than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Chase clarified that he told Miranda about him getting arrested the next day, saying: &#8220;Unfortunately, I have been a disappointment to [Miranda] a number of times throughout the time she\u2019s known me, both as a partner and now as a co-parent. So, that sucks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was arrested for DUI and cocaine possession in 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