Day: March 16, 2026

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Any The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives viewer can tell you the worst part about the show.

It’s their relationships.

That goes double for Taylor Frankie Paul, who has an ex-husband and a more recent baby daddy.

She and the latter are in such an explosive fight that production had to pause for the entire cast.

‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Season 5 is taking a pause

TMZ reports that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives production has ground to a screeching halt.

Many reality series pause production, often at scheduled intervals.

But this isn’t a planned hiatus.

The Season 5 disruption stems from upheaval between Taylor and her baby daddy, Dakota.

What the heck happened?

TMZ‘s inside sources seem to be unclear on the nature of the conflict.

However, whatever it is, it’s apparently “intense enough that filming couldn’t continue as planned.”

We have discussed this before: there is a window where explosive cast drama is reality TV gold.

Anything beyond that threshold, however, effectively sabotages the show.

This can be as serious as someone being in physical danger or as petty as someone refusing to film with a castmate.

What is the fight about?

Thus far, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has spent a lot of time covering Taylor and Dakota’s relationship.

In fact, even if you’ve never watched the show, you probably know that most viewers can agree on one thing:

They don’t like the men.

The husbands, the exes, the baby daddies — they’re not popular with viewers.

Some of these women’s lives are more obvious horror stories than others. But, in general, audiences agree that they could and should do better than the men that they have.

To be clear, Taylor and Dakota are exes.

We’re not just speaking about their conflict during Season 4, which is currently airing.

Taylor is the lead on The Bachelorette.

(That may say less about her popularity than it does about ABC and Hulu both being Disney properties.)

Apparently, the news blindsided Dakota.

When will filming resume?

Again, we have no idea what Taylor and Dakota are fighting about.

Given everything that viewers and social media followers know about Dakota … it seems likely that we’re all Team Taylor and will remain so.

We don’t know when they’ll patch things up — or, at least, cool down enough to film again.

In the meantime, production itself is in limbo. And so is the rest of the cast.

We’d say that we wish that these gals had picked better men. But would the show even exist if everyone were making good choices?

‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Production STOPPED Due to Taylor Frankie … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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As expected, the 2026 Oscars featured plenty of memorable moments, including big wins for Michael B. Jordan, Jessie Buckley, and One Battle After Another.

But across social media, one of the most buzzed-about moments had nothing to do with the awards themselves.

The annual “in memoriam” segment was longer and more personal than usual, thanks to tributes to Rob Reiner, Diane Keaton, and Robert Redford from people who knew them best.

As you likely recall, Reiner and his wife were stabbed to death in their home in December of 2025.

As one of the most beloved figures in Hollywood history, the filmmaker naturally received a stirring tribute during last night’s ceremony.

Friend Billy Crystal noted that his career might not have happened were it not for Reiner, and several other stars — including Jerry O’Connell, John Cusack, and Mandy Patinkin — also took the stage to honor the late director.

But the tender moment was not without controversy.

For one thing, there was the usual criticism about which late stars were left out of the in memoriam segment.

James Van Der Beek, Eric Dane, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Robert Carradine, June Lockhart, Harold and Maude star Bud Cort, and Brigitte Bardot were among those who were left out.

Many also cited Gene Hackman, but he was honored at the previous year’s ceremony.

The Reiner tribute also generated controversy with regard to living stars who were not invited to participate.

Corey Feldman — who starred in Reiner’s Stand By Me, along with Cusack — took to social media to complain about his omission.

“I just want to briefly mention this Oscars thing! Yes, it’s true that I was not invited,” Feldman wrote on X (formerly Twitter) last week.

“I understand many believe it’s due to being outspoken about the abuse I suffered as a child and the campaign to silence me. However, this isn’t about me. It’s not my moment at all. It’s about the tragic loss of our friend Rob Reiner and his memory.”

Elsewhere in the segment, Barbra Streisand crooned a few bars of “The Way We Were” to honor the late Robert Redford, and Rachel McAdams recalled her favorite memories of Diane Keaton and Catherine O’Hara.

All-in-all, the in memoriam was a stirring tribute to some of the iconic talents that we lost in 2025 and the early months of 2026.

Sadly, such segments are usually limited to little more than five to ten minutes, meaning not every fallen star can be included.

The reasoning behind such decisions might not always be apparent to us, but we’re glad that so many icons were memorialized on Hollywood’s biggest night.

Rob Reiner, Diane Keaton Tributes Break Hearts, Ignite Controversy at 2026 Oscars was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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