Chase McWhorter and Miranda Hope. Courtesy of Chase McWhorter/Instagram
Earlier than they have been embroiled in a weird “soft-swinging” scandal on the middle of Mormon #MomTok in 2022, Chase and Miranda McWhorter have been merely a pair that bought married too younger.
The pair met shortly after Miranda graduated highschool and tied the knot in 2017. On the time, Miranda was 20 and Chase was 22. Whereas Miranda was one among a number of #MomTok influencers swept up within the soft-swinging scandal of 2022, she didn’t seem on the primary season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which premiered on Hulu in September 2024.
In an August 2024 interview on “The Weekly Trash” podcast, Miranda revealed that each she and fellow MomToker Camille Mundy had been made gives by Hulu to hitch the SLMW forged, however finally handed on the chance.
“Camille and I had a number of interviews, or calls, with [Hulu,]” Miranda mentioned final month. “She and I agreed that it simply [gave us,] like, a pit in our abdomen, each time. For our lives, it simply didn’t really feel proper in any respect. I already bought exploited on the web with out my consent. You assume I’m gonna ask for that?”
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That very same month, Miranda revealed through TikTok that she and Chase, who share youngsters, son Brooks and daughter Cohen, had divorced after seven years of marriage.
Hold scrolling to see the entire timeline of Miranda and Chase’s relationship:
2016
In a {couples} Q&A shared through Miranda’s YouTube in 2022, she and Chase revealed that they met after she had graduated highschool. On the time, Chase, who is 2 years older, had returned house from a two-year LDS mission, and he slid into her DMs through Instagram to strike up a dialog.
Chase and Miranda made their Instagram debut in March 2016 when she shared her first picture of them collectively alongside a bunch of mates.
Might 2017
Chase and Miranda tied the knot in Might after one yr of relationship. Chase introduced their marriage shortly after the marriage through Instagram, writing, “Virtually every week down… for marriage recommendation or questions tell us. now we have all of the solutions 🙌🏽😂.”
September 2019
The couple introduced that Miranda was pregnant with their first little one in February 2019, whom they welcomed in September of that yr.
“Brooks Wesley McWhorter💙,” Miranda wrote through Instagram after giving start. “He made his grand entrance September seventh at 6:13 pm. 8 lbs 13 oz 21in. The quantity of affection we really feel for this tiny human is indescribable💙.”
October 2021
The couple welcomed their second little one, a daughter, in October 2021. “Cohen Roo McWhorter🤍,” Miranda wrote through social media after her daughter’s start. “8lbs 10oz, 19 inches of perfection. My coronary heart simply doubled in measurement🥺 we’re so in love with you child Coco💕.”
2022
One yr after welcoming their daughter, Chase and Miranda have been implicated in a MomTok dishonest scandal when Taylor Frankie Paul revealed she had break up from then-husband Tate Paul after she had damaged the principles of their “gentle swinging” association by “catching emotions” for a buddy’s husband, who was rumored to be Chase.
Chase and Miranda initially denied their involvement within the controversy. Nevertheless, Chase opened up about their involvement within the “swinger events” throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly in September 2024.
“It began throughout Covid. … [It was] a bunch of our mates coming — {couples} — after which we’d all get trashed on alcohol after which, like, these video games would come up,” he mentioned. “Spin the bottle or no matter.” Nevertheless, he informed Us, “It was by no means predetermined that we have been going to be doing, like, swinging. That’s what we at all times thought was just a little bit misrepresented in Taylor’s story, as she presents it.”
September 2024
Miranda revealed through TikTok in August that she and Chase had divorced after seven years of marriage. Regardless of the change of their relationship, Chase informed Us that he and Miranda have stayed on comparatively good phrases.
“I believe we each realized that we’d gotten married just a little prematurely, and that’s why our relationship nonetheless is fairly, good 1727801839, like, we’re actually cordial, actually pleasant,” Chase, who has since distanced himself from the Mormon church, mentioned. “[I] nonetheless chat along with her quite a bit, every time she drops the youngsters off, and vice versa. … I believe it’s understanding rather well, and we’re sort of determining tips on how to proceed navigating that in a optimistic means.”