Mayci Neeley | Mormon Wives Season 4, MomTok, & Her New Book

#928. Mayci Neely is here to talk all about the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 4!

Mayci opens up about writing her new book, Told You So. Mayci talks about staying calm amid the chaos on set, filming while pregnant, being perceived as a “Mean Girl”, and MomTok drama!

Mayci also opens up about her past abusive relationships, Whitney’s success On DWTS and now Broadway, season 4 friendships, dynamics of shooting the show, and the tragic death of her ex-bf Arik Mack. 

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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• (2:41)  - Like I grew up having to have like really thick skin, so I don’t get offended by things easily either. So I feel like it’s kind of for reality tv, cuz I’m like okay whatever.
• (7:37) - Does it ever feel limiting to be perceived as the emotionally mature one? Do you feel like you’ve always gotta be that? I do. I think last season probably because when it did come out I had just given birth. And so when I think sometimes seeing the criticism online being like, “oh she used to be my favorite but like, she’s actually just a mean girl”, I’m like okay. Certain things like that… you try filming 12-hour days while this pregnant.
• (8:44) - In season four we see - there’s always so many dynamics of course - but you wrote a book and it was very important to you. And some people showed up, and some people didn’t. Do you see more context and perspective now that you’ve watched back Whitney missing your book launch? Oh yea. And I can’t remember how that was edited.. I wasn’t upset at all. I don’t know if it was perceived that way, but I wasn’t upset at all in that moment, because Whitney called me crying the night before…
• (10:08) - Do you feel like it healed some wounds for you? I think for sure. I think - yea writing it over time, it was definitely difficult. Because when I was writing it we were filming too… sharing this story to help others is why I wrote this to begin with.
• (11:11) - I was in an abusive relationship, and then I went from that abusive relationship to another one where I got pregnant, and then my son’s father passed away when I was pregnant. And so going through the grief but also recovering from an abusive relationship… 
• (40:08) - There’s a lot of coming of age stories, like I’m talking about making out with my boyfriend for the first time and what’s going on with my body and things that aren’t typically talked about. I think I shared it because yea it’s funny, it’s silly, but it’s also because growing up in a very conservative, religious household, it wasn’t talked about. Like I thought I was like dying or something. I was like what’s wrong with me? Am I gonna to die?

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