Mormon Wives Star Chase Teases His Magic Amid Jessi Kiss Fallout

One kiss. A party. And suddenly the MomTok corner of Utah is eating itself alive. If you have no idea why your feed is flooded with 'Mormon Wives' drama, here is the quick, extremely Utah saga — and yes, it involves apology flowers, a LinkedIn burn, and a very pointed 'point of the mountain' reference.

The short version

• Thursday, March 26: Us Weekly says 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' duo Jessi Draper, 33, and Chase McWhorter, 30, kissed at a party. An insider swears it is casual. Complication: Jessi is in a heated divorce from Jordan Ngatikaura, 31.
• Chase was married to costar Miranda Hope, 27, from 2017 to 2024. They share two kids — Brooks, 6, and Cohen, 4. After the split, he briefly dated fellow castmate Layla Taylor.
• Saturday, March 28: Chase posts a winky Instagram video set to ZoHendrix's 'Seasons,' gazing at his hands while the 'I've got the magic in me' lyric hits. Caption: 'IYKYK' (if you know, you know). Not everyone was amused.
• Miranda tells Entertainment Tonight she knew they were talking but did not realize it had escalated until Chase told her about the kiss; Jessi only reached out after that. More on Miranda's stance below.
• Jessi tries a peace offering: sends Miranda a bouquet with an apology note.
• Miranda processes the mess in a 'get ready with me' TikTok about her friend circle turning into a waiting room for her ex. Jessi's estranged husband Jordan pops into the comments with a dig, then deletes it. Chase claps back telling him, basically, to take it back to LinkedIn.
• Chase's sister Aysia weighs in with some good-natured exasperation about her brother somehow cycling through the show's cast like it is a queue. Utah is small; this circle is smaller.
• Online reactions get spicy: ex-flame Layla tells Chase to zip it, while The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Bronwyn Newport warns him to stop messing with her friends, name-checking 'point of the mountain' — local shorthand for the prison area. Message received.

Chase tries the 'it is a joke, relax' route

After the kiss report hit, Chase decided to lean into the chaos with that cheeky hand-staring Instagram set to ZoHendrix. The 'IYKYK' tag made it pretty clear he was winking at the controversy. Problem is, the women in his actual orbit were not in on the joke. Layla basically told him to hush, and RHOSLC's Bronwyn dropped a playful-but-not-really warning with a Utah prison punchline. Translation: stop stirring the pot.

Miranda: no feelings for Chase, but a line got crossed

Miranda is keeping it measured but not sugarcoated. She says she knew there was communication between Chase and Jessi, just not how far it had gone. Chase did tell her they had kissed. Jessi reached out only after she found out Miranda knew — and she sent flowers with an apology. Miranda is clear on one point:

"There is not any emotional attachment to Chase. He is my coparent."

She adds that while she expects a lot from Chase as a co-parent, the bigger sting was from a friend stepping over the line. Call it girl code, call it basic courtesy — either way, that is where she feels the hit.

About that apology bouquet (and the Jordan/LinkedIn sideshow)

Jessi did attempt to smooth things over with Miranda, sending flowers and a note basically saying: I get why you are upset, I am thinking of you, and I am very sorry. Meanwhile, Jordan — the estranged husband in Jessi's ongoing, messy divorce — chimed in under Miranda's TikTok with a shot about loyalty, then pulled the comment. Chase snapped back with a 'back to LinkedIn' jab. Subtle? Not even a little. Effective? Also not really.

Even his sister is roasting him

Aysia McWhorter summed up the communal eye-roll: every day there is a new twist, and somehow her brother has dated half the cast. She loves him, but defending him is getting harder. She also joked that Utah cannot possibly be this small, which, given the trajectory of this friend group, might actually be the most accurate line of the week.

So where does this land?

For now, it is one party kiss that both sides swear is not serious, a very public apology, and a co-parenting ex drawing boundaries. Chase is memeing through it; his exes and friends are not amused; and the local references are getting specific enough to need a map. If anything else happens by Monday, do not be shocked — this crew is treating March like a full season arc.