Layla Taylor Steps Into Her Truth: The Secret Lives Star Comes Out as Bisexual

Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs happen after the loudest crashes. For Layla Taylor, a star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, that breakthrough came during a candid conversation on the“On Purpose With Jay Shetty”podcast on Monday, June 29, when she publicly came out as bisexual and revealed she’s currently dating a woman.

The 25-year-old didn’t sugarcoat the journey that got her here. Growing up as a Black girl in a predominantly white area meant standing out for reasons beyond her control. But there was another layer of invisibility: the absence of queer representation in her world. She remembers watching shows like Pretty Little Liars and feeling something stir when she saw Shay Mitchell kiss a woman on screen, yet having no framework to understand those feelings. Without people around her modeling that reality, she kept those parts of herself tucked away, unsure if it was even real or just a phase.

That silence followed her into marriage with her now-ex-husband, Clayton Wessell, and beyond. She downplayed her attraction to women for years, treating it as something to manage rather than acknowledge. But a recent breakup from Mason McWhorter created the space she’d been missing. As she put it on the podcast, that split became“a blessing in disguise”because it finally gave her permission to focus on who she actually is. Now, she says, she’s ready to show“every part of Layla to the world.”

The connection that sparked her current relationship came in the most modern way possible: she liked a woman’s photo on social media. What followed was genuine connection—someone emotionally intelligent, patient, and willing to let Taylor move at her own pace as she navigates this new chapter. That kind of understanding matters, especially when you’re learning yourself for the first time in public.

What’s telling is what Taylor said about the cast of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: none of them know yet. Not because she’s ashamed, but because some conversations deserve to happen face-to-face, not through a screen or a podcast reveal. She’s planning to tell them in person when filming resumes. It’s a reminder that coming out isn’t a single moment—it’s an ongoing practice of showing up as yourself, again and again, to the people who matter.

For Taylor, this is less about scandal and more about freedom. She’s 25, she’s done underplaying herself, and she’s finally in an era where she can be fully seen.