Mormon Wives Star Embraces New Chapter After Coming Out as Bisexual

Sometimes the most powerful moments happen quietly—a hand reaching into frame, a caption that says everything. That’s how The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Layla Taylor chose to introduce her new relationship to the world: a July 6 Instagram video paired with a simple message. She’s dating a woman now, and she’s glowing about it.

The 25-year-old opened up about her journey in June on the On Purpose With Jay Shetty podcast, sharing that she came out as bisexual and is currently dating someone she connected with after liking one of her photos on social media. What struck her most about this new relationship wasn’t just the romance—it was the understanding. As she described it, her partner brings a level of emotional awareness and patience that’s allowing her to move at her own pace as she navigates territory that still feels new. That kind of space to be yourself without pressure? That’s not a small thing.

Layla’s path to self-acceptance wasn’t straightforward. Growing up as a Black girl in a predominantly white area, she already felt like an outsider. She remembers watching Pretty Little Liars and having confusing reactions to Shay Mitchell kissing a girl, but without any queer representation around her—no one modeling that identity as normal—she didn’t know what to make of those feelings. She wondered if it was just a phase. So she underplayed it, married Clayton Wessell in 2020, had two sons, and lived a life that looked right on paper but didn’t feel true to who she was inside. The couple finalized their divorce in May 2025.

What’s striking about her coming out now isn’t just the courage, but the clarity. She’s not apologizing or hedging. Instead, she’s celebrating: Chivalry isn’t dead it’s w the lesbians. It’s a playful, unapologetic claim on her own story. And in a show that trades partly on the lives of women navigating faith, identity, and expectation, her willingness to be fully seen—to show every part of Layla to the world, as she put it—is its own kind of testimony. She’s over pretending. She’s finally arrived at the era where she gets to be herself, and the woman reaching for her hand in that Instagram video gets to witness all of it.