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Miranda Hope shared what led to her fallout with Jessi Draper and how she discovered that Jessi kissed her ex-husband, Chase McWhorter. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star also revealed where she stands with Taylor Frankie Paul today.
Last season, Taylor had what appeared to be a flirty date with Miranda’s ex, Chase. Despite Miranda’s discomfort, Taylor seemingly showed little remorse. Then, earlier this year, Miranda publicly called out Jessi for kissing Chase amid her divorce from Jordan Ngatikaura.
Speaking to ET, Miranda revealed what caused her fallout with Jessi.
“Jessi and I were talking, and that’s kind of when she sent Layla and I a message saying that [she and Jordan] are officially getting divorced,” Miranda recalled. “It was shortly after that I had found out that her and Chase were talking. I don’t really know what all the corresponding details were, but I was like, that’s weird. That makes me feel uncomfortable, which I was vocal about.”
She said things became more frustrating because Miranda was “vocal about it.”
“And then the kiss happening. … [There] was just so much leading up to it,” added Miranda, who said she learned about the kiss from Chase himself. “While I appreciated him telling me, it still didn’t really hold a ton of weight, seeing as how I was like, I already told [him] it was weird. And then you still [did it].”
“[But] it’s a lot less about the kiss. It’s more about like the principle of the situation,” she went on. “People will see this likely unfold [in season] six. I forgive. I don’t forget. … Just because you forgive someone, that doesn’t automatically mean that they deserve to have a seat at your table.”
Miranda was then asked where she stands with Taylor today.
“I don’t know, actually,” said Miranda, who shared that they’ve “not really” spoken. “I know she unfollowed me on Instagram fairly recently. I don’t really take that that personal, given her circumstances and stuff. I think obviously she’s going through a lot, and I always wanna be respectful and mindful of that.”
Earlier this year, Taylor’s season of The Bachelorette was pulled amid a police investigation into alleged domestic abuse with her ex, Dakota Mortensen.
“I don’t know what the future holds as far as our friendship or Taylor’s dynamic with the show,” she added. “So many things [in] our entire friend group is so up in the air right now. Everything feels so unknown. … It’s been a few months [since we spoke].”