Jen Affleck Says She Wants to Divorce Zac Affleck on Mormon Wives: Orange County

Jen Affleck, a cast member on five seasons of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, says she wants to divorce her husband of seven years, Zac Affleck. She says so in the first episode of the spinoff Mormon Wives: Orange County, which debuted on Hulu on Thursday.

The spinoff is set in Orange County, California, rather than the Utah setting of the original series. Zac Affleck does not appear in it. Jen Affleck told The Hollywood Reporter that she went into every scene of the original show with fear. She said the spinoff is the first season in which she felt she could be herself without feeling monitored around the clock.

The divorce news reached the press the Wednesday before her interview with the magazine. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, she said Zac lost the full balance of their bank account after a bitcoin investment he made without her knowledge. She also said she learned she was pregnant with their fourth child while she was deciding to split, as filming for the new series was starting. She said that filming with Zac sometimes felt like being watched.

Days after the filing news broke, Jen Affleck posted two TikTok videos from earlier in the marriage. The first, which has more than 17 million views, shows her filming herself two weeks after giving birth. In it, Zac Affleck can be heard saying, "I hope you're not making a TikTok looking like that... Your tits are sagging all over the place." She captioned the clip, "He was never my biggest supporter." The second video has since been deleted.

When The Hollywood Reporter asked why she had posted the two clips, Jen Affleck declined to comment.

The spinoff is one of several reality series built around the cast of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Its first episode now sets up the divorce storyline that viewers will follow in the weeks ahead, with Jen Affleck speaking on camera about the decision she has made.