SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” now streaming on Hulu.
\n\nNot even 15 years of living life online could have prepared Aspyn Ovard for the release of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County.”
\n\nThe show, a spinoff of Hulu’s uber-popular, ever-controversial Utah-based franchise, hit small screens everywhere on Nov. 12, in which Ovard stars alongside other cast members including Bobbi Althoff, Avery Woods, Salomé Andrea, McCall DaPron and Jordan McClanahan. But a week before its release, despite all those years and millions of eyeballs watching her every move (first on YouTube, where she was then known by the username HauteBrilliance, then on Instagram and now on TikTok), the 30-year-old was feeling anxious about the unknowns that come with putting everything out there on reality TV.
\n\nThere are the obvious considerations: How will those fans — and a new audience — react to her life? “It’s so different than social media, so I really have like no idea what to expect,” she tells Variety over Zoom from a West Hollywood hotel room. Given that she’s spent the better half of her life as an influencer, major milestones have been well-marked; among…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/