Jen Affleck, one of the most recognizable faces from Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, has filed for divorce from her husband Zac Affleck after seven years of marriage. The filing arrives while the 27-year-old reality star is pregnant with the couple’s fourth child. Court documents submitted in Provo, Utah, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, confirm the split, with a proposed parenting plan also included in the filing.
The news broke just over a week before Jen is set to appear in the franchise’s new spinoff, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, premiering on Hulu and Disney+ on November 12 — a detail that adds another layer to an already complicated chapter for the MomTok personality.
The Divorce Filing: What the Court Documents Show
Jen Affleck submitted her petition for divorce in Utah’s Fourth Judicial District Court in Provo. The filing includes a proposed parenting plan for the couple’s three children — Nora, 5, Luca, 3, and Penelope, 1 — with a fourth baby on the way. Specific custody terms and the stated reason for the divorce were not made public in the court records.
Legal documents indicate that Jen must complete both a divorce orientation course and a parenting class within 60 days of filing. Zac is required to complete the same courses within 30 days of receiving notice. Jen is represented by attorney Martin Olsen, according to the filing.
The divorce petition was submitted on November 3, but the news became public on November 4 — the same day the couple’s eldest daughter, Nora, turned five. Both Jen and Zac shared birthday tributes to Nora on social media hours after the divorce news surfaced, with Jen writing, “I can’t believe she’s already 5” alongside a photo of Nora with a new bike.
How Jen and Zac Affleck’s Story Began
Jen and Zac’s relationship started in 2018 on Mutual, a dating app designed for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jen was 18 and Zac was 21 when they connected. Zac proposed at Top of the Rock in New York City in early 2019, and the couple married in June 2019.
Their first child, Nora, arrived in November 2021. Luca was born in July 2023, and Penelope arrived in July 2025. In June 2026, Jen announced her fourth pregnancy on Instagram with a photo of her baby bump and the caption “Chapter Four”.
The Marital Struggles That Played Out on TV
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered on Hulu in 2024 and quickly made the couple’s relationship a central storyline. In Season 1, a fight over Jen attending a Chippendales show during a cast trip to Las Vegas became one of the show’s most talked-about moments. Zac threatened divorce over the outing, while Jen and other cast members raised concerns about his gambling — a practice discouraged in the Mormon faith.
The couple separated briefly after Season 1 aired, and their time apart was documented in Season 2. During that separation, Jen learned she was pregnant with their third child. The pair eventually reconciled and continued to appear together on Seasons 3 through 5.
By Season 5, which was filmed in early 2026, tensions returned — this time over Jen’s career ambitions. Jen said on the show that Zac had threatened to divorce her if she took an acting role involving an on-screen romantic relationship. Zac also criticized her interest in appearing in a Sports Illustrated photoshoot.
Jen competed on Season 34 of Dancing with the Stars in 2025, just weeks after giving birth to Penelope. Zac was seen in the audience and on social media supporting her during the competition. Jen was eliminated in the seventh week of the dance competition series.
Zac Affleck Breaks His Silence
Zac Affleck responded to the divorce filing in a statement to People on Thursday, November 5. “I’ll always be Jen’s supporter,” he said. “Hope she is happy in this next phase of life. Just focusing on my kids and figuring out what’s next for me”.
In a TikTok video posted the same day, Zac said he learned about the filing from a TMZ reporter, not from Jen directly. He also shared that Jen had first raised the idea of divorce about a year earlier, after her Dancing with the Stars run. “I basically begged her to stay, told her work on things, fix things, become whoever she needed me to be,” Zac said in the video.
Zac acknowledged that the couple “ultimately just couldn’t make it work” and asked fans not to speak badly about Jen. “I’ll be the first to say I’ve made plenty of mistakes in our marriage,” he said. “We got married so young, and it sucks because I really did feel like we had something pretty special when we got married”.
He also spoke about the impact on their children. “The thing that’s eating me alive the most is I feel like I failed my kids, and I’m worried that I’m going to cause them damage,” Zac said. “I just hope that we can still give them a normal childhood”.
Jen’s Pregnancy and Prenatal Depression
Jen has been open about the challenges of her fourth pregnancy. In July 2026, she shared on Instagram that she experienced prenatal depression during her first trimester, saying her mind went to “some really dark places” and that the experience “scared” her.
In an interview with People in August 2026, Jen said she and Zac were “working through a lot behind closed doors” during the pregnancy. “It’s been a lot the past couple of months, I’ll be honest,” she said. “But I do feel like I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and just trying to count my blessings every single day”.
Jen also credited Zac with stepping up during her difficult first trimester. “I could not be there for my kids, and so Zac really had to show up,” she said.
The ‘Orange County’ Spinoff and Jen’s Career
Jen’s divorce filing comes just days before the November 12 premiere of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County. The spinoff follows the family’s move from Utah to Southern California and will launch with all 10 episodes on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
Jen is the only original MomTok member featured in the spinoff. The new series also introduces a fresh group of young mothers navigating faith and community in Orange County. The trailer for the spinoff, released in October 2026, teased the move to Orange County and the faith divides within the new group.
The news of the divorce also follows Jen signing with CAA in February 2026 for representation, signaling a push into broader entertainment opportunities beyond reality TV.
The ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Cast Shakeups
Jen’s split is not the only relationship change within the Mormon Wives universe. Mikayla Matthews announced she had left the show, stating there was “no amount of money worth going against my morals”. Taylor Frankie Paul and Whitney Leavitt have also departed the franchise, leaving Jen as the sole original cast member carrying the MomTok banner into the spinoff.
Jen and Zac’s relationship has been a fixture of the show since its debut, with viewers watching the couple navigate gambling issues, a brief separation, a pregnancy during that separation, and repeated attempts to repair their marriage through therapy.
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A Marriage That Started Young
Jen once reflected on the early days of their marriage in a 2024 Instagram post, writing: “We were just kids when we got married. Young, naive, and inexperienced, we truly had no idea what we were getting ourselves into.” She added, “We didn’t always see eye to eye, and a lot of times, we still don’t. But that’s what marriage is, we keep trying”.
Zac echoed a similar sentiment in his TikTok video, saying, “We got married so young, and it sucks because I really did feel like we had something pretty special when we got married.” He added, “Life happened. We had four kids. We signed up for reality TV on a show that’s really hurt a lot of people’s lives”.
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