Miranda McWhorter Spills Her Tea About 'Mormon Wives' Swinging Scandal

While fans of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" know all about Taylor Frankie Paul's soft-swinging scandal, they've only heard Taylor's side of the story. But no need to wonder any longer as Miranda McWhorter, also part of the scandal, has finally broken her silence on the situation, as she prepares for her debut on the show's second season.

Just as season 2 is about to be released on Hulu, some truths are coming to the surface, getting MomTok fans even more ready for new, bingeworthy episodes and more drama than season 1 delivered.

Joining the MomTok crew for season 2, Miranda is no stranger to the group's drama. In fact, she's the center of one big drama that unfolded in season 1 with Taylor. (Miranda is the other part of Taylor's soft-swinging scandal.) Up until recently, fans have only heard Taylor's side of the story, but now Miranda is speaking up.

Miranda was Taylor's bestie before the swinging occurred, and avid viewers of the show are ready for her to shake things up in the anticipated second season.

Miranda recently spoke to PEOPLE about joining the show and the swinging scandal entered the chat.

"I think that within the show and within Mormonism, the fact of the matter is that we're being forthcoming about those skeletons," she told PEOPLE. "They can only be obviously hard to talk about. Me personally, obviously it took me time to be open about all of that, but I think it shows that you can be open and honest, whether or not you're judged."

She continued, "That's something that you can still lean into your authentic self and not have to care so much if you're judged. You can still be religious or you can not be religious, and it doesn't really matter either way."

Miranda explained in her introduction on the show that it's easier for her to speak her truth now that the relationship with her ex-husband Chase McWhorter is done. And she knows she's got some work ahead of her to "win these girls over."

"What I really am craving and wanting back is that support and that friendship, but I know that I'm going to kind of have to win these girls over, and I get it," she said. "But I for sure feel like I'm walking into a lion’s den."

After such a public scandal, the two friends had some repairing to do to their friendship.

"I think people forget our friendship was way prior to our scandal, if you will," Taylor told PEOPLE. "It was four years of all the time, always together, phone calls, everything. We were closer, I'd say, than our families - hanging out more."

Emotions ran high after the scandal and tore the two friends apart.

"I think a lot of Taylor's frustrations were with me not being totally authentic and truthful," Miranda explained. "I was just like, 'Well, everyone wasn't hooking up with everyone,' and I just left it at that. I get why that would feel unfair to her. I think there was a lot of fear, guilt, and shame that played a role in that for me, things that I needed to address in my personal life between my marriage, my religion, all of that."

Miranda also explained that she's "unpacked" it all over time.

"I think over time as I unpacked that individually, it allowed me to unpack that more publicly, and obviously, with Taylor, as well," she said. "I can't speak for her, but I feel like me finally addressing that, and also her addressing the hurt aside from the swinging thing, was probably very validating for us both."

In a video shared by PEOPLE, Taylor and Miranda sat together to share insight into the swinging scandal and their friendship. Taylor said they were going to "come together from different perspectives" to share more of the story.

"I think when you come to terms with something that's part of your reality, part of your story, I don't think that there's so much concern about it being maybe part of your identity sometimes," Miranda said. "I think for me, yes, I don't want my story or who I am to be the swinging thing. I would hate for that to be the case, obviously, there's a lot more to me than that, but it is part of my story."

She shared that the swinging scandal led her down a "hard road."

Fans of the first season of the hit reality show have been anxiously waiting for new episodes to drop. The wait is almost over as Hulu will be releasing season 2 on May 15.

So, get your dirty sodas and popcorn ready to binge the second season. Based on the trailer, this season looks even more explosive than the first.

Season 1 of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" can be streamed (and binged) on Hulu in anticipation of season two's premiere.