Bobbi Althoff is taking her brand of awkward, deadpan internet fame straight into reality TV.
According to Variety, Hulu has officially tapped the podcaster for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, the first spinoff of the viral series—and it’s already raising eyebrows.
The new show, announced at Hulu’s “Get Real” event, shifts the franchise from Utah to Orange County, where a fresh group of influencer moms will navigate religion, identity, and social power plays.
The logline makes it clear this won’t be quiet: secrets come out, friendships fracture, and the curated lives seen online start to crack. It’s the same DNA that made The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives a breakout, now dropped into a new zip code.
Althoff won’t be navigating the O.C. chaos alone—she’s surrounded by a cast pulled straight from the influencer ecosystem. That includes Aspyn Ovard and Avery Woods. Salomé Andrea brings a family-focused social media angle, while McCall DaPron blends mom-life content with her background as a former Division I athlete.
The cast also includes Chandler Higginson, who shares day-to-day family life online, Ashleigh Pease, a fitness-focused entrepreneur, and Madison Bontempo, a mom of five with acting credits and a children’s brand.
Althoff isn’t coming in untouched, either. Her name has been circulating for months for reasons that go way beyond content. She’s been openly dealing with backlash tied to her divorce and how she’s raising her kids—criticism she addressed bluntly in a recent TikTok.
“I promise you guys, I hate myself more than you could ever hate me,” she said, calling out the constant online pile-on.
At the same time, she’s been tightening her grip on what she does and doesn’t share. Her relationship with basketball player Tyler Hawkins has been one of those boundaries. While she’s called it “great” and said he’s “all I want,” she’s also made it clear she’s not putting the full relationship online.
“The more I share… the more they have to comment about,” she said.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County isn’t her first unexpected swing at bat. Earlier this year, she fronted a Valentine’s Day lingerie campaign with Adore Me, despite admitting she was “very nervous” to do it.
