Jen Affleck Files for Divorce From Zac Affleck

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The Lowdown

The MomTok marriage everyone watched wobble on camera is over on paper. Jen Affleck filed for divorce from her husband, Zac, in Utah on Tuesday, according to court records reported by USA Today and Variety (USA Today; Variety). She’s pregnant with their fourth child, and her new Hulu spinoff is eight days from launch (USA Today; Hulu).

Key Takeaways

Jen Affleck filed for divorce from Zac Affleck in Utah on Nov. 3 (USA Today; Variety; ABC News).
The couple married in 2019 and share three young children. She announced a fourth pregnancy this summer (USA Today; People).
A source told People the two are focused on preparing for the baby (People).
Her spinoff, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, premieres Nov. 12 on Hulu (Hulu).
Neither Jen nor Zac had commented publicly on the filing when this story was published (USA Today; TMZ).

What Happened

The filing landed Tuesday in Utah, where the Afflecks built the family life that made Jen one of the breakout faces of Taylor Frankie Paul’s MomTok circle on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (USA Today; Variety). ABC News and TMZ also reported the case, and none of the outlets had a statement from either spouse (ABC News; TMZ).

The timing is the part fans will fixate on. Jen announced in June that she and Zac were expecting their fourth child, and People reports through a source that the two are focused on getting ready for the baby even as the marriage ends (People). We’re not naming the couple’s children, and we’d ask everyone else to leave them out of it too.

Jen and Zac met through the dating app Mutual in 2018 and married the following year (USA Today). Their relationship, including friction with Zac’s family, became a recurring storyline on the Hulu series (Variety).

She was also set to anchor the brand’s expansion. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County moves the format to Southern California and premieres Nov. 12 on Hulu, and on Disney+ for bundle subscribers (Hulu).

The Pit Take

In our opinion, this is the rare reality divorce that doesn’t feel like a twist so much as a conclusion. Viewers have spent seasons watching Jen try to stand up for herself inside a marriage and a family that didn’t always make room for her. Filing before a new show premieres is a choice, and it suggests she’d rather tell this story on her own terms than have it unspool in edits she doesn’t control.

The bigger hope is simple: a healthy pregnancy and a quiet co-parenting arrangement nobody needs to film. For more from the franchise and beyond, see Reality TV, plus the The Traitors Season 6 cast and the recent Golden Bachelor split.

The Background

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered on Hulu in 2024 and followed a group of Utah moms whose TikTok fame collided with their faith and their marriages (Variety).

Our image is Hulu’s official key art for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, with Jen at center.