Mormon Wives Star Mikayla Matthews Divorces After 8 Years

Mormon Wives Star Mikayla Matthews Divorces After 8 Years

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The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives star Mikayla Matthews and husband Jace Terry have split following eight years of marriage amid their ongoing intimacy issues. 

The 25-year-old TV personality tied the knot with Terry in March 2018 and the pair share four children together, with their youngest daughter being

Matthews and Terry's separation was unveiled during the fourth season of the reality show which officially premiered on Hulu on Thursday. 

The mom-of-four revealed during a confessional that both she and her husband came to the decision to separate after trying to navigate through therapy and intimacy struggles. 

During the previous season, Matthews had  'for about four or five years' - which came to an end when she was a teenager. 

Both she and Terry had been going to therapy sessions together, but Matthews admitted that it was 'hard to focus' while also dealing with her chronic eczema battle and flare-ups. 

The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives star Mikayla Matthews, 25, and husband Jace Terry have split following eight years of marriage amid their ongoing intimacy issues

The mom-of-four revealed during a confessional that both she and her husband came to the decision to separate after trying to navigate through therapy and intimacy struggles

Matthews has plans to work on herself during their time apart while Terry voiced that he still wants her to 'commit' to trauma therapy. 

'I think it's hard anytime you bring up the stuff with the sex and the intimacy,' she explained to him. 

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The reality stars had been going to therapy sessions together, but Matthews admitted that it was 'hard to focus' while also dealing with her chronic eczema battle and flare-ups

The TV personality tied the knot with Terry in March 2018 and the pair share four children together, with their youngest daughter being welcomed to the world last year in July

Matthews expressed that despite going to therapy, her 'stuff is still bad' before sharing that there is not 'the intention of being separated forever'

'It's still new to me, and it's new to him, and we're just navigating it the best way that we can.'

The TV personality added that she feels 'it's just something that's going take a lot more time' to work through. 

Elsewhere during the fourth season, Matthews candidly said that her health struggles with her chronic skin condition as well as being postpartum have been holding her 'back in other places in my life' including her marriage. 

While talking to Whitney Leavitt, the star added that she wants to focus on her health rather than therapy. 

'Because it's hard to focus on anything else and be motivated to fix anything else while I'm in this state,' she explained.

Matthews has been vocal about her persisting battle with chronic eczema and will often share photos of her struggles to social media. 

Terry also shared his thoughts while talking to Dakota Mortensen and said he is 'not cool with' making little progress with Matthews.

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'I'm definitely not okay with it, but I don't - me throwing fits about it all the time and getting [upset], that doesn't help anything. So I just feel like the only thing I can do is be patient and be there for her.' 

Matthews has been vocal about her persisting battle with chronic eczema and will often share photos of her struggles to social media

Terry also shared his thoughts while talking to Dakota Mortensen and said he is 'not cool with' making little progress with Matthews

Matthews additionally recalled a therapy session that had left her feeling frustrated. 

'I'm like, "Okay, fine, go have sex with someone else. Like, leave me alone almost," the reality star said to castmate Mayci Neeley. 

'I feel like I'm working on so many different things outside of just sex, and I know that obviously he can't just be like, "Okay, well we can go without that."'

She added, 'We both get to a point where we get to a point where we feel really helpless about it.' 

Despite their separation, Terry recently made an appearance in an Instagram post shared by Matthews on Wednesday. 

She uploaded behind-the-scenes moments from filming the fourth season of Mormon Wives, with her now-estranged husband being included in the carousel of snaps. 

Last year in March, the media personality shared a tribute to celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary. 

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She added, 'We both get to a point where we get to a point where we feel really helpless about it'

'7 years married to my best friend he sticks by me and cheers me on in every aspect of my life,' Matthews wrote. 

'Has truly carried me through chronic illness and all the struggles that have come with it the last 3 years. Wouldn't want to do it with anyone else.' 

Matthews and Terry said 'I do' in 2018 and share four children: Beckham, eight, Haven, six, Tommie, four, and Lottie, nearly one. 

The fourth season of The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives - which consists of 10 episodes - became available on Thursday on Hulu. 

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