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RHOSLC's Lisa Barlow Hilariously Weighs in on Mormon Sex Swinging Culture

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Lisa Barlow revealed if she and husband John Barlow have ever participated in partner-swapping within the Mormon community.

By Brett M Malec Oct 15, 2024 1:00 PM
| Updated Oct 16, 2024 2:41 PM
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Lisa Barlow is a one-man type of woman.

In fact, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star revealed she's never participated in Mormon partner swapping, the sex scandal that was at the center of season one of Hulu's hit reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

"I would never swing," the Bravolebrity exclusively told E! News cohost Keltie Knight. "I'm an angel." (Watch E! News Oct. 16 at 11 p.m. for more of our exclusive interview with Lisa.)

As it turns out, Lisa was just as shocked by the #MomTok sex scandal as everyone else.

"It's so crazy what happens in Utah," Lisa, who converted to Mormonism for husband of 20 years John Barlow, added. "I think I've always been oblivious to it. Most of my friends, my neighborhood, are not from Utah. They're all transplants. But I think if you're born and raised in Utah, the amount of rebellion that happens is out of control. They are like, 'We're not supposed to have sex before we're married, so we're going to have sex with everyone after we're married.'"

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Sexcapades aside, Lisa celebrated the success of her fellow Salt Lake City locals' recent hit show.

"I'm so happy for them," the 49-year-old gushed. "I think they have that Utah culture. I grew up in New York, so I don't have that cultural aspect to my religion, to my life, to everything I do. I think it's so embedded in how they work, how they go to school, church. I binged it and I was fascinated by it."

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As for which Mormon Wives star Lisa was most drawn too? Taylor Frankie Paul, the scandal-ridden influencer who blew the lid off the community's sex swinging in 2022.

"I didn't think I was going to like Taylor, but I actually loved her," Lisa revealed. "I think she's so raw, a million percent herself, doesn't hide anything and is so cavalier about everything crazy happening in her life. Our lives are so different. I don't know how I feel about her, but like she really resonated with me."

But when it comes to her own costars, there's one RHOSLC cast member who is definitely not resonating with Lisa this season: Whitney Rose.

"I don't know if she's outgrown it or if we've outgrown Whitney," Lisa explained. "I'm not one to say who should be on the show, who shouldn't be on the show, but I think she hasn't really evolved with the show and I think that's what makes it hard. She's still doing season one things, making false accusations."

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Plus, Lisa noted the cast calling Whitney out during the season five premiere for trash-talking all of them at one point or another behind their backs.

"When we're saying you're lying and we're giving examples of how she's lying," she added, "I think she needs to be like, 'Okay, maybe I should stop doing that.' And I think it's hard for her because she can't."

Check out more of our exclusive interview with Lisa Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 11 p.m. on E! News.

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on Bravo. And keep reading to see where Lisa lands on E!'s official ranking or every Real Housewife ever.

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