‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Layla Taylor debuts girlfriend Kelsie Chesser at VRT Awards 2026
“Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” character Layla Taylor and girlfriend Kelsie Chesser made their crimson carpet debut on the “Digital Reali-Tea” Awards 2026 on Tuesday.
The couple was pictured arm-in-arm on the New York Metropolis occasion, sponsored by Tri-State Cadillac, CoverGirl, Philo and Kahlúa, with Taylor carrying an asymmetrical floral corset gown with a pleated skirt and light-weight blue strappy heels.
Chesser, however, sported a navy blue swimsuit and black sneakers for the event and accessorized with a easy gold necklace.
The truth star, 25, got here out as bisexual in June, revealing that she was relationship a girl — with out disclosing Chesser’s id.
“I’m homosexual and I’m bi and date ladies and men,” Taylor mentioned on Jay Shetty’s “On Goal” podcast.
On the time, she defined she was “speaking to” an “emotionally conscious” and “very affected person” lady who had caught her consideration after “liking” an Instagram picture.
“She’s simply been very understanding and letting me take this at my very own tempo as a result of it’s simply nonetheless international to me and it’s so new. [It’s the] degree of understanding and simply being there for me,” the MomTok influencer defined.
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Taylor additionally famous that popping out was “simply one thing that [she] actually didn’t actually know how one can formally tackle for an extended interval of [her] life.”
Now, she mentioned, she’s “lastly within the period” of feeling snug with “present[ing] each a part of Layla to the world.”
By July, Taylor shared a primary glimpse of her girlfriend with a clip of them holding palms that solely confirmed her new associate’s tattooed arms.
“‘You’re glowing recently.’ Thanks I’m relationship a girl now,” she wrote atop the clip, including within the caption, “Chivalry isn’t useless it’s [with] the lesbians.”
Later that month, Taylor lastly let followers in on her new girlfriend’s id, as Chesser shared a TikTok video.
“Once I slid into my girlfriend’s DMs simply hoping she was into ladies,” Chesser captioned the video, through which she sang alongside to Beyoncé’s “Partition.”
“Grateful she was 🙂↕️ #wlw #girlfriend,” Chesser captioned the submit — with Taylor confirming the romance within the feedback thread, writing, “Folded.”
Taylor, who shares two younger sons with ex-husband Clayton Wessel, rose to fame on the Utah-based actuality present.
She was married to Wessel from 2020 to 2025.
