Ten million people watched Bobbi Althoff interview Drake in a bed in July 2023 — and the clip made her famous almost overnight. On November 12, the woman behind that interview walks into a very different spotlight: Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, where she joins eight other women as one of the nine confirmed cast members.
At 29, Bobbi is arguably the most recognizable name in the Orange County cast to anyone outside MomTok — and she did not come up through reality TV, but through TikTok, a deadpan podcast, and interviews so awkward they became appointment viewing.
A TikTok Mom Who Started by Mocking Mommy Bloggers
Born Bobbi Heck on July 31, 1997, in Moreno Valley, California, Bobbi grew up in nearby Perris as the second youngest of six children and worked as a nanny after high school.
She started posting on TikTok in 2021, sharing pregnancy updates and jokes about young motherhood. Her first video, of her dancing with a banana, reached nearly two million views. The account that made her famous was a parody of mommy-blogger culture — deadpan and deliberately unpolished.
In April 2023 she turned that voice into The Really Good Podcast. Her first guests were actor Rick Glassman and comedian Funny Marco, whose episode drew around five million views, according to reports. She sat with celebrities — often on a bed or the floor — and asked blunt questions with a flat, bored expression. The awkwardness was the point.
The Drake Interview That Changed Everything
Three episodes in, Bobbi sent Drake a direct message and asked him to be a guest. He said yes. The interview, filmed in July 2023 with the two of them lounging in a bed, drew around 10 million views on YouTube, according to reports. On camera, Bobbi told Drake she had never heard his songs — and had missed her daughter’s first birthday to be there.
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Later guests included Lil Yachty, Mark Cuban, Offset, Shaquille O’Neal, and Sukihana, whose February 2024 appearance went viral over a “musician” versus “magician” mix-up. Vox called her style “unfazed, dry, bored in an ironic way,” and her sudden rise brought accusations of being an “industry plant” — a charge she has denied.
The Podcast Ended, Then Came Back — With Drake
In July 2025, Bobbi ended The Really Good Podcast after about two and a half years. A month later she launched Not This Again with Drake as her first guest, opening the September 2, 2025 debut by asking him, “Why did you hate me?”
According to reports citing Deadline, the original show returned for a new season on September 30, 2026 — weeks before Bobbi’s reality TV debut, just as a whole new audience is about to meet her.
Divorce, Two Daughters and a Public Split
Bobbi met ex-husband Cory Althoff, a programmer and author, on Bumble. They married in January 2020 and share two young daughters, Luca and Isla, whose identities she keeps private.
Cory filed for divorce in February 2024, citing irreconcilable differences and listing July 4, 2023, as the separation date. It was finalized in August 2024, with joint legal custody of their daughters.
Why Hulu Cast Her — and the Mormon Question
Here is the twist: Bobbi is not Mormon. “I am not Mormon, but I do have a Mormon brother,” she has explained, “and I grew up going to Mormon church, like, twice.” On a show built around faith, she is the outsider by belief — but an insider by everything else: a young mom with more than three million Instagram followers who understands the internet better than anyone else in the cast.
That is exactly why Hulu wanted her. The Utah original worked because its stars were influencers before they were reality stars, and Bobbi is the most internet-fluent person in this group. In confessionals, that deadpan could be the spinoff’s sharpest weapon — or its biggest wild card.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County premieres Thursday, November 12, 2026, on Hulu, with all 10 episodes dropping at once. Bobbi arrives with the most to prove and the least to lose: she has already survived a viral rise, a public divorce, and a feud with Drake. Can the woman who made a career out of making famous people squirm survive a house full of Mormon wives — or will Orange County finally be the room where Bobbi Althoff breaks character? Tell us in the comments: will her deadpan dominate the season, or will the group get under her skin first?
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