here is abc's abbie boudreau. >> reporter: life for polygamist cody brown, his four wives, and their8 kids, all stars of tlc's hit show "sister wives" was already full of drama when oldest daughter mariah recently dropped this bombshell. >> whew. okay. um -- i'm gay. >> oh, honey, i thought you were going to tell me you had cancer. >> are you serious? >> it's one of those things i had to say it where i wasn't going to. i was just like, okay! >> reporter: a shocking and unexpected revolution for the high-profile "sister wives" family who believe being gay is against their religion. >> i had no idea mariah was gay, no idea at all. >> it was mariah's biological mother, mary, who seemed the most stunned of all four sister wives. >> you actually teared up. >> i think it was just such a shock. and completely different than what i had ever expected for her life. i realize now that it's okay for me to mourn what i thought was going to be her life. >> reporter: also shocked, the outspoken patriarch of the family, cody. >> mariah never dated boys. a fundamentalist mormon the polygamists, they

with the first ever bachelorette couple, trista and ryan, abc's abbie boudreau sat down with them 14l rose ceremony to find out their secret to lasting love and some advice for the new bachelor. take a look. >> reporter: she's the first ever bachelorette. >> i love that. >> reporter: finding lasting love 14 years ago when she gave firefighter ryan sutter her final rose. >> will you marry me? >> reporter: now two adorable kids later. >> yay. >> reporter: trista and ryan are still in love. and defying the odds. >> simon cowell sat on the couch with me and said i give it two weeks. oh, yeah. >> this is gorgeous. >> thank you. we love it. >> reporter: choosing to move away from the spotlight, the suters live in a small town near vail, colorado. >> it's an awesome place to raise kids. >> ryan is still a firefighter and recently started a blog. >> you're going to be turning 10? >> reporter: trista an author and a busy mom. what is the secret to a happy marriagy supply think forgiveness is a big one because no one is perfect. and neither of us are perfect. >> reporter: as for bachelor nick'

here is abc's abbie boudreau. >> reporter: life for polygamist cody brown, his four wives, and all tlc'ssho"sister wives" adf drama when older mariah dropped this bombshell. >> whew. okay. um -- tslike >>pected fhe fileelieve being gay iheir religion. >> i had no idea idea at all. >> it was mariah's biological mother mary who seemed the most stunned of all four sister wives. >> you actually teared up. >> i think it was just such a shock. and completely different than what i had ever expected for her life. i realize now that it's okay for me to mourn what i thought was going to be her life. >> reporter: also shocked, the outspoken patriarch of the family cody. >> mariah never dated boys. a fundamentalist mormon culture, the polygamists, they don't date for fun, they date for courtship, they date with intention to get married. so we just thought maybe she was just waiting for that person that she might have met. >> reporter: the 21-year-old says she was fighting the truth about her sexuality for years. >> it wasn't necessarily me keeping a secret it was something i couldn't accept in mysel

abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. [ applause ] >> i wish everybody could have seen our faces duringnd abc and espn have teamed up to create a bachelor fantasy league. 500,000 have signed up including our own folks at "gma." george is doing it. you can join us at abc.com. >> technology signed up twice. jesse live in tampa. >> hi everyone, 8:27 monday, january 9. i'm matt o'donnell. bad accident on the the new jersey turnpike. >> reporter: it's horrible accident on the new jersey turnpike, chopper 6 hd is live on the scene. police say a metal object hit the windshield. can you see the crack and critically injured a driver. the new jersey turnpike, southbound approaching the delaware memorial bridge, both directions of the turnpike has been shut down while they a wait a medevac she will corporate. a mess on the new jersey turnpike as we widen out, they are allowing traffic to get through at this moment. they were waiting for a medevac helicopter. looks like it might have came and gone. a terrible accident on the new jersey turnpike. >>> elsewhere around the region, we talked about this

abc's abbie boudreau went one on one with nick and someone who's already causing some drama.ter: the most popular bachelor ever who's been brought to paradise and heartache in front of millions has had drama and antics already this season. >> it's a shark. if you take it off, the only thing i can assure you is you're going home. i'm kidding. >> reporter: tonight's episode, his first group date. a photo shoot turned pool party. are you nervous for the date? >> no, i think we'll have a lot of fun. clearly i look good. >> reporter: i love the confidence. as he's about to see the girls seem to have gone wild. >> i'm definitely the hottest bride. hi, i'm corrine. >> reporter: already noticed by fans for her aggressive approach, corrine, who snuck the first kiss of the season, isn't taking any chances in her wedding bikini. >> i hope this gets nick's attention. if not, i'm going to be like are you feeling okay? we had a spark from night one. i had a good connection. and i kissed him. some girls came up to me and said, so, we heard you went for round two and got more time with him a