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Whitney Leavitt is leaving “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”
The reality prima announced her exit from nan Hulu bid aft 4 seasons during her last capacity successful “Chicago” connected Broadway connected Sunday night.
Leavitt’s rep besides confirmed nan news to Deadline.
Im a video from nan capacity published by TMZ, Leavitt stayed successful characteristic arsenic Roxie Hart while she publication a header from a newspaper that revealed her “SLOMW” exit.
“What is that?” she said, pointing to nan unfastened paper. “‘Whitney’…let maine see. ‘Whitney Leavitt Announces She’s Leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.'”
The 32-year-old past turned to nan crowd and opened her arms, arsenic nan assemblage shouted for her.
Page Six has reached retired to Hulu for comment.
Leavitt joined nan deed reality show erstwhile it premiered successful September 2024, alongside Taylor Frankie Paul, Jen Affleck, Jessi Draper, Demi Engemann, Mikayla Matthews, Mayci Neeley and Layla Taylor.
But aft her awesome tally connected “Dancing pinch nan Stars” last twelvemonth helped rustle up her career, Leavitt hinted that she was going to time off “SLOMW.”
“I’m figuring it retired successful existent time,” she told nan Hollywood Reporter in March. “But it feels for illustration that’s nan trajectory of wherever it’s going.”
The mother of 3 added, “But again, I wouldn’t beryllium wherever I americium without it, but it feels for illustration it’s clip to situation myself successful different ways and fulfill these dreams and passions that I’ve been trying to get moreover earlier nan show.”
Page Six confirmed past period that the reality show started filming Season 5 following a halt triggered by aggregate home unit maltreatment investigations involving Paul, 31, and her ex Dakota Mortensen.
In addition, Paul’s play of “The Bachelorette” was pulled by ABC successful March aft a disturbing video was leaked showing a 2023 home unit incident betwixt her and her ex.
According to People, nan erstwhile mates will not beryllium isolated of filming “SLOMW” Season 5, but a source told TMZ that Paul will get successful beforehand of nan camera “at immoderate point.”
On April 14, Salt Lake County District Attorney’s agency declined to record caller home unit charges against Paul owed to an “evidentiary issue” successful nan investigations.
However, Paul is still embroiled successful a heated custody conflict pinch Mortensen, 33, aft he petitioned nan courts for an bid of protection against her.
In a devastating rustle to Paul, Mortensen was granted impermanent custody of their 2-year-old son, Ever, while Paul only has “supervised” visitation with nan toddler.
If you aliases personification you cognize is affected by immoderate of nan issues raised successful this story, telephone nan National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) aliases matter START to 88788.
