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WHITNEY Leavitt wants to be DONE with The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and her reasons for wanting to leave behind her reality TV career are revealed, The U.S. Sun can exclusively report.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The decision comes after the DWTS<\/a> contestant announced she has been cast as Roxie Hart<\/a>, the starring role of the Broadway<\/a> smash hit, Chicago.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for The US Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Whitney Leavitt poses for her Secret Lives of Mormon Wives portraitCredit: Disney<\/p>\n Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas perform on DWTS\u2019 season 34Credit: Getty<\/p>\n Season 3 of Mormon Wives<\/a> is currently streaming on Hulu<\/a>, and Whitney<\/a>, 32, is already confirmed to be on the upcoming fourth season of the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, once she\u2019s done filming season 4, Whitney \u201cdoesn\u2019t want to come back\u201d to the show, an insider exclusively told The U.S. Sun.<\/p>\n \u201cWhitney feels she\u2019s become\u00a0too big of a star for the show and is ready to close that chapter.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cShe is hoping to get more opportunities in other aspects of the entertainment industry, like acting and more dancing, and hosting, similar to Ariana [Madix],\u201d the insider said of Vanderpump Rules<\/a> and DWTS alum, Ariana Madix<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tREAD MORE ON WHITNEY LEAVITT\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t LAST LAUGH<\/p>\n Mormon Wives\u2019 Whitney Leavitt to make Broadway debut after DWTS elimination<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t WIVES WOES<\/p>\n Whitney Leavitt BLAMES Mormon Wives producers for her shocking DWTS elimination<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n The source continued: \u201cShe has seen what opportunities Ariana got from her reality TV fame and essentially wants to follow in those footsteps.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAnd she\u2019s banking on Broadway being just the beginning for a more prestige entertainment career.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cShe feels returning to Mormon Wives would damage future career opportunities\u00a0for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEspecially after feeling\u00a0like the backlash from season 3 is what caused her premature elimination from Dancing with the Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n Whitney Leavitt teases her Chicago Broadway debut as Roxie HartCredit: Instagram\/whitleavitt<\/p>\n TAKES TWO TO TANGO<\/p>\n Whitney was a frontrunner to win season 34 of DWTS with her pro partner, Mark Ballas<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, the season 3 release of Mormon Wives, for which Whitney received mass backlash, came out just a few days before the semifinals.<\/p>\n After garnering viral outrage for comments she made on the Hulu show, Whitney did not receive enough votes to stay in the competition and was eliminated before the finals.\u00a0<\/p>\n Whitney \u201cblamed\u201d the Mormon Wives season dropping just before the finals as the reason she was eliminated, The U.S. Sun previously reported.<\/p>\n On the premiere of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/a>, Whitney admitted to only returning to the reality show so she had a chance to be on DWTS. <\/p>\n Her candid comments<\/a> infuriated many fans, who labeled her as \u201cfame hungry\u201d and \u201cself-absorbed.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n DWTS host Julianne Hough<\/a> then brought up her comments on the episode Whitney got eliminated<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cYou said on the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives that the only reason you wanted to do that show is so you could do this show. Why do you want to be here so much?\u201d Julianne asked. <\/p>\n While\u00a0Whitney<\/a>\u00a0seemed surprised by the question, she attempted to give a polite reply<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAfter two seasons of doing the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, I wanted to take a break.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBut once I found out that this would be an opportunity for all the girls to go after this, I wanted to take that chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI will forever be so grateful because this has changed my life. And I\u2019m having the time of my life and I couldn\u2019t be more grateful,\u201d she confessed.<\/p>\n Mormon Wives cast L-R: JENNIFER AFFLECK, TAYLOR FRANKIE PAUL, JESSI NGATIKAURA, WHITNEY LEAVITT, MAYCI NEELEY, MIKAYLA MATTHEWS, MIRANDA MCWHORTER, LAYLA TAYLORCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Whitney Leavitt and Conner Leavitt at Disney\u2019s Zootopia 2 Premiere held at El Capitan Theatre on November 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, CaliforniaCredit: Getty\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WHITNEY Leavitt wants to be DONE with The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and her reasons for wanting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,16621,3716,88,40179,10028,69526,13285],"class_list":["post-327543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusives","tag-hulu","tag-musicals","tag-the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JB_WHITNEY_COMP-copy.jpg\"\/)
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