Reality TV’s breakout star Whitney Leavitt hit the red carpet at the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards after a very sour ending to her first season on Hulu’s The Secret Wives of Mormon Lives. The reality show became an overnight success, detailing what life is like behind the TikTok group of friends from Salt Lake City known as “MomTok.” The group of friends were all Mormon, married, and had kids at a young age. The original MomTok group included Whitney, but as the reality show proved, the group was anything but friendly after an online scandal in 2022 emerged.
After a hard exit, Whitney braved reporters’ questions on the red carpet alongside her husband Connor Leavitt (and a gorgeous baby bump). Between the awards show, a popular season, and becoming a reality TV star overnight, Whitney was all smiles for the cameras.
Whitney Leavitt Made It Clear She Wanted To Focus On Her Family
The 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards went without a hitch, with popular musicians like Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs taking home multiple awards. While The Secret Wives of Mormon Wives’ Whitney Leavitt is not a country music star, many awards shows have popular faces gracing the red carpet for publicity.
As reported by People, accompanying Whitney was her husband, Connor Leavitt. The soon-to-be mother of three rocked her baby bump as she wore a bright red dress with cutouts and bows. The couple already have a daughter, Sedona (4) and Liam (2). This was the first major red carpet Whitney was a part of since announcing that she was separating herself from the MomTok group.
The reality star broke the news of her third pregnancy while filming the Hulu series in a very particular way that raised plenty of eyebrows.
After getting a positive pregnancy test, she revealed the news to her family by placing the pregnancy test inside the cake. Considering she peed on the test to get the result, viewers were publicly disgusted.
Whitney shared on the series that she was paid $20,000 for one Instagram post to promote an adult sex toy.
Responding to the backlash, Whitney told The Cut, “I get how people were like, ‘ew.’ Maybe people tried to stay away and not eat the pieces surrounding the test, but that cake was good.”
Look, I put the lid back on [the pregnancy test]. I Cloroxed the heck out of it before putting it in the cake. It was clean.
In the scene, Whitney’s sister noticed the pregnancy test inside the cake and immediately asked Whitney why she would put a used test inside something edible. Whitney told the cameras, “I guess I didn’t really think about it fully, thoroughly, clearly.” But she resounds, “But the lid is on.”
According to Today, viewers on X repeated their disgust. One viewer wrote, “I am actually FREAKING out that Whitney put her PEED-ON pregnancy test in this cake her family was going to eat. LIKE??? This lady cannot be real.” Another shared, “I’m watching Secret Lives of Mormon Wives [sic] and I’m sorry, DID WHITNEY PUT THE ACTUAL USED PREGNANCY TEST IN THE CAKE??? THE PEE STICK. THE PEE STICK?????”
On Instagram, Whitney shared that their third baby is due in October 2024. Regardless if it’s a boy or a girl, the couple told E! that they planned on naming their baby Billy. “We want the name to be Billy, and we’ll just change the spelling if it’s a boy or if it’s a girl.”
As for if the couple wants more kids after baby number three, Whitney joked that the “tubes are tied after this.”
Whitney And Connor Leavitt Spilled Their Marital Woes In Season 1
Along with having a hard first season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Lives, Whitney, Whitney Leavitt also went through marital woes with her husband, Connor Leavitt.
In the first episode of Season 1, Whitney, Connor, and their two kids move back to Salt Lake City after a brief stint in Hawaii.
Most of MomTok didn’t know why Whitney left Utah in such a rush months prior, but many assumed it was because of the swinging scandal that affected the group.
The Members of MomTok | |
Taylor Frankie Paul | Founder/Original member |
Whitney Leavitt | Original member |
Mikayla Matthews | Original member |
Mayci Neeley | Original member |
Demi Engemann | Joined later |
Jen Affleck | Joined later |
Jessi Ngatikaura | Joined later |
Layla Taylor | Joined later |
In 2022, the self-proclaimed creator of MomTok, Taylor Frankie Paul, made a live video where she told her followers a few shocking details about the group.
- Taylor shared that she and most of the members of MomTok were soft swingers. They would have swinging parties and share partners.
- With everyone in the group being married and Mormon, many followers were appalled by the behavior—especially when alcohol was involved, which is against Mormon beliefs.
- Taylor admitted she had feelings for another husband in the group, leading to an affair. Her then-husband filed for divorce when he found out.
The swinging scandal put a hold on MomTok and placed the group in a negative light. Because of this, Whitney claimed that was why she moved in a hurry, to run away from her problems.
However, as the season continued, it appeared the real reason Whitney and her family moved to Hawaii was to escape the reality of her marriage. It turned out that Whitney’s husband had a porn addiction and was messaging multiple women throughout their entire marriage. The two wed in 2016.
According to People, Connor told them, “I had a real problem and it turned into something that really hurt my wife and I’m so sorry. I’m working on myself. But yeah, I’ve reached a point where I really don’t care what anybody outside my inner circle thinks.”
Because of their relationship with the church, Whitney was worried about God and what fellow members of the church would think. Mormon rules are confusing, but Whitney tries her best to stay devout. “I’m a little nervous about what they’re going to think. I don’t know if they’re going to hate you or hate me for making the choice to stay with you. It’s a pretty deep wound. I want to tell them now.”
In September 2024, Whitney told
The Squeeze
that she and Connor were now “stronger than ever.”
After telling her friends that they moved to Hawaii to battle their marital issues, not the MomTok scandal, she admitted that her marriage felt like a “lie.” After some time away, the two worked on the trust issues in their marriage and moved back to Utah for a fresh start.
By the end of the season, Whitney was pregnant with their third baby, and they were in a better place in their marriage. As of this article’s publishing, it was recently announced that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives was renewed for a second season and will start filming in October 2024, as reported by Deadline.