Whitney Leavitt is leaving 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' after Season 5 wraps

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Whitney Leavitt is leaving “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”The reality star announced the news during her final performance of “Chicago” on Sunday.Leavitt has played tap-dancing murderess Roxie Hart in the Broadway revival since February.

TMZ published a video of the moment, in which a Broadway castmate shows Leavitt a newspaper mid-scene.Leavitt, in character as Hart, points to the headline and reads aloud: “Whitney Leavitt announces she’s leaving ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.’” The audience is heard hollering and cheering.

Leavitt followed the big reveal with an Instagram video Tuesday morning and assured fans that, although the forthcoming season will be her last, she would still appear in Season 5 of the Hulu series.“It’s honestly so crazy to me looking back on this journey, because I had been trying to get into theater, film, way before ‘Secret Lives’ even came into my life,” she said.“The reality show just fell into my lap organically and I said yes to it.

It’s definitely not the path that I had envisioned in my mind to get to where I am today, but I wouldn’t change a thing.I have experienced so much with this group of women, and through that process, I have also learned so much about myself.” Entertainment & Arts A timeline breaking down the rise of Hulu’s ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ and Taylor Frankie Paul’s domestic violence investigations.Leavitt continued, saying that the “Mormon Wives” had been through so much together, including more extreme highs and lows than audiences have seen.

“No matter what happens with our relationships, that is something that will always be a part of our life, that will always be a part of my life, and I wouldn’t change a thing.”“The times I’ve walked away from ‘MomTok,’ it came from a place of anger and frustration,” she continued.“But this time, it’s...