Whitney Leavitt Is Leaving 'secret Lives Of Mormon Wives' After Season 5 Wraps

Whitney Leavitt is leaving “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”

The reality prima announced nan news during her last capacity of “Chicago” connected Sunday. Leavitt has played tap-dancing murderess Roxie Hart successful nan Broadway revival since February. TMZ published a video of nan moment, successful which a Broadway castmate shows Leavitt a newspaper mid-scene. Leavitt, successful characteristic arsenic Hart, points to nan header and sounds aloud: “Whitney Leavitt announces she’s leaving ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.’” The assemblage is heard hollering and cheering.

Leavitt followed nan large uncover pinch an Instagram video Tuesday greeting and assured fans that, though nan forthcoming play will beryllium her last, she would still look successful Season 5 of nan Hulu series.

“It’s honestly truthful crazy to maine looking backmost connected this journey, because I had been trying to get into theater, film, measurement earlier ‘Secret Lives’ moreover came into my life,” she said. “The reality show conscionable fell into my thigh organically and I said yes to it. It’s decidedly not nan way that I had envisioned successful my mind to get to wherever I americium today, but I wouldn’t alteration a thing. I person knowledgeable truthful overmuch pinch this group of women, and done that process, I person besides learned truthful overmuch astir myself.”

Leavitt continued, saying that nan “Mormon Wives” had been done truthful overmuch together, including much utmost highs and lows than audiences person seen. “No matter what happens pinch our relationships, that is thing that will ever beryllium a portion of our life, that will ever beryllium a portion of my life, and I wouldn’t alteration a thing.”

“The times I’ve walked distant from ‘MomTok,’ it came from a spot of anger and frustration,” she continued. “But this time, it’s importantly different, because I’m leaving pinch gratitude. I consciousness content. I consciousness for illustration this is simply a section that’s closing successful my life, and honestly, I judge that’s really it was ever meant to be. I’m truthful grateful for ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.’ It’s gotten maine wherever I americium today. It’s fixed maine nan opportunities that you each person seen. But I’m ready. I’m fresh for nan adjacent chapter. And I cannot hold to stock pinch you guys what’s next.”

Much for illustration her “Chicago” character, Leavitt’s spot successful nan spotlight has travel pinch less-than-favorable tabloid fodder. She told “Oprah Daily” that, though she doesn’t afloat work together that she’s a bid “villain,” she’s embraced her on-screen persona. She’s been candid astir being a “very eager woman” and utilizing “Secret Lives” arsenic a launchpad for a profession successful Hollywood — and this isn’t nan first clip she’s departed nan show.

“I had walked distant from nan show,” she told Gayle King astir her little hiatus aft Season 2. “I wasn’t enjoying it anymore. I near nan show, and past they were almost midway done nan season, and I sewage a telephone from nan producers, and they said, ‘If you travel back, we cognize that you really want this opportunity to spell connected “Dancing With nan Stars,” but nan only measurement that you would get this opportunity is to travel backmost and film.’”

Last year, Leavitt collaborated up pinch pro dancer Mark Ballas and competed connected Season 34 of “Dancing With nan Stars.” She was eliminated successful nan semifinals, finishing successful sixth place, but her “Cell Block Tango” capacity impressed casting board of nan long-running Broadway production. One point led to another, and nan reality prima was headed to Broadway.

Although Salt Lake City whitethorn not beryllium known for nan excitement synonymous pinch nan Big Apple, Leavitt has plentifulness of play to support her engaged backmost successful accumulation connected “Mormon Wives.”

The show deed region successful March amid a bid of home unit investigations involving stars Taylor Frankie Paul and her on-again, off-again partner Dakota Mortensen. The Salt Lake County territory attorney’s agency announced successful mid-April that it would not beryllium filing charges against Paul, and soon after, nan Hulu bid said it would resume filming Season 5.

In nan comments conception of Leavitt’s Instagram video announcing her departure, Paul wrote, “You will beryllium missed. Chase those dreams my girl. I’m excited to spot your adjacent chapter.”