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NEED TO KNOW
- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars this week
- Whitney shared a tearful video on Instagram on Thursday, Nov. 20 addressing her elimination
- The mom and influencer said the sudden elimination “felt like a breakup”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt is getting candid about her elimination from Dancing with the Stars.
Whitney, 32, shared a tearful video on Instagram on Thursday, Nov. 20. “I’m just gonna speak from the heart, and share what I’m feeling,” the reality star began. “I share the good, I share the bad, I share the ugly. So I’m just gonna keep doing that.”
Through tears, Whitney went on to say, “When you’re casted on Dancing with the Stars, you are seeing these people hours every single day. Then it just stops. It genuinely feels like a breakup. It feels like I’m, like, going through withdrawals right now. Today just felt so weird.”
“It made me sad,” she continued. “You grow real friendships and, like, real connections with these people, and you learn so much about yourself and people who lift you constantly, and you challenge yourself, like, you just feel so loved.”
Whitney then shared “some key takeaways,” saying, “It’s so important to surround yourself with people who believe in you, who want to see you, achieve your delusional dreams, as cheesy as that sounds.”
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She concluded the video by thanking DWTS pro Mark Ballas, who was her partner this season, saying that she will “forever be so grateful” for their friendship.
“Like, I loved every bit of it, but the one thing that I have loved the most that I wasn’t expecting was getting a lifelong friend, a friend who who makes fart noises every single day,” she added of Ballas. I’m just so grateful. I love you guys. And I f——- love this show.”
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During the Oct. 21 episode of the show, the dance partners earned the first 10s of season 34 for their quickstep to “Popular” from Wicked.
Season three of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is streaming now on Hulu, and new episodes of Dancing with the Stars air on Tuesday evenings on ABC.
