The “Mormon Wives” frenemies competed against each other last season on the ABC reality series.

Whitney Leavitt was ‘a little happy’ that Jen Affleck was eliminated first from DWTS

The “Mormon Wives” frenemies competed against each other last season on the ABC reality series.

By Kathleen Perricone

September 11, 2026 5:52 p.m. ET

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‘Mormon Wives’ costars Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck competing on ‘DWTS’ in 2025. Credit:

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- Whitney Leavitt admits she was ‘a little happy’ that her *Mormon Wives* costar Jen Affleck was eliminated first from *DWTS*.

- The frenemies hashed it out on the current season of the Hulu series, but didn’t reach a resolution.

- “I, genuinely, to God, I don’t remember being like, ‘he he, ha ha, you’re going home,’” said Leavitt.

Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck are finally addressing their bad blood on the dance floor.

*The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives* costars competed against each other last season on *Dancing With the Stars*, with the two ending up side by side on the chopping block in week 7. Affleck and her partner Jan Ravnik were ultimately eliminated and the TV camera caught Leavitt’s reaction, which appeared to be a laugh.

On the new fifth season of *Mormon Wives*, the frenemies hash it out — although they didn’t get far before Leavitt abruptly waltzed away from the conversation. In a confessional, however, she set the record straight.

Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck in ‘Mormon Wives’ season 2.

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“I, genuinely, to God, I don’t remember being like, ‘he he, ha ha, you’re going home,’” Leavitt insisted. “That was not the intention. Of course, I’m happy that my name isn’t called because I want to stay [on *DWTS*]. I would have been relieved if it was anyone… but I was a little happy it was Jen.”

Immediately following Affleck’s elimination on the Halloween-themed night, Leavitt publicly praised her costar and her performance of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do.”

“It sucks because all of us work so hard to be here. She worked so hard,” the Broadway star told PEOPLE. “I loved her dance tonight.”

Leavitt continued to compete on *DWTS*, noticeably without the support of her *Mormon Wives* costar. “I would be rooting for a former MomTok person,” Affleck teased during a TikTok Live, “but we won’t be getting into that.”

Nearly a year later, in her own *Mormon Wives* confessional, Affleck admitted she didn’t exactly feel the love from Leavitt (who was ultimately eliminated from *DWTS* three weeks later).

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“To be honest, I have been hesitant to get close to her because I feel like her being nice to me on *Dancing with the Stars* is transactional,” Affleck said. “I do think at the end of the day, Whitney only cares about Whitney, and you can’t tell me otherwise.”

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Leavitt, whose husband Conner is competing on the upcoming 35th season, previously admitted on *Call Her Daddy* that she and Affleck were “not great” when they competed on *DWTS*.

“I don’t really even know if there is [a relationship] right now,” she told host Alex Cooper. “There was a lot that happened while we were doing *Dancing With the Stars*. We were also filming *Secret Lives* during that time... feelings were hurt on both sides, and there wasn’t a mutual understanding.”

Hinting at Affleck’s TikTok Live, Leavitt continued, “but I can tell you what I didn’t do: I didn’t go online and say, ‘I’m not supporting you, and I’m not rooting for you.’ Yeah, it just sucked.”

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