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The Secret Life of Mormon Wives star Whitney Levitt has faced a lot of controversies as a reality TV star, but one star has stood out among them.
Before long, audiences had begun to question whether Levitt Had a lot of experience and prior training to compete in the current season of dancing with the stars Along with pro Mark Ballas, the Utah mom posted a controversial TikTok that brought them into the limelight.
In 2021, Levitt shared a video of himself dancing next to her newborn sonJoe was in the hospital for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and pneumonia.
He has since written-removed Video: “Lil Lee (or Liam) was taken off oxygen. He tested positive for RSV.”
“Waiting for them to breathe better on their own,” she said during Kendrick Lamar’s 2017 hit single. Love was playing in the background as she danced around her sleeping son.
The video appears to have been shared in response to someone who asked her: “Sending prayers…but what happened? I’m so confused.”
After posting many people immediately started accusing X Levitt Of trivializing his son’s illness.
“If this isn’t a sign that this kid is being neglected because of TikTok fame, I don’t know what is,” one person wrote on the forum at the time.
Another wrote, “What bothers me even more is that she doesn’t shed tears while publicly announcing that her child’s life is in danger, but then there are a lot of tears when she makes a video of herself feeling sorry for herself that people misunderstood her.”
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reality television star He later responded to the backlash in a follow-up TikTok, where he apologized for the way the video was viewed.
“I understand that people are upset by the video I made,” Levitt said. “I just want to be clear and say I was just trying to stay positive. I think it’s important not to just assume what someone is going through.”
“Anyway, I deleted the video because I could see where someone could get the wrong idea. But honestly, I was just trying to stay positive in this situation,” she concluded.
TikTok was later addressed during a season one episode in 2024 The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, As Levitt explained, she made the video only because her son was starting to feel better.
She said, “The first few days were scary, but he was getting better. So I was like, let’s do something fun and I made a video.” “People felt like I was using my child’s illness for influence or attention. Everyone forgave Taylor so quickly for swinging, and I feel like I’m still criticized on every video,” she continued, Referencing the scandal that brought the Momtok group to reality TV,
While some of her co-stars on the show defended her, others claimed the reality star told them her intention was to “get likes and clout.”
Video continues to follow Levitt as he heads to the semi-finals DWTS. Talking to Amanda Hirsch in a June episode of not thin but not fat Podcast, Levitt claimed that he “didn’t even know what was going on with that video.”
Her husband, Connor, eventually told her that the video was being viewed negatively and that she needed to remove it.
“I needed some time before coming out and saying anything,” she added. “I hate that it’s such a part of my life.
“It will always haunt me and stay with me forever.”
new episodes of The Secret Life of Mormon Wives Now available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu.