Whereas Paul blew up #MomTok by alleging she and her then-husband have been part of a “mushy swinging” group of Mormons, the place they may swap companions and do nearly the whole thing nevertheless penetrative intercourse. Across the same time that scandal erupted, Whitney Leavitt decided to maneuver out of Utah and left for Hawaii for two months.

Within the premiere of their new Hulu actuality current, Leavitt at first talked about she and husband Connor made the switch to “get away from the noise” of the swinging scandal, nevertheless her costars sensed one factor else was up.

Among the completely different girls launched up rumors on Reddit that Whitney’s husband was caught on Tinder, a courting app. In accordance with costar Mayci Neeley, Whitney instructed her “it isn’t true,” claiming haters “took his footage from Fb, his highschool account and put it on Tinder” — sooner than questioning regarding the “actual purpose” for her family’s switch.

Nicely, that “actual purpose” was in the end revealed by Whitney.

“I really feel like we ran away from one thing. I do not wish to lie about it anymore. Taylor even requested me the opposite day … and I denied it once more,” she talked about whereas sitting down alongside along with her husband, who admitted it was “in all probability onerous so that you can lie about that.”

She then admitted to lying regarding the Tinder situation, as Connor expressed how harmful he felt for putting her inside the place to lie.

“These have been actions I took. I had an actual drawback and it result in one thing that actually damage my spouse and I am so sorry and I am engaged on myself,” he talked about. “I actually do not care what anybody exterior of my interior circle thinks.”

Whitney talked about she was nervous how everyone would react to the fact, questioning whether or not or not her mates would “hate” Connor … or “if they’ll hate me for making the selection to stick with you. I wish to inform them now.”

She then sat down with the stable and received right here clear.

“There was a rumor that Connor was on Tinder … I lied about it as a result of I used to be embarrassed … I did not comprehend it was true till I confronted Connor. I went to him like, take a look at this joke,” she revealed, making it sound like she was at nighttime until the Reddit posts began.

“There was extra to that. He had been battling a porn habit … there’s an entire story, there is a purpose why folks do sure issues,” she continued. “I feel he was simply confused. It is one thing that we’re working via.”

When requested if it ever went further than talking on-line, Whitney talked about he claimed he “by no means met up with anybody” — nevertheless talked about his factors have been prevalent all by means of their full marriage. She added that he was having “full-on conversations with ladies,” with every occasions sending nude pictures backwards and forwards.

“It makes me really feel like my complete marriage was a lie,” she talked about, together with that she is going to solely take Connor at his phrase in relation as to if or not he met any of the women. As she added, “I simply hope you do not take a look at Connor in another way,” Taylor scale back the stress by quipping, “If you happen to can look previous my stuff, Connor’s okay.”

That is when Whitney admitted to everyone that the switch to Hawaii was not as a result of #MomTok drama the least bit, nevertheless because of she “simply wished to get away from the whole lot and simply assume for myself” amid the Tinder scandal.

She then apologized to Taylor for making it appear to be her swinging scandal was the exact goal.

Shortly after revealing the fact to the stable, she and Connor went on Instagram and shared it with most people as correctly in a since-deleted video. On the time, Connor talked about he in the end received right here to check his habits was a technique to “numb a a lot deeper ache,” sooner than revealing he’s a survivor of child sexual abuse.

The Leavitts are nonetheless collectively now, with Whitney at current pregnant with the couple’s third child.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is streaming now on Hulu.