The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives couple Whitney Leavitt and husband Conner Leavitt have confirmed Hulu's plan for the show's fifth season.
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"It's not completely wrapped up. We just need to finish out the season, which will finish soon, and then that'll be my last one," Whitney, 33, said during a recent appearance on Trisha Paytas' "Just Trish" podcast.
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Hulu had paused production on Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives in mid-March amid #MomTok creator Taylor Frankie Paul's legal and custody dispute with her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, the father of her youngest child, Ever True, 2.
However, Taylor learned in April that she won't face charges, and then People reported the following month that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives had resumed filming.
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But a source told People in May that only new confessionals from the cast were being filmed for Season 5 and then they planned to move forward with Season 6.
The source claimed that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' fifth season will only include the five episodes that taped before cameras stopped rolling in March.
And Conner, 32, confirmed that Hulu has, in fact, "cut the season short [to] five episodes only."
"They're having everyone go back to basically do interviews, wrap up a couple of things," he explained.
"I think that'll be a very abbreviated season considering all the things that happened publicly."
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Whitney -- who announced she's leaving SLOMW in May -- also shared on the podcast how she's felt a lot of "support" around her decision to leave the show.
"I feel the support. I feel like this is literally the first time ever I'm, like, good with everyone. It's a breath of fresh air. No drama," the Dancing with the Stars alum said.
When Whitney had confirmed her Mormon Wives departure in May, she said she was finishing Season 5.
"So yes, I will be in that season. But also yes, it will be my last," the Broadway star noted.
"It's honestly so crazy to me looking back on this journey because I had been trying to get into theater and film way before Secret Lives even came into my life."
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Whitney insisted at the time that she felt "content" with her choice to leave the show.
"I feel like this is a chapter that's closing in my life and honestly, I believe that's how it was always meant to be," Whitney said.
"I'm so grateful for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. It's got me where I am today. It's given me the opportunities that you all have seen, but I'm ready. I'm ready for the next chapter, and I cannot wait to share with you guys what's next."
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives executive producer Jeff Jenkins admitted in May it had been "a challenging couple months" in a May 27 interview with Variety.
"But I'm very happy to say... we got the green light to start moving towards shooting the mothership again," Jeff said, adding how producers were "very close" to resuming and the cast was "excited to get back at it."
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Around the time Mormon Wives took a break from filming, a 2023 video of Taylor assaulting Dakota leaked online and prompted ABC to cancel Taylor's The Bachelorette season.
Dakota also made multiple domestic violence allegations against Taylor in February.
After about two-and-a-half months of supervised parenting time, a Utah commissioner ruled in June that Taylor may now spend time with Ever without supervision.
The arrangement will remain in place until at least the parties' next court hearing on July 8.
{Taylor also shares daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 5, with ex-husband Tate Paul.)
"I'm very hopeful that we'll be shooting with both of them or either of them very soon," Jeff noted of Taylor and Dakota.
However, Jeff admitted that "everyone in the existing cast" had "strong opinions" about what unfolded between Taylor and Dakota.
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"And those opinions are every perspective you can imagine," he revealed.
"It's going to be very interesting when we start back up any day now. How does that sort out? We've got to shoot together to sort it out... How is that going to impact the friendships, the relationships, and MomTok as a whole? I don't have the answer. I'm excited to see."