• Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt posted a tearful video breaking down her response to being eradicated from Dancing With the Stars on the season 34 semifinals.
• "It genuinely appears like a breakup. It appears like I'm going via withdrawals proper now," she mentioned.
• Regardless of incomes excessive marks from the judges and scoring higher than a few of her rivals, Leavitt expressed no regrets or resentments, saying she's most grateful for "getting a lifelong pal" in professional companion Mark Ballas.

Veteran after veteran of Dancing With the Stars has testified to the competitors taking on their lives, making elimination much more painful.

Tuesday's season 34 semifinals noticed the surprising elimination of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt. Regardless of incomes excessive marks from the judges and outscoring a number of of her rivals, Leavitt and her professional companion Mark Ballas had been despatched packing forward of the season's grand finale.

Two days out from the ordeal, Leavitt lastly broke her silence on the influence the elimination has had on her.

"I'm simply gonna communicate from the guts, and share what I'm feeling. I share the nice, I share the dangerous, I share the ugly. So I'm simply gonna preserve doing that," the truth star started in a tearful video posted to her Instagram.

"Once you're casted on Dancing with the Stars, you’re seeing these folks hours each single day. Then it simply stops. It genuinely appears like a breakup," she continued. "It appears like I'm going via withdrawals proper now. At present simply felt so bizarre. It felt so bizarre not going into the studio and assembly with Mark and studying a dance."

"It made me unhappy," Leavitt continued. "You develop actual friendships and, like, actual connections with these folks, and also you study a lot about your self and folks uplift you continually, and also you problem your self, you simply really feel so liked."

Although she walked away with out the coveted Mirrorball Trophy, Leavitt didn't depart empty-handed. The truth star and former MomTok-er cited a number of "takeaways" that she carries along with her again to civilian life.

"It's so vital to encompass your self with individuals who imagine in you, who wish to see you obtain your delusional goals, as tacky as that sounds."

At this level, Leavitt grew much more emotional, noting, "f—, that is gonna be the toughest half," and pouring out a tribute to Ballas.

"Mark is that pal to me," she mentioned. "The one factor that I’ve liked essentially the most, that I wasn't anticipating, was getting a lifelong pal — a pal who makes fart noises each single day, I'm simply so grateful. I really like you guys. And I f—— love this present."

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Leavitt was supported within the feedback part by a number of of her Mormon Wives costars, together with Mayci Neeley, who wrote, "Love you and so pleased with you." Mikayla Matthews, who has appeared on the sequence alongside Leavitt since season 1, commented a easy "🖤."

Others in Leavitt's DWTS cohort shared equally sturdy reactions to their departures, together with Fifth Concord star Lauren Jauregui, who advised cohost Julianne Hough she was "pissed" after going house on week 3. Danielle Fishel, whose week 8 elimination additionally shocked followers, commented supportively on Leavitt's submit, empathizing, "That is only the start!! I do know the disappointment is soooo actual — I've been there — and it means we liked HARD!!"

Comic and late-night legend Andy Richter, who was eradicated the week earlier than Leavitt, rushed to her protection in a current interview with Leisure Weekly.

"I believe Whitney going house, to me it's completely insane. I imply, she's an incredible dancer. And if all of the sticklers who had been livid about me nonetheless being in it, who had been demanding excellent technical dancing, I don't know why she would get despatched house below that criterion," Richter mentioned, suggesting that the "cleaning soap opera happening adjoining to this present" and having extra to do along with her "villain" standing on Mormon Wives could have had extra to do along with her elimination than her precise dancing means.

Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+, and streams the subsequent day on Hulu.

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