Whitney Leavitt isn't done with reality TV. She's just upgrading from ensemble cast member to leading lady.
Hulu has greenlit an untitled reality series starring and produced by Leavitt, with the creative team behind The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives including Jeff Jenkins Productions and 3BMG also on board . The show will follow "firebrand Whitney Leavitt and her family as they navigate her newfound fame and career ambitions while always putting family first" .
Leavitt teased the announcement on Instagram Wednesday, sharing a supercut of fan speculation with the caption "See you soon" . Her husband, Conner Leavitt, will serve as an executive producer through their Leavitt Media House banner, alongside Jeff Jenkins, Russell Jay-Staglik, Amanda Weinstein, Brandon Beck, Ross Weintraub and Reinout Oerlemans .
The exit that started it all
The news caps a whirlwind six months for Leavitt, 33, who announced her departure from Mormon Wives in May during her final performance as Roxie Hart in Broadway's Chicago revealing the news mid-scene by reading a newspaper headline on stage . She appeared in the show's fifth season but will not return for the 20-episode renewal .
"I feel like with anything in life, you feel like you have this book of life and it just felt like it was a chapter that was time to end," she told Good Morning America in September. "I've tried to leave multiple times, which I'm sure you've seen" .
Since then, she's kept busy: competing on Dancing with the Stars season 34 (finishing sixth with Mark Ballas), making her feature film debut in the holiday rom-com All for Love, and preparing to return to Broadway in December for the jukebox musical Just in Time . She's also been cast in Peacock's The Traitors .
Not everyone is thrilled
Reaction online has been mixed. While some fans congratulated her, others on Reddit were skeptical. "I give it 1 season before it gets cancelled," one wrote. Another asked: "Why? Why are they pushing these bores so much?" .
Hulu, meanwhile, is expanding the Mormon Wives universe regardless the spinoff The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County premieres November 12 . Leavitt's solo venture has no title or release date yet, but for a woman who once called herself "a very ambitious" person using reality TV as a launchpad, the message is clear: this chapter is just beginning .
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