Whitney Leavitt Defends Putting Positive Pregnancy Test Inside Dessert to Surprise Family: 'We All Ate the Cake'

Mar. 15, 2025

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The Secret Lives of Mormon WivesstarWhitney Leavittshocked viewers when she put her positive pregnancy test inside a cake to surprise her family, and now she’s revealing what they ended up doing with the dessert.In an interview withThe Cutpublished on Sept. 26, Whitney revealed that she and her family “definitely ate the cake” after she revealed the news about her pregnancy.“I Cloroxed the heck out of it before putting it in the cake,” she explained. “It was clean.“Connor and Whitney Leavitt.Whitney Leavitt/InstagramOnThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,Whitney explained she wanted to do “something creative” to tell her family that she was pregnant and decided to put the actual pregnancy test inside a cake for them to find.“I didn’t think it thoroughly, clearly,” she said. “But the lid is on, so there’s that.“In the scene, some of her family members were not happy about the pregnancy test in the cake. While speaking withThe Cut, Whitney noted that she totally understood why people were disgusted when they saw it.“Maybe people tried to stay away and not eat the pieces surrounding the test,” she continued. “But that cake was good. So yeah, we did eat the cake.“The moment with the cake was only one of the controversial moments Whitney faced during the show. During the interview, she also addressedbeing painted as the villainon the series, noting, “No one can make you do something or say something on the show; these were choices that I willingly made.““As far as leaning into this quote-unquote villain era, I mean, yeah, I didn’t love what I watched of myself either,” she explained. “So much was going on in my personal life. So when the show came out, I thought it was so funny that I had been labeled as this villain, so I was poking fun at it. But I don’t think I’m the villain.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Whitney alsoopened up about her regretsfrom the season duringThe Squeezepodcast withTayandTaylor Lautneron Sept. 24, saying that some of the show was “hard to watch [back].“Tibrina Hobson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty“There were decisions that I made during that show that nobody asked me to do,” she explained. “Like, I willingly did that, but there was no context behind why I had made certain decisions. But again, that’s that’s the game, I guess.”Despite jokinglyembracing the “villain edit” onlineafter the series premiered, Whitney said she was actually “in a dark place” while watching it back.“I received a massive amount of hate before in the past with Liam being in the hospital,” she said in reference to theTikTok danceshe posted while her son was hospitalized with RSV in 2022. “So I feel like I’ve been able to deal with that better, but it was more so from my other friends. It was that hate that was probably the hardest to see.”Jennifer Affleck, Jessi Ngatikaura, Mikayla Matthews, Mayci Neeley, Demi Engemann, Layla Taylor, Taylor Frankie Paul, Whitney Leavitt on ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’.Fred Hayes/DisneyHowever, despite the drama that went down between her and the rest ofMomTok, Whitney said that she is “excited formore seasons to go onbecause there were a lot of personal stories that were cut out from the show” and wished everyone the best.The Secret Lives of Mormon Wivesis currently streaming on Hulu.

The Secret Lives of Mormon WivesstarWhitney Leavittshocked viewers when she put her positive pregnancy test inside a cake to surprise her family, and now she’s revealing what they ended up doing with the dessert.

In an interview withThe Cutpublished on Sept. 26, Whitney revealed that she and her family “definitely ate the cake” after she revealed the news about her pregnancy.

“I Cloroxed the heck out of it before putting it in the cake,” she explained. “It was clean.”

Connor and Whitney Leavitt.Whitney Leavitt/Instagram

Whitney Leavitt/Instagram

OnThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,Whitney explained she wanted to do “something creative” to tell her family that she was pregnant and decided to put the actual pregnancy test inside a cake for them to find.

“I didn’t think it thoroughly, clearly,” she said. “But the lid is on, so there’s that.”

In the scene, some of her family members were not happy about the pregnancy test in the cake. While speaking withThe Cut, Whitney noted that she totally understood why people were disgusted when they saw it.

“Maybe people tried to stay away and not eat the pieces surrounding the test,” she continued. “But that cake was good. So yeah, we did eat the cake.”

The moment with the cake was only one of the controversial moments Whitney faced during the show. During the interview, she also addressedbeing painted as the villainon the series, noting, “No one can make you do something or say something on the show; these were choices that I willingly made.”

“As far as leaning into this quote-unquote villain era, I mean, yeah, I didn’t love what I watched of myself either,” she explained. “So much was going on in my personal life. So when the show came out, I thought it was so funny that I had been labeled as this villain, so I was poking fun at it. But I don’t think I’m the villain.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Whitney alsoopened up about her regretsfrom the season duringThe Squeezepodcast withTayandTaylor Lautneron Sept. 24, saying that some of the show was “hard to watch [back].”

Tibrina Hobson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

“There were decisions that I made during that show that nobody asked me to do,” she explained. “Like, I willingly did that, but there was no context behind why I had made certain decisions. But again, that’s that’s the game, I guess.”

Despite jokinglyembracing the “villain edit” onlineafter the series premiered, Whitney said she was actually “in a dark place” while watching it back.

“I received a massive amount of hate before in the past with Liam being in the hospital,” she said in reference to theTikTok danceshe posted while her son was hospitalized with RSV in 2022. “So I feel like I’ve been able to deal with that better, but it was more so from my other friends. It was that hate that was probably the hardest to see.”

Jennifer Affleck, Jessi Ngatikaura, Mikayla Matthews, Mayci Neeley, Demi Engemann, Layla Taylor, Taylor Frankie Paul, Whitney Leavitt on ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’.Fred Hayes/Disney

Fred Hayes/Disney

However, despite the drama that went down between her and the rest ofMomTok, Whitney said that she is “excited formore seasons to go onbecause there were a lot of personal stories that were cut out from the show” and wished everyone the best.

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wivesis currently streaming on Hulu.

source: people.com