Leaving MomTok was not a decision that The Secret Life of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt taken lightly.

“I think so many things led to this,” said Whitney, 31 We weekly exclusively before the show’s premiere. “I don’t think it was just a matter of me thinking, ‘I don’t want to be part of this anymore.’ It was a decision I didn’t make lightly.”

Until the finale of the first season of The Secret Life of Mormon WivesWhitney announced that she and her husband, Conner Leavittare expecting their third baby. The Hulu star also said she will be leaving the MomTok group, which includes co-stars Jennifer Affleck, Mikayla Matthews, Taylor Frankie Paul, Julia Taylor, Mayci Neeley, Demi Engemann And Jessi Ngatikaur.

Since announcing her departure from the group, Whitney admitted Us that she had “definitely reconnected” with some of the women. “With some I haven’t,” she added.

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At this point, Whitney had not yet seen the Hulu show, which premiered Friday, September 6. Her decision to return for a possible second season will depend on what she sees.

“I don’t know (if I’ll come back),” she said. “I want to watch the show first and then we’ll see.”

Whitney and Connor caused a stir in the first episode of The Secret Life of Mormon Wives when they returned to Utah after a two-month stay in Hawaii. Initially, it was claimed that Taylor’s public admission that some members of MomTok were soft swingers prompted her to make the last-minute move. Then Whitney revealed that Connor was addicted to porn and used Tinder.

And where are she and 23-year-old Taylor now? They are both in a good place.

“I just saw her yesterday and we talked about how we are closer now than ever before,” she said Us their friendship. “Which is great.”

Given all the ups and downs on the show, Whitney admitted that being in front of the camera all the time caused her some difficulties. The most difficult thing, Whitney explained, was sharing the “very vulnerable” aspects of her life.

“Real things that happened in my life and I’m sharing them with the world. I don’t know how people are going to perceive or receive this,” she said. “That was probably the hardest thing for me.”

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

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi