# Jen Affleck Explains Shocking Whitney Leavitt Scene In ‘Secret Lives’ Spinoff: “I Needed to Take Accountability”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/jen-affleck-explains-shocking-whitney-leavitt-scene-in-secret-lives-spinoff-i-needed-to-take-accountability/
- Published: 2026-11-12T20:11:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T20:39:49+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://decider.com/2026/11/12/jen-affleck-admits-she-was-jealous-of-whitney-leavitt-over-success-and-marriage-in-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-oc/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Jen Affleck admitted she felt jealous of Whitney Leavitt.
- The two reconciled and say they now support each other.
- Affleck is expecting her fourth child amid her divorce.

## Summary

Jen Affleck says she acknowledged feeling jealous of Whitney Leavitt during a conversation in the new *Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County* spin-off. She linked the jealousy to Whitney’s success and the support she received from her husband, while Affleck was struggling with her own relationship.

Affleck says the conversation helped the pair reconcile after tensions surrounding *Dancing With the Stars* and the original series, and that they now support each other. She also says she is preparing for her fourth child while divorcing Zac Affleck, her husband of seven years, and focusing on her three children.

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