Whitney Leavitt and her husband have had infidelity issues that extend even beyond the MomTok scandal.
So far, it seems like every member of the cast The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives There is some twist or hook.
In this case, her husband Connor was using Tinder.
To her credit, Whitney’s husband admitted as much. He also opened up about childhood trauma. But his statement about “addiction” may not be acceptable The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives audience.
Whitney Leavitt’s husband Conner on Tinder
Fair warning: Discussion of Whitney Leavitt’s husband’s Tinder scandal delves into serious, disturbing topics like sexual assault and child abuse.
So, as you can see in detail in the TikTok video below, Whitney and Conner have had their own scandals, as well as the broader Mormon MomTok drama from the likes of Tyler Frankie Paul.
Connor is on Tinder. While he insisted he wasn’t seeking an affair (which many on social media doubted), he did admit to using dating and hookup apps.
In a very somber, nearly seven-minute video, Whitney Leavitt and husband Conner delves into his Tinder scandal.
Connor explained that he does have a profile on Tinder, but stressed that “it does stem from addiction.”
It sounds like Whitney’s husband claims he has a “porn addiction.” As we have detailed previously, this fictitious situation is not recognized by the wider psychiatric community. Yet while “porn addiction” tends to be a widely debunked fringe right-wing topic, anything It can become a self-destructive habit.
Why is Whitney Levitt’s husband on Tinder?
The more important question is why Connor was using dating apps at all if he was allegedly “addicted” rather than seeking a hookup. Not the motive, but the root cause.
A tearful Connor told how he learned from his therapist that compulsive seeking out sexual material in a self-destructive manner was not uncommon among survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA).
When he was just 5 years old, he revealed that he was a victim of sexual assault. Connor said he regretted not telling his wife sooner.
Although people like to say “kids are resilient,” children actually have fewer mechanisms for coping with trauma than adults. Sexual assault is a horrific crime at any age. However, 5-year-olds will almost inevitably react differently than adults. It becomes a formative trauma.
It is extremely normal for people to find various coping mechanisms throughout their lives to deal with trauma. Sometimes they manifest as simple behaviors such as food, exercise, and sex. They can manifest as (actual) addictions to alcohol, nicotine, opioids, etc. Long-term processing of trauma can also manifest as self-destructive behavior (for example, creating a Tinder profile when you were a happily married man).
Of course, we grieve for the pain Whitney Levitt’s husband is experiencing. One can only hope that he can deal with the evil he experienced through counseling. It seems that maybe the Tinder scandal is just the warning he needs.
