Whitney Leavitt admitted her RSV video posted on TikTok in 2021 still receives harsh feedback today.
TikTok star and actress Whitney Leavitt, 31, was born on May 12, 1993. She posts comedy, dance, and vlog videos featuring her family.
Highlights
- Whitney Leavitt is still receiving backlash from her TikTok video made in 2021 while her son was diagnosed with RSV.
- Leavitt has been featured in the The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
- Demi Engemann, one of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars, told some MomTok members that Leavitt confessed to using Liam’s RSV to gain popularity.
She hosts the podcast The Monday MaMa with her friend Tara, on which they discuss topics such as beauty and motherhood.
Moreover, Leavitt is known for her appearance as Noorie in the 2023 movie An Uncharted Desire.
She has also appeared as London in the drama series What to Expect When You’re NOT Expecting.
She was recently featured in the first season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives along with Mikayla Mathews, Jennifer Affleck, Jessi Ngatikaura, Layla Wessel, and many others.
Whitney Leavitt Regrets Posting Of Her Son Liam Video After He Tested Positive For RSV
Whitney Leavitt shared that her son Liam, 3, had been diagnosed with RSV two weeks after his birth in 2021.
RSV is a respiratory condition for which some infants need oxygen through a nasal cannula.
Leavitt celebrated his recovery by posting a video of her dancing beside Liam’s hospital bed to Kendrick Lamar’s “Love” playing in the background.
The video was posted on TikTok and Twitter, as many viewers felt she used the situation to gain attention.
Whitney Leavitt recorded this video at the hospital while her new born child was struggling to breathe, folks the internet rules the world, social media is and will always be the potent drug pic.twitter.com/bL4HXtoN7j
— Samurai Champloo (@oedipusrex84) November 22, 2023
Moreover, viewers were confused and angry, whispering that she was careless to dance beside her child in a hospital.
Whitney also responded to the comments, saying,
“In that video, people felt like I was using my child’s sickness for clout and attention,”
Whitney Leavitt
She added that the video was made because people asked about Liam’s condition in the hospital.
While Leavitt was on a trip with a girl’s group, Whitney said she still gets criticized on TikTok years after her viral RSV video.
Moreover, she said the backlash made her jealous of Taylor Frankie Paul.
Leavitt was jealous of how she felt Taylor had been forgiven online for revealing MomTok’s swinging physical offense on TikTok live in 2022.
However, Taylor disagreed with Whitney’s assessment and said she still gets threats from the incident.
While Whitney is still upset about the attention she received from the RSV video, Demi Engemann told some MomTok members that Leavitt confessed to using Liam’s RSV for popularity.
Whitney revealed when they did dissociative anesthetic infusion therapy together.
Additional Information
- Whitney Leavitt married her husband Connor and had one daughter, Sedon, and one son, Liam.
- Leavitt grew up in the LDS faith, guided by her father, Barry Ellis, and her mother, Stephanie Ellis.
- She has an estimated net worth of around $2 million as of 2024.
