Ben Affleck's relative and Mormon Wives star Jennifer joins Dancing With The Stars cast

Daily Mail​

01-07-2025

Two stars from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives will now be applying the dancing skills they've learned from TikTok to a much bigger stage.
Jennifer Affleck and Whitney Leavitt learned they will be joining the cast of Dancing With The Stars during the season two reunion of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
Host Nick Viall unveiled them both as the newest stars joining the cast, with a pregnant Jennifer jubilantly exclaiming as she embraced Whitney, 'We're moving to LA!'
Season 34 of Dancing With The Stars will reportedly premiere in the fall of this year and so far also has cast Robert Irwin, the son of the late Steve Irwin, and influencer Alix Earle.
The big announcement was not the only water cooler moment to occur during the reunion, with Jennifer addressing her alleged family member, Ben Affleck.
Jennifer previously claimed her husband Zac Affleck is cousins with Ben Affleck and his brother Casey, and while she had never met the famous actor, she said her father-in-law has.
'He's my husband's cousin, but we've never met him,' Jen previously told People.
According to the outlet, her husband is Ben's first cousin once removed. Her father-in-law is first cousins with Ben and Casey.
'Zac's dad has [met them], when [Ben] was very little,' she continued. 'I'm hoping to meet him one day, too!'
She clarified the celebrities were more 'like distant relatives.'
A source has since disputed her claims to People, insisting there's 'no relationship', and the issue was brought up during the season two reunion - with Jennifer admitting they have yet to verify whether or not they are indeed related.
'I'm still wondering that,' Jennifer said when Nick asked her about the topic.
'I thought at first it was a joke and I was like, are they serious? Like, someone had mentioned they literally met him at a family reunion, so I was like, stoked about it.
'And then I asked his grandpa and his grandpa was like, "Let me sit you down and tell you, yes, we are related to this person and so-" You know how like with Mormons, there's huge odd family history, so I was like, oh, maybe we are related. Like, that isn't just a joke.
'But of course, I mentioned it. Press ran with it. I ran with it maybe a little bit too much. And it was never verified because we never actually met him.
'But like Ben Affleck, where are you? We're family.'
Jen, meanwhile, and her husband are also expecting the arrival of their third child.
The reality star announced her pregnancy in a People interview back in February: 'I was a few days late, and while it was a surprise, we both had a feeling there was another baby waiting for us,' she said.
'We were very excited, there were a lot of emotions after a very crazy year!'
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives follows Jen, Whitney and members of their 'MomTok' influencers group.