You can mute the status updates of a particular contact so they won't appear towards the top of your Status tab anymore.

Mute a contact’s status update

1. Open WhatsApp > Status.
2. Select the contact you no longer wish to view status updates from.
3. Press Mute > Mute.

Unmute a contact’s status update

1. Open WhatsApp > Status.
2. Scroll down to the View muted updates section.
3. Select the contact’s status update you wish to unmute.
4. Press Unmute > UNMUTE.