Taylor Frankie Paul He is “hopeful” for his season The Bachelorette it will eventually air, the source said exclusively Us Weekly.
“Viewers will be able to see another side to him,” added the insider as the future of Taylor's season is still up in the air.
ABC announced in March, days ago The Bachelorette was scheduled to premiere, Taylor's season was pulled from the air amid allegations of domestic violence between the reality star and an ex-boyfriend. Dakota Mortensen.
“He's been working behind the scenes, holding himself accountable and focused on moving forward in a positive way,” the insider said. Us. “The hope is that viewers will connect with that growth and see a different side of him, making this season feel like a real redemption moment rather than a return to TV, but right now his priority is his family and his mental health.”
In March, news broke that Taylor, 31, and Dakota, 33, were involved in an alleged domestic violence dispute last month. The Draper City Police Department in Utah confirmed that Us while there is an open domestic violence investigation involving the former couple. Production is on Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 5 came to a halt during the investigation. Authorities finally revealed in mid-April that Taylor would not be charged, and production would continue Mormon wives it has started again.
While Taylor was being investigated for the alleged incident in February, a 2023 video surfaced showing him throwing a chair at Dakota while his 8-year-old daughter, Indy, was nearby. (Taylor pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in this incident in exchange for other felony charges being dismissed.)
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen have been trying to conceive a son since they split in 2024. Paul and Mortensen welcomed their first child together, the MomTok content creator's third, in March 2024, months before they called it quits. As Paul and Mortensen navigated together raising their son, […]
The release of the video eventually led to ABC's decision to cancel his season.
“Due to the newly released video that surfaced today, we have made the decision not to proceed with a new season of The Bachelorette at this time, and to focus on supporting the family,” a spokesperson for Disney Entertainment Television said. Us in March.
ABC CEO Rob Mills has discussed the network's future plans to broadcast the video.
“Everything with that is one day at a time,” he said Variety in an interview published on April 22. “The day all those things happened, really our first kind of concern was for Taylor and the family and everybody involved in that … it was really on a human level.”
He added, “Now, we're taking it one day at a time.
Mills noted that Taylor's season was “pretty good,” adding, “If it's seen, I'm sure people will absolutely enjoy it.”
