Taylor Frankie Paul just turned the“Secret Lives of Mormon Wives”Season 5 premiere into the confession of the year. The reality star admitted on camera that she cheated on her“Bachelorette”fiancé Doug Mason with her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. According to Taylor, the texting and hookups began the same night she returned home from filming“The Bachelorette.”Dakota even showed up at her house during the episode, which was filmed back in January.
The backstory makes it even messier. ABC canceled Taylor’s entire“Bachelorette”season in March, before it ever aired, after a 2023 domestic incident video leaked. She ended her engagement to Doug a month after filming wrapped, and while the two later tried to reconcile, it didn’t last. Taylor described her pull toward Dakota as an addiction, telling cameras,“When you have an addiction, there’s not a lot of things that are more powerful than that drug.”She also admitted,“I don’t want a complicated life, but it’s all I know.”
These days, Taylor and Dakota are locked in a custody battle over their two-year-old son, Ever, with both sides accusing each other of abuse. It’s a rare crossover scandal that touches“The Bachelorette,”“Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,”and a season fans never got to see. Do you think she owed fans this confession, or was it better left off camera?
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