ABC took an unexpected route by casting Taylor Frankie Paul as the next Bachelorette. While she’s familiar to reality TV viewers, she isn’t part of Bachelor Nation. She stars on Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Season 22 has been filming this fall. Taylor Frankie Paul teased fans that she found love and is engaged. Stay on this page to see the picture that has everyone talking.
Taylor Frankie Paul Spills On Sending ‘Wrong Reasons’ Suitor Home
Taylor Frankie Paul is a unique choice for Bachelorette for several reasons. She has three children from two previous relationships. She shares two children with her ex-husband, Tate Paul. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star welcomed her third child in March 2024 with her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen.
Her suitors on the show have to be ready to be a father. She opened up to Jesse Palmer about her suitors during a brief glimpse at Season 22 that aired during the Golden Bachelor season finale in November.
Taylor Frankie Paul confirmed that she sent at least one suitor home because they weren’t on the show for love. “He made it easy because he was trying to fire back at me, and I’m like, ‘Absolutely not.’ I’m not here to waste your time, please don’t waste mine. If you’re here for the wrong reasons, you’re leaving,” she spilled.
When asked if she found her future husband, she said she did. “It’s scary to say that because the last thing you want is to get your heart broken in this [and] you want it to be a mutual feeling. On my end, absolutely,” Taylor Frankie Paul confessed.
Season 22 Bachelorette Star Teases She’s Engaged, Pic
Season 22 of The Bachelorette began filming this fall. In another twist, the show mainly filmed near Draper, Utah, where Taylor Frankie Paul lives with her children. The production did visit several locations across the country as well as Utah.
Since Taylor Frankie Paul got famous from her TikTok content, she’s been able to post updates on social media. The show typically takes away the phones of the contestants and leads. The Bachelorette star shared a surprising update that seemed to hint that she was in love and possibly engaged.
“Teaser: Last night was one of the BEST nights of my life. Can’t wait to talk about [it] in like six months LMAFO,” she wrote on a snapshot of her giving the camera the peace sign.
Fans Share Thoughts
Season 22 of The Bachelorette doesn’t premiere until Sunday, March 22, 2026. Fans won’t know for sure if Taylor Frankie Paul got engaged for a while yet. But they took to social media to react to her teasing a possible engagement.
- “I don’t get how she’s allowed to have access to social media while filming? Aren’t their phones confiscated?”
- “They were filming the final 2 this past week. I am low key excited for this season.”
- “It’s still so weird getting real time “updates”
- “But let’s be so forreal Taylor, this guy will be out of the picture and she’ll be bsing with Dakota still in 6 months”
- “Did Dakota crash the season and whisk her away?”
- “Sounds like she already picked her future ex husband (or fiance if it doesn’t get that far)”
- “Someone proposed”
According to fans, Taylor Frankie Paul was filming either Hometown Dates or the Fantasy Suites right before her social media post teasing an engagement. Tell us in the comments if you’re excited for the new Bachelorette season.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger
