{"id":32376,"date":"2025-09-10T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=32376"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:06:29","slug":"taylor-frankie-paul-reveals-why-she-almost-turned-down-being-the-next-bachelorette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/09\/10\/taylor-frankie-paul-reveals-why-she-almost-turned-down-being-the-next-bachelorette\/","title":{"rendered":"After its cancellation, Taylor Frankie Paul shares why she almost turned down The Bachelorette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/19\/abc-has-cancelled-the-bachelorette-following-leaked-taylor-frankie-paul-video\/\">Taylor Frankie Paul<\/a> actually revealed she almost turned down <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/19\/frankie-taylor-paul-breaks-her-silence-over-the-bachelorettes-cancellation\/\">The Bachelorette<\/a> before its recent cancellation, amid domestic abuse allegations. A video was leaked which showed Taylor and her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, involved in an altercation.<\/p>\n<h2>Taylor dishes on her Bachelorette role<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Frankie Paul: The Next Bachelorette (Full Episode)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7CpLI_Dr9_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Taylor was officially the next lead of <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/01\/16\/bachelorettes-gabby-windey-claps-back-at-wild-comments-yeah-my-dna-totally-changed\/\">The Bachelorette<\/a>, and although that entire season was filmed and ready to go, it&#8217;s been pulled by ABC. But before all of the drama, Taylor said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7CpLI_Dr9_Q\">Call Her Daddy<\/a> podcast that the whole scenario is totally &#8220;surreal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She explained: &#8220;Right now, I&#8217;m just thinking about it and it&#8217;s like, it&#8217;s not real. It&#8217;s not gonna be until the limo\u2019s pulling up and I\u2019ll be meeting the people, so nervous. How did I get here? In my head, I&#8217;m like, \u201cHow is this happening?\u201d That is my literal, that&#8217;s my answer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>She reveals why she almost turned it down<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOCyxUGDhWx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:640px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOCyxUGDhWx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOCyxUGDhWx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Taylor Paul (@taylorfrankiepaul)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, being offered the role of being The Bachelorette is a pretty big deal, and hardly anyone&#8217;s going to turn it down. But <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/05\/19\/all-the-wild-drama-that-went-on-between-taylor-and-miranda-on-the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives\/\">Taylor<\/a> actually admitted that she had some doubts. She told Alex: &#8220;I guess going in my head. I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Okay, how do I make this work?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a co-parent&#8230; I have two baby daddies, not one, so I&#8217;m dealing with two different people, right? My children, my home base is here. Can I travel that long? Can I be gone that long?&#8217; But then I&#8217;m also thinking on the side, I&#8217;m like, the other two moms,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are in my group, are doing Dancing with the Stars and they brought their family out, but also they have their husbands with them, so for me, I&#8217;m like, is this possible for me to do as a single mom? Can I make it work realistically?&#8221; Taylor reflected at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DV2JdC6jiOU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DV2JdC6jiOU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Taylor Paul (@taylorfrankiepaul)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\u00a0&#8220;No matter how much I want this, and you know, I was like, I can. If I want to, I can. You can do anything you want if you want, and it comes down to that. I&#8217;ll make it work&#8230; I have a team of people that I don&#8217;t think I utilise. You know, I can have them,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can ask for help more and I don&#8217;t, you know, usually, but I came to a point where I cannot do all of this alone, so you know, I hired all my family, assistant, nanny and I was just like, we\u2019re gonna do it,&#8221; Taylor concluded, yet all of that filming has now been scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>She also added how it&#8217;s not like anything she&#8217;s done before. She explained: &#8220;My mom was like, I think this is a great opportunity. This is something so new for me because I got married young, divorced, and then the first guy I met was the next relationship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have not done the whole meeting new people, like dating at the same time. I don\u2019t know. You know how The Bachelor works. You&#8217;re dating, right, like several people, and so I&#8217;ve never done that. So, that would be new to me,&#8221; Taylor added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUmZuVZDOpO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUmZuVZDOpO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Dakota Mortensen (@dakota_mortensen)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\u00a0Taylor Frankie Paul has now released a statement in response to the leaked video of her throwing the stools, with her rep telling <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-on-shocking-2023-arrest-video-throwing-chairs-11930057\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s sad to see the latest instalment of his never-ending, desperate, attention-seeking, destructive campaign to harm Taylor without any regard for the consequences for their child, by releasing an old video, which conveniently omits context.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was their son\u2019s birthday, and is a reprehensible attempt to distract from his behaviour. Thankfully, the public has seen this act and knows who he is and sadly, many will recognise this pattern of manipulation, both in his actions on the show, and from experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dakota has also released his own statement to<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/taylor-frankie-paul-s-ex-dakota-mortensen-reacts-to-domestic-violence-investigation-11928813?_gl=1*133uyv9*_ga*MTIxMDQ1OTQ3OS4xNzE0MDc4Mzcy*_ga_DK3GDWHWJH*czE3NzM5MTczNzEkbzIwMyRnMSR0MTc3MzkxOTcwMyRqNjAkbDAkaDA.\"> Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, saying: \u201cHis number one priority here is protecting [their 2-year-old son], Ever. He knew there was a possibility it could come out, but he was not going to be the one to proactively do that because he has always wanted a decent relationship with Taylor. It\u2019s been really hard to achieve that, but he wants to co-parent well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just hoping that if he says nothing, as he usually does, it would go away. He\u2019s never done any kind of sit-down interview about his side. 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