The Bachelorette‘s Taylor Frankie Paul played coy about her relationship status after recently sharing a video with a mystery man that got fans talking.
When asked about her TikTok with the unnamed man during the Wednesday, March 18, episode of Good Morning America, Taylor replied, “[That is] somebody that’s in my life, yes.”
The 31-year-old reality star wouldn’t elaborate further on his identity so as not to spoil her Bachelorette journey.
“But [I] can’t give away too much,” she noted. “That would ruin the surprise, wouldn’t it?”
Taylor took to social media on Sunday, March 15, to share a video of herself with a man in the background who some fans thought could be a finalist from The Bachelorette. “Sorry kinda busy,” she teased in the caption.
One day later, Us Weekly confirmed that production on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives was “shut down” following an alleged domestic dispute between Taylor and her ex Dakota Mortensen.
“The Mormon Wives cast [is] honestly terrified to film with Taylor right now,” the source exclusively told Us, noting that “the women have made it clear they don’t want to be around her because they see her as a major liability.”
According to the insider, the Mormon Wives cast “believed Taylor was in a better place” after she filmed her season of The Bachelorette and that their Hulu reality show “was heading in a different direction.”
“Now, many of them feel they’ve moved past the point of dealing with this kind of behavior and simply don’t want to be put in that position again,” the source continued.
Taylor and Dakota, 32, have faced their fair share of ups and downs since they started dating. After multiple attempts to work on their relationship, Taylor chose to look for love on season 22 of The Bachelorette, which appeared to shut the door on her romance with Dakota.
“There was no other reason for me to do this other than I wanted to get outside of Utah and the toxicity that I’m in and venture off and really do something for myself,” she exclusively told Us in her recent cover story. “Who gets this opportunity as a single mom to just purely focus on dating and love and yourself? It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. That is why I was there.”
Despite her history with Dakota, with whom she shares 23-month-old son Ever, Taylor was determined to move on.
“It was a choice. Ready, at the end of the day, is a decision,” she stated. “I made the decision to leave for two months and try. I reassured [the men on The Bachelorette] that was why I was here.”
Taylor concluded, “I’m happy in the moment. [The season] ended in a Taylor way. Some people may know what that means, and some people might not.”
Days before her season premiere, Taylor broke her silence on her issues with Dakota during an event on Tuesday, March 17. “There’s more to the context to everything and it’s unfortunate. … It’s another premiere that’s been taken away from me,” she exclusively told Us. “I’ve never enjoyed a premiere for any one of my shows. So it’s just been very sad.”
The Bachelorette season 22 premieres on ABC Sunday, March 22, at 8 p.m. ET and streams the next day on Hulu.
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