The Bachelorette ‘winner,’ Doug Mason, broke his silence about his failed engagement to Taylor Frankie Paul, sharing that he’s “officially moved on.”
“That experience has been looming in my life for some time, and although I’ve been moved on for a long time, I think it’s important that I express to you guys that I have,” Mason said on his Instagram Story on Monday.
“I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity just to go on the show. I met some brothers, and I learned a lot about myself. Doug continued, “I have officially moved on, and this is me saying that I’m going that way. So I hope that everybody can understand that it was in my past and now I’m focusing on my future.”
During the Season 5 premiere of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, TFP confirmed she accepted Doug’s proposal at the end of her canceled “Bachelorette” season.
It was also during the Hulu show’s latest season that she admitted to cheating on Mason with her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen, with whom she shares her 2-year-old son, Ever.
“This is so bad,” the reality star complained in a confessional before explaining Dakota texted her as soon as she came home from filming the dating competition series. “And then I don’t know how it got to the point of him coming over to my house. It was late.”
TFP also confirmed she had been sleeping with Mortensen since returning home from the ABC show, which ended filming in December 2025. About a month after The Bachelorette wrapped, TFP ended her engagement to Doug. It is unclear if she disclosed her infidelity to him at the time.
