Taylor Frankie Paul from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives was chosen as the lead for season 22 of The Bachelorette!
What a plot twist!
The crossover we didn’t know we needed:
The single mother of three described her news as “Surreal.”
Taylor make a TikTok three years ago about going on The Bachelorette as a joke, because it was something that she saw as “unattainable.”
“I don’t know if that got their attention. It was mainly a joke to me. Then we had a meeting. I still didn’t believe it until I got the invitation, ‘Will you be our Bachelorette?’ Same reaction, shaking, pacing back and forth. There’s no way, no way.”
Booked and busy:
Taylor worried she wouldn’t be able to manage being The Bachelorette and the anchor of TSLOMW. “How do I make this work? I’m a co-parent. I have two baby daddies, not one. So, I’m dealing with two different people, my children, my home base is here. Can I travel that long? Can I be gone that long?”
“But then I’m also thinking on the side, the other two moms that are in my group [Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt] are doing Dancing with the Stars and they brought their family out, but also they have their husbands, so for me I’m like, is this possible for me to do as a single mom? Can I make it work realistically no matter how much I want this?”
“I was like, I can, if you want to, you can. It comes down to that. I will make it work; I can ask for help more.”
Mormon wives reactions:
Taylor revealed TSLOMW cast knew she was chosen as ABC’s Bachelorette, and she’d received nothing but “positive” feedback.
“I think most of them are going to be happy for me and support me. I can’t speak for everyone and what they actually truly think, but I think we’re all doing our own thing.”
“Everyone is getting their own shot.”
