ABC has discovered its latest “Bachelorette” in “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” actuality star Taylor Frankie Paul.
Paul, who appeared within the standard Hulu sequence, revealed her upcoming foray into Bachelor Nation on Wednesday’s episode of Alex Cooper’s “Name Her Daddy” podcast. “It has not hit me. Proper now on this second, I’m simply fascinated about it and it’s not actual,” she informed Cooper.
She added: “It’s not actual. It’s not going to be till I’ve the limos [full of suitors] pulling up.”
The 31-year-old #MomTok influencer-turned-reality TV persona breaks a longtime norm for the “Bachelor” franchise. Incoming leads on “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette” have traditionally been contestants from earlier seasons. Paul, however, has not.
Don’t mistake her for a actuality TV rookie, although.
Paul was introduced as the most recent “Bachelorette” a yr after “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” turned a buzzworthy hit. The sequence follows a bunch of Utah-based TikTok influencers who turned the topic of social media scandal when Paul introduced she and her then-husband had participated in “comfortable swinging” and have been going their separate methods. The sequence’ debut chronicled the fallout and explored how its younger, fashionable stars navigate the traditionalist tradition of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Chatting with Cooper, Paul mentioned she as soon as thought the “Bachelorette” gig was “unattainable” and shared how she thinks she landed the half. She mentioned she had been open on social media about being single and her followers started making the case for her to grow to be the sequence’ subsequent star. In the end, she acquired the invitation.
She mentioned she initially hesitated to just accept, citing her co-parenting commitments. Paul shares a daughter and son along with her ex-husband, and one other son with an ex-boyfriend. She defined that she tapped her inside circle to assist take care of the kids, voicing her willpower to “make it work.”
Paul is the newest “Mormon Wives” star to cross over to ABC programming. “Dancing With the Stars” introduced in July that Paul’s fellow #MomTok-ers Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt would take the dance flooring for Season 34. Disney owns each “Mormon Wives” streamer Hulu and “Bachelorette” and “DWTS” residence community ABC.
“The Bachelorette” received’t return till 2026, however viewers can catch Paul beforehand when “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” Season 3 premieres Nov. 13 on Hulu.
