DeAnna Pappas can’t wait to see what Taylor Frankie Paul’s expertise because the Bachelorette will likely be like.
“I’m slightly inquisitive about the way it’s going to go along with the merging of the 2 exhibits as a result of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives may be very completely different from The Bachelorette,” DeAnna, 43, solely shared with Us Weekly as iHeartPodcasts celebrated their fall exhibits on Wednesday, September 10. “My first thought was, ‘Are they gonna enable her to TikTok whereas she’s there?’ I had to surrender my telephone. Will she get to TikTok?”
DeAnna additionally couldn’t assist however surprise what the consuming state of affairs can be contained in the Bachelor Mansion for the upcoming season.
“The Mormon wives drink, like, 27 Cokes a day with completely different syrups,” she mentioned. “The place are they gonna discover that in Los Angeles? We don’t have a number of soda dispensaries right here.”
All jokes apart, DeAnna — who was the star of The Bachelorette season 4 in 2008 — is rooting for Taylor, 31, as she prepares to start her search for love on the ABC actuality present.
Though she didn’t discover her fortunately ever after on the present, DeAnna firmly believes folks can discover sturdy connections in the course of the distinctive relationship expertise.
“My honest recommendation for Taylor is I’d inform her to maintain an open thoughts,” she mentioned. “There’s going to be that preliminary attraction when males get out of the limo. I keep in mind I used to be there, and there have been a few scorching ones, and I couldn’t get previous them as a result of they had been so good trying. They had been so scorching.”
Now that she’s older — and maybe slightly wiser — DeAnna urged Taylor to have an open coronary heart “as a result of among the nicest, kindest, most sane males is probably not those who leap out at her at first.”
As Taylor gears as much as discover her subsequent companion, DeAnna herself is able to dip her toes within the relationship pool after her divorce from Stephen Stagliano.
With assist from iHeartRadio’s “Famously Accessible” podcast, DeAnna is beginning to navigate trendy relationship.
“I’ve my first date arising. It’s a blind date. We’re going to San Francisco and we’re going to the Jonas Brothers,” DeAnna teased about her subsequent mission with the podcast. “They gained’t inform me something about him. It’s a real blind date. … I do know that he’s in his 40s. He’s slightly bit older than I’m. I imagine he’s divorced, which is nice, and I feel he’s a good friend of a good friend of somebody.”
Though DeAnna joked that she’s slightly rusty with regards to relationship, she’s open to seeing what the longer term holds.
“With the launch of the podcast, it’s been a number of enjoyable,” she mentioned. “It makes me really feel cool once more. It makes me really feel like I’ve one thing enjoyable to sit up for.”
ABC has but to announce a premiere date for season 22 of The Bachelorette, however the sequence is predicted to air in 2026. Mel Owens’ journey to search out love on season 2 of The Golden Bachelor, in the meantime, begins Wednesday, September 24, at 8 p.m. ET.