Leave it to #MomTok to have everyone talking, it’s the corner of the internet never shy of an opinion. Well now, it seems there is news to eclipse even the most die hard Mormon Housewives fan.
When The Bachelorette announced its newest leading lady, suffice to say jaws dropped. Forget that usual rose-bearing alum plucked from last season’s heartbreak. This time they needed more.
Cue Taylor Frankie Paul, the unapologetic star of #MomTok and breakout face of the Secret Lives Of Mormon Housewives.
ABC announced that an exciting edition from the #MomTok world would be joining the series on September 10, the news of which quickly set the social media space ablaze.
We know she’s bold, we know she’s messy and magnetic, but what exactly is her story and how did she become the wildcard bachelorette that everyone can’t stop talking about?
Who Is Taylor Frankie Paul?
Taylor Frankie Paul isn’t your average Bachelorette. The Utah-born influencer carved her name into the TikTok zeitgeist with her brazen, unfiltered mom content, and a confessional style that made her both relatable and impossible to look away from.
With millions of views and a cult following, Taylor became the face of Mormon #MomTok – a scene that straddles palatial, mountainside, picture-perfect parenting and chaotic domestic drama.
But her break came knocking via Hulu, in the form of The Secret Lives of Mormon Housewives. Between her candid takes on family life, whispers of scandal, and social media dominance, the outspoken mother of two became someone that everyone could not keep their mouth shut about.
What Is Taylor Frankie Paul’s Backstory?
Raised in Salt Lake City by her mother and stepfather, Taylor grew up within the Mormon faith. Thanks to her time on the reality series, she’s become known for speaking her truth, even when it stirs up drama.
From navigating divorce to enduring tabloid-level drama around “soft-swinging” rumours, her life has unfolded in public – raw edges and all.
The #Momtok influencer has never exclusively revealed her interest in the franchise, but through her sassy appeal has seen her leap-frogged straight into leading lady status.
Her announcement via Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast only underscored her talent as everyone’s favourite, reality TV disruptor, yet again showing how she is not one to play by the rules.
What Is Taylor Frankie Paul’s Romantic Backstory?
Taylor’s love life has been as headline-worthy as her content. As common practice in the Mormon church, she married young, welcoming two children with her ex-husband Tate Pau before their high profile split unravelled among the mass of social media.
Her candid confessions about navigating divorce and dating as a single mum, set against the rumours of “soft-swinging” within her #MomTok circle cemented her as both a sympathetic figure and a tabloid staple.
More recently, Taylor’s relationship with Dakota Mortensen, a Utah based real-estate agent, garnered even more attention and subsequent backlash on The Secret Lives of Mormon Housewives due to the duo’s controversial on-again off-again relationship.
The couple have since split which has made the news of her Bachelorette casting all the more intriguing.
Why Taylor Frankie Paul Could Save The Franchise?
Let’s be frank, The Bachelorette was starting to wilt. Casting Taylor Frankie Paul is a move equal parts bold and unprecedented. She’s by no means a cookie-cutter romantic hopeful, she’s a cultural figure who will bring an unrivalled trio of chaos, candour and charisma. This is exactly the kind of controversy the franchise needs to bring it back to its golden era.
Vanity Fair called her “a franchise-saving wild card” and they might be right about that. For one thing, the stakes aren’t just about love they are about reinvention.
She embodies a new era of Bachelorette, one that is already infamous, and already unafraid to show the cracks of her messy romantic life.
The world loves an underdog to root for and there will be plenty in her corner, and plenty who won’t be. One thing is for sure, we will be watching!
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