The Bachelor franchise broke unspoken rules by casting Taylor Frankie Paul, a decision that backfired when ABC made the recent decision to scrap her season three days before it was set to premiere.
When news of Paul’s casting was revealed back in September, it was met with fan excitement. It marked a major first for the franchise: She was to be the first lead who had never appeared on a prior cycle in the franchise, but who was known by a different reality TV audience. It was a casting first to name the already-controversial star of Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives to lead the veteran franchise.
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