The Bachelorette already took a break before Taylor Frankie Paul’s season was shelved three days before it was set to premiere on March 22.
ABC and producers Warner Bros. had high hopes for the 22nd season that was set to star the breakout reality star from sibling Hulu’s reality hit, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The crossover casting was supposed to bring in a new audience following a ratings decline and the female-led cycle taking a season off in 2025 following Jenn Tran’s 21st season.
All of that changed, of course, when the network made the decision to scrap Paul’s already-filmed season entirely following the release of a damning video connected to her 2023 domestic violence arrest, and amid investigations into new claims of alleged domestic incidents involving Paul and her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. Later, in April, The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office decided not
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