ABC is attempting one thing somewhat bit completely different with the new season of “The Bachelorette.”
Instead of going with one of the runner-ups from a previous season of “The Bachelor,” the community is borrowing from one other actuality collection.
This time round, contributors will probably be vying for the coronary heart of Taylor Frankie Paul, who is one of the stars of the Hulu collection “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”
The 31-year-old Utah native is a single mom of three who got here to fame as one of the breakout stars of “MomTok” through which a gaggle of younger moms would get collectively and movie TikTok movies.
Paul went viral after pulling again the curtain on a “soft-swinging” scene in her Utah neighborhood, which led to the Emmy-nominated actuality present that delves into the lives of some of the “MomTok” girls.
Her new gig is aiming to share much more of Paul’s life.
“Off-screen, she’s a TikTok powerhouse whose comedic, heartwarming and bitingly honest content has earned her a massive following,” in response to “The Bachelorette” press launch. “As a single mother of three, Paul shares the highs and lows of her life with unfiltered candor. With humor, resilience and a fearless openness, she inspires others to embrace life’s chaos and own their story.”
Paul discovered herself in the midst of scandal in 2022, when she introduced that she was getting divorced after she mentioned she violated the phrases of her open marriage. She additionally revealed that she and her now ex-husband had participated in “soft swinging” with different {couples} of their social circle.
The first season of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” debuted final 12 months and targeted on the fallout from Paul’s revelation, in addition to her subsequent being pregnant with boyfriend Dakota Mortensen.
The pair have since break up, however have been collectively final 12 months when Paul talked about wishing she had gone about issues a bit in another way in the previous.
“I would have never opened my relationship and my marriage. I feel like that was a disaster waiting to happen,” she mentioned then. “I think announcing it to the world, I wish that hadn’t had to happen as well, but also it got us where we are today.”
The new season of “The Bachelorette” will debut in 2026. Season three “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” begins November 13, 2025.