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Although Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul‘s season of The Bachelorette was put on pause after a domestic incident with Dakota Mortensen, a new report claims the show is gearing up to finally air.
According to the intel, the show is set to begin unveiling its episodes this summer.
Well-known Bachelor blogger Reality Steve revealed that his sources told him that Taylor’s season “is going to air.”
“And not only that,” he elaborated. “It’s not getting dumped on a streamer. It’s gonna air on ABC this summer. Now ABC’s upfronts are coming next week. My guess is that’s when they will announce they’ve officially moved forward and are going to play Taylor Frankie Paul’s season this summer on ABC.”
Steve noted he didn’t “think it was going anywhere” due to ABC saying they were going to “pause” Taylor’s season when they made their initial announcement regarding it.
“You would have just said we’re done and this show is never airing,” he added. “It’s supposed to air this summer on ABC, which is a little surprising to me, because, remember, when you’re airing on a network, you have to carve out – this show is usually eleven weeks long. You have to carve out eleven different Sundays or Mondays.”
“Considering we now know there’s going to be a Bachelor season that will probably film in September through November and go back to their normal schedule, I would think they’d want Taylor Frankie Paul’s season to be done airing by the time the next Bachelor season starts,” he added. “That doesn’t mean the next Bachelor is going to be from her season, but just to keep on the schedule that they normally have.
“So that is the latest. I expect to hear an official announcement coming from people at ABC sometime in the next couple of weeks.”
As Reality Blurb reported on March 19, ABC opted to initially pull the plug on the series airing amid Taylor’s drama.
In a statement to TMZ at the time, a spokesperson for Disney Entertainment said, “In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of ‘The Bachelorette’ at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family.”
Their announcement came fresh on the heels of TMZ publishing a video of Taylor and Dakota fighting in 2023. During the shocking altercation, Taylor chucked bar stools at Dakota, with one allegedly hitting her daughter, who was witness to the fight.
Before the video was released, Taylor tried to paint herself as innocent.
“There’s more to the context to everything and it’s unfortunate,” she told Us Weekly. “It’s been hard. And it sucks to be in this position. And the mother that I am, that is something I will always stand my ground on. I believe that I am a good mother and I have always treated my kids very well. So the headlines that are out right now are very hard to see because that’s not the truth of it. I have always treated my children with respect and I’ve never touched them. So it’s been really hard.”