The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Dakota Mortensen seemingly has ideas about ex Taylor Frankie Paul occurring The Bachelorette to search out love.
In a TikTok uploaded on Tuesday, December 2, Dakota, 32, teased his personal technique for “discovering love,” writing, “Whenever you realized you may date 30 ladies with out being on a TV present.”
Dakota’s video wasn’t acquired too nicely by followers, with many defending Taylor’s determination to hitch the ABC courting present in an effort to search out The One. A few of Taylor’s costars additionally got here to her protection by throwing shade at Dakota.
“Are you going by means of Taylor’s good friend listing to search out your 30? Bc that may be v on model for you 🤣,” Mayci Neeley wrote, to which Dakota replied, “No however I’m all ears.”
Miranda Hope, in the meantime, stood by Taylor’s strategy to her private life. “Respectfully dakota, from what i hear, you’re nicely in your manner my man,” she added.
Different social media customers poked enjoyable at Dakota’s courting historical past by citing his season 3 story line, with one writing, “Does taylor have 30 members of the family?” Dakota confirmed he was in on the joke by “liking” the remark.
Taylor, 31, was introduced because the lead for season 22 of The Bachelorette in September earlier than season 3 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives captured her relationship with Dakota formally coming to an finish. Taylor dated Dakota following her break up from husband Tate Paul over their viral “tender swinging” intercourse scandal.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which debuted in September 2024, captured Taylor and Dakota’s ups and downs earlier than they welcomed son Ever, now 21 months. In February 2023, Taylor was arrested for home violence and was in the end charged with aggravated assault, two counts of home violence within the presence of a kid, little one abuse with harm and prison mischief after the incident.
Taylor pleaded responsible six months later to aggravated assault, whereas the opposite 4 costs have been dismissed with prejudice. She later reached a plea deal. She continued thus far Dakota on and off, however they finally pulled the plug on their relationship over accusations that he was untrue.
“We’ve clearly come an extended solution to navigate [coparenting],” Taylor shared with Us in Might. “It’s totally different from my first husband as a result of there’s clearly a friendship there. We adjusted. Whereas [with] Dakota, every little thing’s contemporary. It’s one thing that we essentially didn’t need to do however wanted to separate.”
She added: “It’s an adjustment and we’ve needed to be taught by means of the obstacles of this expertise to do what’s greatest for our son. After all when issues are heightened, you’re breaking apart and it’s not one thing you needed and also you simply had a child. It was not the prettiest expertise, however at present we’ve come a good distance.”
Dakota and Taylor briefly thought of getting again collectively whereas filming season 3, which premiered in November, however claims that he sexted Taylor’s household good friend put a cease to the concept.
“I do know lots of people from a viewer viewpoint [don’t understand that] having every little thing aired out to the world is rather a lot totally different than simply going to an individual you care about or your loved ones and telling them one thing,” Dakota defined on an episode of “The Viall Recordsdata” in June. “Like, you need to speak about worry, that’s the scariest feeling on the planet.”
Dakota identified that filming a actuality TV present didn’t assist their relationship.
“Then doing it with a present, you don’t have any management over it. In the event that they’re lacking one thing, it’s like that’s not the way it was. That to me was actually arduous to know,” he recalled. “That was arduous to grasp. I used to be like, ‘I don’t need to be torched to the world for it. I simply need to have a second with you the place I can discuss to you. I desire a protected place to speak.’ However that’s not the case.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is at present streaming on Hulu.
