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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Sep 4

Taylor Frankie Paul Confirms Bachelorette Engagement, Reconnected With Ex After ABC Pulled Season 3 Days Early

Updated

Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Sep 4

Taylor Frankie Paul Confirms Bachelorette Engagement, Reconnected With Ex After ABC Pulled Season 3 Days Early

Q: What really happened between Taylor and her ex the day after her secret Bachelorette engagement to Doug Mason?

What happened is still not fully confirmed on the record. Taylor Frankie Paul has now said that after accepting a proposal at the end of her unaired *Bachelorette* season, she returned home, resumed texting ex Dakota Mortensen, and he came over to her house. But the Hulu preview cuts off there and does not explicitly show or state what followed. The strongest suggestion that they were intimate comes from outside the clip. Mortensen’s roommate, Cru Eaton, claimed on TikTok that Paul and Mortensen slept together after her engagement. Paul pushed back in a comment, writing, “No the day after,” before deleting her TikTok account. That reply did not deny sex altogether; it appeared to dispute the timing, implying that if anything happened, it was the day after the engagement rather than immediately after. Entertainment and trade reporting around the preview has treated the scene as strongly implying they hooked up, but that remains inference, not a confirmed fact from Paul in the clip itself. What is verified is that Paul said yes to the proposal, went home, texted Mortensen, and had him over soon afterward. So the clearest factual answer is this: Paul has confirmed post-engagement contact and a visit from Mortensen, while public speculation and third-party claims say they slept together, but the available footage stops short of proving it outright. More detail may emerge when *The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives* premieres on Hulu on Sept. 10.

3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Sep 4

An upcoming Hulu clip shows Taylor Frankie Paul saying her Bachelorette suitor proposed and she accepted, confirming the unaired season ended in an engagement.
Back in Utah, Paul said she resumed texting ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen and he came over, explaining what unraveled after filming wrapped.
ABC scrapped the season three days before its March 22 premiere after TMZ published video tied to Paul’s 2023 arrest following an argument with Mortensen.
Paul later pleaded guilty to aggravated assault under a deal that could reduce the felony to a misdemeanor, and prosecutors in April declined new charges over separate 2024 allegations.
The fallout also halted The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season five in March; Hulu now plans to premiere it on Sept. 10.