{"id":388780,"date":"2026-03-17T01:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/388780\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T01:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:05:09","slug":"the-bachelorette-post-oscars-special-showed-how-taylor-frankie-paul-plans-to-run-her-dramatic-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/388780\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Bachelorette\u2019 Post-Oscars Special Showed How Taylor Frankie Paul Plans to Run Her Dramatic Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Immediately following the Oscars on Sunday night, ABC aired The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose, a special in which former Bachelorettes offered advice to the franchise\u2019s new lead, Taylor Frankie Paul, ahead of her upcoming season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Paul is new to Bachelor Nation \u2014 and the first Bachelorette selected from outside the franchise \u2014 she\u2019s already a reality TV star in her own right. The 31-year-old broke out on Hulu\u2019s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which recently debuted its fourth season<\/a>. Paul first rose to fame as the founder of MomTok, the Utah-based mom influencer group<\/a>. She is also a mother of three.<\/p>\n

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Following The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose, TMZ and People reported<\/a> that filming for season five of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives had paused due to an alleged domestic incident involving Paul and her ex, Dakota Mortensen, the father of one of her children.<\/p>\n

With an investigation reportedly ongoing, questions remain about how the situation could impact Paul\u2019s upcoming season of The Bachelorette, which is slated to premiere on ABC Sunday at 5 p.m. PT\/8 p.m. ET. (ABC has not yet commented.)<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s special, meanwhile, began with Paul preparing for night one of her journey. Admitting her nerves while speaking with producers, she pulls into the Bachelor mansion driveway, where she is greeted by host Jesse Palmer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI admire all the women who stood before me,\u201d she said while walking into the house. \u201cStepping into this role as the Bachelorette will be new for me. There\u2019s a lot of unknowns. I\u2019m scared. I need some help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inside, a group of former Bachelorettes \u2014 all dressed in matching red sweatsuits \u2014 were there to welcome Paul into their sisterhood. One of Paul\u2019s first questions was how to handle potentially falling in love with more than one person during the process.<\/p>\n

Kaitlyn Bristowe, the season 11 Bachelorette, explained how it\u2019s possible to develop feelings for multiple men while navigating the show. \u201cI did a few things wrong,\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n

The moment then cut to a clip from her season when she invited Nick Viall to her hotel room after a one-on-one date, where the two had sex. The moment was controversial at the time since it happened weeks before Fantasy Suites week \u2014 the only point during the show when couples typically receive off-camera time together.<\/p>\n

Coming into the experience as an outsider to the franchise, Paul admitted she wasn\u2019t aware of what happens during Fantasy Suites and asks if that kind of situation really occurs. The women encouraged her to remain honest with the group of men throughout the process.<\/p>\n

Hannah Brown, the lead of season 15, also reflected on one of the most memorable moments from her season. She recalled being pressured by contestant Luke Parker \u2014 widely considered that season\u2019s villain \u2014 to reveal whether she had been intimate with anyone during Fantasy Suites week. Parker assumed she hadn\u2019t and told her he would leave the show if she had.<\/p>\n

The special also revisited moments from past Bachelorette seasons when contestants unexpectedly walked away near the end of the journey. Clips are shown from the seasons of Katie Thurston, Ali Fedotowsky, Desiree Hartsock and Rachel Lindsay, where men the leads had strong connections with voluntarily left the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy biggest fear in this is that I\u2019m the one who gets heartbroken,\u201d Paul admitted.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, former Bachelorettes shared advice on identifying contestants who may be there for the wrong reasons. The special highlighted infamous moments from past seasons, including when Emily Maynard \u2014 the only other Bachelorette who was also a mother during her season \u2014 sent contestant Kalon home after he referred to her daughter as \u201cbaggage.\u201d Another clip showed Fedotowsky confronting Justin after discovering he had a secret girlfriend back home.<\/p>\n

The special then ended with a teaser for Paul\u2019s upcoming season, showing her embracing the process of falling in love while also standing her ground when necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s gentle and sweet \u2014 until you piss her off,\u201d says Shane, one of the men competing<\/a> on her season.<\/p>\n

In another tense moment teased in the preview, Paul confronts a contestant for allegedly sleeping with one of her friends before coming onto the show. The footage also shows her taking back roses during a rose ceremony.<\/p>\n

Watch a sneak peek at the season, below.<\/p>\n

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