{"id":217416,"date":"2025-09-11T05:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/217416\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T05:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T05:44:13","slug":"taylor-frankie-paul-momtok-utah-influencer-named-bachelorette-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/217416\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul, #MomTok Utah influencer, named &#8216;Bachelorette&#8217; \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Utah influencer Taylor Frankie Paul, best known for her roles in #MomTok and \u201cThe Secret Live of Mormon Wives,\u201d will star as the next \u201cBachelorette.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Paul broke the news during a Wednesday appearance on Alex Cooper\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7CpLI_Dr9_Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7CpLI_Dr9_Q\">Call Her Daddy<\/a>\u201d podcast. She told the podcaster being cast on the reality dating series still feels \u201csurreal.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt has not hit me,\u201d Paul continued. \u201cRight now, in this moment, I\u2019m just thinking about it, and it\u2019s not real. It\u2019s not real. It\u2019s not going to be until the limo\u2019s pulling up, and I\u2019m meeting the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">ABC confirmed the the news in a <a href=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/news\/b3308f2c-6495-406f-b6a6-ffc98bf8295a\/category\/1138628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/abc.com\/news\/b3308f2c-6495-406f-b6a6-ffc98bf8295a\/category\/1138628\">statement<\/a>, praising the single mother of three for her \u201cunfiltered candor\u201d and \u201cfearless openness.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Naming Paul as the Season 22 lead is a historic move for the ABC franchise. She is the first-ever \u201cBachelorette\u201d lead who has not previously appeared in \u201cThe Bachelor\u201d franchise. Paul is also the first leading woman in the franchise from Utah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During her podcast appearance, Paul told Cooper she was hesitant to take on the role as Bachelorette due to logistical concerns over how to co-parent her three young children while filming the reality dating series. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cMy home base is here. Can I travel that long? Can I be gone that long?\u201d Paul recalled asking herself before accepting the role. \u201cIs this possible for me to do as a single mom? Can I make it work, realistically, no matter how much I want this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She decided she could juggle her parenting duties while participating on the show. \u201cI was just like, I will make it work. If I want to, I can &#8230; I can ask for help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Paul became an influencer as a member of the viral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/momtok?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/momtok?lang=en\">#MomTok<\/a> community on TikTok, a group of women from Utah who share clips of their lives online. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She also starred in two seasons of the Hulu reality show \u201cThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,\u201d which is filmed in Utah. Paul confirmed she will return for a third season of \u201cSecret Lives\u201d this fall, despite also starring on \u201cThe Bachelorette.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Paul\u2019s announcement comes just a week before her two of her fellow #MomTok and \u201cSecret Lives\u201d stars, Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck, will make their debut as guests on \u201cDancing With the Stars,\u201d along with five pro dancers from Utah \u2014 pointing to Utah influencers\u2019 growing presence in the reality TV scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t have notes for how this works,\u201d Paul told Cooper, adding that she does not identify as \u201ca reality TV girl.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>When does \u2018The Bachelorette\u2019 with Taylor Frankie Paul come out?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Season 22 of \u201cThe Bachelorette,\u201d starring Taylor Frankie Paul, is set to premiere in 2026. An official release date has not been announced. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Utah influencer Taylor Frankie Paul, best known for her roles in #MomTok and \u201cThe Secret Live of Mormon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":217417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[171,399,173,67,132,68,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-217416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-television","10":"tag-tv","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-utah"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115184078974497895","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}