Bachelor alum Ashley Iaconetti has officially entered a new realm of reality television as part of the cast of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, but that definitely doesn’t mean she’s leaving the drama of Bachelor Nation behind. As her new show premiered on the 2026 TV schedule last week, Iaconetti shared some strong opinions on why Taylor Frankie Paul never should have been named lead of The Bachelorette.
Lots of Bachelor Nation vets have weighed in over the past couple of weeks, after video from Taylor Frankie Paul’s domestic violence arrest in 2023 went viral, prompting ABC to pull The Bachelorette Season 22 from their lineup. Ashley Iaconetti has talked at length about the topic on her Almost Famous podcast and told Variety the situation with Paul probably shouldn’t have even gotten as far as it did. She said:
