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Heidi Venable

Taylor Frankie Paul’s Ex Reacted To Her Being The Next Bachelorette With A Lindsay Lohan-Inspired Video: ‘It’s A Joke. Everyone Relax’

Dakota Mortensen and Taylor Frankie Paul are shown on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

Bachelor Nation was shocked this week when it was announced that the franchise was not only skipping its next cycle of The Bachelor in early 2026 but that, for the first time ever, The Bachelorette was coming from outside of the show. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul will lead Season 22 of ABC’s reality dating show. Fans’ reactions were all over the place, but her ex’s Lindsay Lohan-inspired response was particularly amusing.

Fans of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (whose second season aired on the 2025 TV schedule and can be streamed with a Hulu subscription) have watched a lot of drama play out between Taylor Frankie Paul and her baby daddy/on-off boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. So how did he react to her being cast as The Bachelorette? He invoked LiLo, of course! Check out his Instagram post:

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