Taylor Frankie Paul’s Secret Lives of Mormon Wives costars are hesitant to proceed filming amid her dispute with ex Dakota Mortensen.
“The Mormon Wives solid (is) actually terrified to movie with Taylor proper now,” a supply solely tells Us Weeklynoting that manufacturing is “shut down” in the intervening time and “the ladies have made it clear they don’t wish to be round her as a result of they see her as a serious legal responsibility.”
TMZ and Individuals reported on Monday, March 16, that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives producers paused filming on season 5 earlier this month following an alleged home dispute between Taylor, 31, and Dakota, 33. A Draper Metropolis Police Division spokesperson subsequently confirmed to Us {that a} “home assault investigation” involving the previous couple is ongoing. (Per police, “allegations have been made in each instructions” and “contact was made with concerned events on (February) twenty fourth and twenty fifth.”)
The insider informed Us that, previous to the incident, the Mormon Wives solid “believed Taylor was in a greater place” after she filmed her season of The Bachelorette and that their Hulu actuality present “was heading in a unique course.”
Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen‘s sophisticated romance was thrust into the highlight on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives — and their relationship standing stays unclear. The couple began relationship earlier than the present premiered on Hulu. Dakota was Taylor’s first public boyfriend after her divorce from husband Tate Paul because of a high-profile “delicate (…)
“Now, a lot of them really feel they’ve moved previous the purpose of coping with this type of habits and easily don’t wish to be put in that place once more,” in accordance with the supply.
Us has reached out to representatives for Paul, Mortensen and Hulu.
Taylor beforehand had authorized points when she was arrested in February 2023 on home violence expenses. She was initially charged with aggravated assault, two counts of home violence within the presence of a kid, baby abuse with damage and prison mischief after the incident.
Dakota publicly defended Taylor on the time, and he or she finally agreed to plead responsible to aggravated assault, with the 4 expenses being dismissed with prejudice. (Taylor informed the “Name Her Daddy” podcast in September 2025 that the 4 different expenses “have been all dropped.”)
When The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 1 premiered in September 2024, Taylor opened up concerning the trauma of her arrest. (Physique-camera footage taken from the evening of her arrest was revealed shortly earlier than the fact collection debuted.)
Dakota Mortenson, Taylor Frankie Paul on “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.”
Fred Hayes; Hulu/Disney; Courtesy Everett Assortment“Getting arrested, it was the worst evening of my life. I ended up being charged with aggravated assault with three years of probation,” she mirrored in 2024. “After the arrest, I used to be beneath a lot stress. I used to be filmed leaving the jail after which that was instantly on the web. It was a blessing in disguise. It helped me get up.”
Taylor acquired along with Dakota following the top of her marriage to ex-husband Tate Paul in Could 2022. Taylor and Dakota subsequently cut up in 2025 following his sexting scandal. (Taylor and Tate welcomed daughter Indy Could, 8, and son Ocean, 5, earlier than separating throughout the MomTok delicate swinging scandal. Shen later welcomed son Ever True with Dakota in March 2024.)
Chatting with Us for a canopy story earlier this month, Taylor acknowledged that navigating her cut up from Dakota has been difficult at instances.
“It was laborious as a result of I’m, clearly, part of that — it’s not like I’m pointing the finger like, ‘He’s (the poisonous one.)’ It takes two to tango. We have been simply not progressing,” Taylor admitted to Us. “We like one another generally, after which we struggle. It’s actually laborious to clarify to folks and except you’ve been in that state of affairs, it’s laborious to know. If I may simply snap out of it, belief me, I might. It’s only a lot tougher stated than carried out.”
Taylor Frankie Paul is unapologetically herself on The Bachelorette — and he or she received’t hesitate to chop anybody there for the mistaken causes. “They’re all wonderful, which has made this all a lot tougher,” Taylor, 31, informed host Jesse Palmer in a prerecorded phase in the course of the Wednesday, November 12, finale of The Golden Bachelor about her (…)
Since her cut up from Dakota, Taylor has filmed The Bachelorette season 22, which premieres on ABC March 22. The fact had a candid response when requested by Us about the place she stood with Dakota amid her Bachelorette casting.
“That’s a very good query,” she admitted. “I don’t even know. I’ve to ask myself that query on a regular basis. The place will we stand? I don’t know. Ask me tomorrow.”