Taylor Frankie Paul has outlined precisely what she’s on the lookout for because the season 22 Bachelorette.
Taylor, 31, took to Instagram on Friday, October 10, to element the love she craves forward of starring because the lead within the ABC actuality present in 2026. Sharing a video montage of maximum romantic moments skilled by varied {couples}, Taylor captioned the clip, “Manifesting my Bachelorette expertise.”
She detailed her manifestation within the caption, which learn, “I like to have enjoyable, however I’m a sucker for simply sitting in random locations sporting comfortable garments having deep talks whereas being weirdos collectively.”
The put up comes after Taylor’s mother, Liann Might, just lately stated it was “bizarre” to contemplate her daughter sleeping with suitors within the Bachelorette’s famed Fantasy Suites. Talking on the Monday, October 6, episode of iHeartRadio’s “Virtually Well-known” podcast, Might stated, “I might be so pissed if she goes in and does that. I might be so mad. I imply, she doesn’t actually care what I feel however she does, however she doesn’t. It’s simply bizarre.”
Taylor, who rose to fame on the truth TV collection The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, was introduced as the following Bachelorette throughout an look on the September 10 episode of Alex Cooper’s “Name Her Daddy” podcast.
An ABC press launch additionally issued on the time defined why Taylor was chosen. “The 31-year-old Utah native is able to commerce headline-making heartbreak for hometown dates as she begins making her mark on Bachelor Nation,” the assertion learn. “[Taylor] is the breakout star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, fascinating thousands and thousands along with her uncooked, unapologetic storytelling. Off-screen, she’s a TikTok powerhouse whose comedic, heartwarming and bitingly sincere content material has earned her a large following. As a single mom of three, [Taylor] shares the highs and lows of her life with unfiltered candor.”
Taylor is mom to daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 5, whom she shares with ex-husband Tate Paul, in addition to son Ever, 1, whom she shares with ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen.
Throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly in September, Taylor revealed she was trying ahead to assembly new folks by being the following Bachelorette, along with studying extra about herself. “I’m most trying ahead to … assembly a handful of individuals which are outdoors my bubble — and even when there’s a pair in there, that’s OK — however I’m simply excited to get to know completely different views and new elements about myself too,” Taylor instructed Us on September 10 earlier than admitting she was nervous for the expertise to start out.
“It’s out of my consolation zone, so, clearly, it’s scary,” she defined on the time. “You’re coping with emotions — and also you’re coping with different folks’s emotions — and I don’t actually like to harm different folks’s emotions, particularly if you’re being susceptible and open.”
Taylor serves as the primary Bachelorette in historical past to not come straight from The Bachelor, carving her identify out as a TikTok influencer after discovering fame on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Her star rose even additional when she admitted to dishonest on her former husband throughout a controversial soft-swinging scandal.
Taylor instructed Us throughout final month’s interview that she’s prepared for followers to see a unique facet to her. “I feel they’ll are available and it’s not one thing they’ll anticipate. So if I have been to provide a message out to all of them: I’ve a facet to me that isn’t very seen, and it’s a very relaxed, chill facet,” she stated. “I similar to to conversate and speak. I’m not intimidating or imply or something like that. I don’t know if I give off that power, however everybody’s like, ‘You’re so good. You’re really good.’”
