Taylor Frankie Paul enjoyed a night out at the 2026 Oscars while balancing a new season of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and her upcoming The Bachelorette debut.
Paul, 31, was a vision in pink as she posed for photos at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on Sunday, March 15. The reality star attended the event solo after the Thursday, March 12, season 4 premiere of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives showed her considering a reconciliation with ex Dakota Mortensen.
“I, for the first time, sat down and watched this season and it was extremely hard to do,” she later wrote via Instagram on Friday, March 13. “These aren’t just story lines, these are our actual lives we are sharing.”
Paul continued, “I’ll speak for myself on this, I’m not sharing to appease or switch ‘story lines’ for anyone’s entertainment. A big reason I continue on is to potentially help someone.”
The Hulu personality acknowledged the strong response to the choices she made before leaving to film season 22 of ABC’s The Bachelorette.
“I know this because I’ve personally watched and listened to people’s experience and it helped me,” she added on Friday. “Takes courage to share such vulnerable topics with an audience. My heart goes out to those around me that share and everyone else that continues to do so. The hugs will always outweigh the hate for me.”
After filming The Bachelorette, Paul reflected on what she learned from the journey.
“There was no other reason for me to do this other than I wanted to get outside of Utah and the toxicity that I’m in and venture off and really do something for myself,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in the latest cover story. “Who gets this opportunity as a single mom to just purely focus on dating and love and yourself? It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. That is why I was there.”
Paul also acknowledged her SLOMW finale hookup with Mortensen — hours before her flight for The Bachelorette.
“Honestly, I think it was just still in the same cycle that I’ve been in for a while now, and it’s been really hard to get out,” she said. “It’s been so hard to remove myself from that.”
Despite her history with Mortensen, Paul was determined to find love on the hit reality TV show.
“It was a choice. Ready, at the end of the day, is a decision,” she stated. “I made the decision to leave for two months and try. I reassured them that was why I was here.”
Paul concluded, “I’m happy in the moment. [The season] ended in a Taylor way. Some people may know what that means, and some people might not.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is now streaming on Hulu. The Bachelorette premieres on ABC Sunday, March 22, at 8 p.m. ET.
