Taylor Frankie Paul Discloses Engagement During Shelved Bachelorette Filming

Taylor Frankie Paul told fellow cast members on the upcoming fifth season of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” that she was proposed to and accepted a marriage proposal while filming a season of “The Bachelorette” that was pulled from broadcast days before its scheduled premiere. In a clip released by the Hulu podcast “Get Real,” Paul recounted the moment a suitor, identified by other participants as Doug Mason, knelt and asked her to marry him. She confirmed she accepted the proposal and later returned to Utah, where she reconnected with ex-partner Dakota Mortensen and resumed communication.

The Bachelorette season was cancelled in March after a video of an altercation between Paul and Mortensen surfaced, leading to Paul’s arrest. Court records show she later entered a guilty-in-abeyance plea to aggravated assault. Subsequent investigations into alleged domestic-violence incidents from 2024 to 2026 did not result in new charges, according to the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office. Production of “Mormon Wives” was temporarily halted during the investigation but resumed in late April, with the new season slated to premiere on September 10.