Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul is the next Bachelorette. But how does SLOMW Season 3 set her up to take on the lead of the iconic dating series? Fans of SLOMW know how chaotic Taylor’s love life is. Particularly because of her on-again/off-again relationship with her baby daddy Dakota Mortensen. At the end of Season 2, Taylor discovered that Dakota once again cheated on her. Taylor was devastated, but was she really done with Dakota? Here’s a breakdown of how Taylor’s Season 3 arc sets up her new role as Bachelorette.
Future Bachelorette Taylor Frankie Paul says she’s willing to try dating non Mormon guys on SLOMW Season 3
While they’re waiting for Jessi Ngatikaura’s lie detector test (long story), Taylor and the other MomTok girls discuss the Mormon church. Taylor’s former swinging partner Miranda McWhorter mentions how different it is dating someone who wasn’t raised in the religion. That’s when both Taylor and Layla Taylor admit they’d be open to dating non Mormons in the future.
Taylor revealed that her sister was seeing a non Mormon guy. And that he has great values, is respectful, and thoughtful. “That’s what I need,” Taylor says. As Layla puts it, “you just want to be treated good.”
In the interview with Call Her Daddy that announced her Bachelorette casting, Taylor said the contestants did not have to be Mormon. However, they would have to be willing to move to Utah.
How Taylor’s arc with Dakota Mortensen on Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3 sets her up to be Bachelorette
At the start of SLOMW Season 3, Taylor and Dakota are once again broken up after the cheating revelation. It also sparks Taylor to go to an intense therapy retreat.
However, things take a turn when MomTok and DadTok go to the Stagecoach music festival. Taylor got jealous when she perceived Dakota as flirting with another girl. With the obviously unresolved feelings in the air, Taylor and Dakota spend the night together. For the rest of the trip, they act super couple-y. This continues after Stagecoach as well. Especially when they come together to take pictures as a family for their son Ever’s first birthday.
But the other shoe drops before too long. Throughout Season 3, Dakota becomes increasingly close to Jessi’s husband Jordan. And Jordan tells Jessi that Dakota had a flirtation with one of Taylor’s family friends. However, Dakota never actually met up with the unnamed woman, so it didn’t go beyond texting.
However, this is enough to devastate Taylor. It’s the fourth woman Dakota’s cheated with. And the betrayal hurts extra this time because the woman was like a family member to her. The news also hurts Taylor’s family, who were previously rooting for her and Dakota to get back together. Taylor is adamant that she can never go back to Dakota again after this.
Well, what better way to get over heartbreak than to have twenty eligible bachelors vie for your hand?
Where does Taylor stand with Dakota as she films The Bachelorette?
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3 ends with Taylor and Dakota in a bad place. And it sounds like things aren’t much better since Season 3 wrapped filming. When her Bachelorette casting was announced, Taylor admitted that Dakota found out with the rest of the world. And last month, Taylor called out a friend for sleeping with her baby daddy.
But when her cast of suitors was revealed, Dakota joked that he would go on the show to win his baby mama back. The Bachelorette loves a twist, so a Dakota appearance isn’t outside the realm of possibility.
However, his mind may also be elsewhere. Taylor is currently missing SLOMW Season 3 press because she’s filming her Bachelorette season. But Dakota is doing press with the rest of DadTok. And after the premiere, he was spotted with Brooks Nader. The reality TV crossovers never end! We’ll have to see if this news reaches Taylor, and if she finds a new love, when her season of The Bachelorette airs in March.
Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is available to stream on Hulu.
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