Taylor Frankie Paul, star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, has been announced as the new Bachelorette with season 22 set to premiere in 2026.
ABC has revealed its next leading lady, and it’s a familiar face to reality TV fans. Taylor Frankie Paul, best known for her role on Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, has officially been named the star of The Bachelorette Season 22. The new season is set to premiere in 2026, marking a major milestone for the 31-year-old reality star and social media personality.
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Paul shared her excitement and nerves about the journey during an interview with Alex Cooper on the podcast Call Her Daddy. “This is something so new for me because obviously I got married young, divorced and then the first guy I met was the next relationship,” she explained. “So I have not done the whole meeting new people out, like dating at the same time … I’ve never done that, so that will be new to me.”
A mother of three, Paul rose to prominence on TikTok as part of the viral MomTok group, which includes her Secret Lives of Mormon Wives co-stars Jennifer Affleck, Mayci Neeley, Whitney Leavitt, Layla Taylor, Demi Engemann, Jessi Ngatikaura, and Mikayla Matthews. The Hulu reality series gained widespread attention after exploring the fallout of a swinging sex scandal that made international headlines. In July, the show picked up its first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program, and just weeks later, a third season was confirmed to premiere on November 13 with all 10 episodes dropping at once.
Throughout the series, viewers have followed Paul’s personal highs and lows. Season one spotlighted her relationship with Dakota Mortensen, where the couple shared their heartbreaking miscarriage before welcoming their son, Ever True, in March 2024. Season two chronicled their breakup and the challenges of co-parenting.
Now, Paul is ready for a new chapter in her love life. While admitting she had concerns about balancing motherhood with filming, she ultimately chose to take the leap. “For me, I’m like, is this possible for me to do as a single mom? Can I make it work realistically, no matter how much I want this? And, you know, what I was like, I can. If I want to, I can. You can do anything you want, if you want. It comes down to that,” Paul said. “So I was like, I will make it work.”
With her candid personality, loyal fan base, and newfound confidence, Taylor Frankie Paul is ready to make history as she takes the lead on The Bachelorette in 2026.
