Overview
- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives launched its third season on November 13 with a storyline alleging Dakota Mortensen exchanged explicit messages with a family friend of ex Taylor Frankie Paul during a break.
- Mortensen referenced the controversy by posting a TikTok lip-sync to the Friends "we were on a break" scene and captioned that he "never touched another woman."
- Castmates Layla Taylor, Mayci Neeley, and Mikayla Matthews criticized his post in the comments and publicly backed Paul.
- Mortensen denied trying to hook up and argued he has been unfairly labeled a cheater, adding that Paul broke up with him.
- Show footage and reporting say he acknowledged texting the woman and receiving intimate photos, he declined to appear in the season finale, and Paul has not responded because she is filming The Bachelorette.