Overview
- Paul disclosed the news on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy as ABC issued a confirmation highlighting her MomTok profile and role as a single mother of three.
- This is the franchise’s first Bachelorette who has not previously appeared within The Bachelor universe.
- Season 22 is slated to air in 2026, and Paul says she will remain on Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which returns for Season 3 on Nov. 13, 2025.
- Disney’s cross-platform push continues as Mormon Wives castmates Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck join Dancing With the Stars, premiering Tuesday, Sept. 16 on ABC.
- Paul, 31, gained wide attention after a 2022 “soft‑swinging” disclosure and later pleaded guilty in 2023 to a misdemeanor aggravated assault, context that has shaped her public narrative.