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Taylor Frankie Paul Named Lead of The Bachelorette Season 22

ABC turns to a Hulu-born #MomTok star to court new viewers across platforms.

Overview

  • Paul announced the role on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy as ABC confirmed the casting, with Season 22 slated to air in 2026.
  • She becomes the franchise’s first lead recruited from outside Bachelor Nation.
  • Paul said she will remain on Hulu’s cret Lives of MormonMormon Wives, which returns for season 3 on Nov. 13, 2025.
  • She outlined suitor parameters — roughly ages 27 to 43 and willingness to relocate to Utah — and said she is open to partners outside the Mormon faith.
  • The single mother of three cited co-parenting logistics and said she had not told ex Dakota Mortensen before the news, predicting he would be “probably” sad.