Taylor Frankie Paul alluded to 2023 fight with ex Dakota Mortensen months before horrifying video leaked

Months earlier footage of Taylor Frankie Paul engaged successful an altercation with Dakota Mortensen became public, she seemingly alluded to nan incident connected TikTok.

In an August 2025 video, nan “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” prima mouthed lyrics to Rhianna’s 2007 deed “Breaking Dishes.”

“Is he cheating? Man, I don’t know. I’m lookin’ ’round for somethin’ other to propulsion / I’m breakin’ dishes up successful here, each nighttime / I ain’t gon’ extremity until I spot constabulary lights,” she lip-synced while smiling and sitting successful a car.

Atop nan clip, she wrote, “Tip: don’t propulsion things, you conscionable mightiness spot constabulary lights,” and successful nan caption, she joked, “Don’t do it.”

Amid renewed interest, nan comments thread filled pinch snarky commentary, including 1 reading, “This aged poorly,” and different reading, “well, this is ironic.”

A rep for Paul did not instantly return Page Six’s petition for comment.

The video resurfaced connected Thursday, aft ABC cancelled Paul’s play of “The Bachelorette” pursuing nan merchandise — hours earlier — of video from nan 2023 altercation.

“In ray of nan recently released video conscionable surfaced today, we person made nan determination to not move guardant pinch nan caller play of ‘The Bachelorette’ astatine this time, and our attraction is connected supporting nan family,” nan web told us.

Paul, meanwhile, released her ain statement. “Taylor is very grateful for ABC’s support arsenic she prioritizes her family’s information and security,” a spokesperson for Paul, who was group to prima successful nan bid opening Sunday, told Page Six.

“After years of silently suffering extended intelligence and beingness maltreatment arsenic good arsenic threats of retaliation, Taylor is yet gaining nan spot to look her accuser and taking steps to guarantee that she and her children are protected from immoderate further harm,” nan connection continued.

“There are excessively galore women who are suffering successful soundlessness arsenic they past aggressive, suspicious ex-partners who garbage to fto them move connected pinch their lives.”

The connection concluded, “Taylor has remained silent retired of fearfulness of further abuse, retaliation, and nationalist shaming. She is presently exploring each of her options, seeking support, and preparing to ain and stock her story.”

Mortensen’s rep subsequently denied Paul’s claims of maltreatment successful a connection to Page Six and labelled them “baseless.” 

In nan 2023 footage obtained by TMZ Thursday, nan MomTok prima tin beryllium seen tossing metallic barstools astatine Mortensen arsenic her girl Indy, 5 astatine nan time, was nearby.

Mortensen claimed successful nan clip that Indy, who could beryllium heard crying, “got deed successful nan head.” Paul claimed to constabulary that her ex threw her connected nan crushed anterior to nan recording.

She was arrested astatine nan clip and charged pinch 3 felonies and 1 misdemeanor count each of criminal mischief and kid abuse. Under a plea deal, she pleaded blameworthy to aggravated assault, reducing nan complaint to a misdemeanor, provided she satisfactorily obeyed nan position of a three-year probation.

The different charges were dismissed, she said during a September “Call Her Daddy” appearance.

But different alleged incident betwixt Paul and Mortensen successful February emerged, pinch a rep for nan Draper City Police Department saying that “allegations person been made successful some directions.”

Mortensen revenge for a restraining bid successful Utah connected Tuesday, claiming she allegedly choked him during nan February brushwood and requesting custody of their boy Ever, 2.

A Mortensen root said successful a connection to Entertainment Weekly connected Thursday that he’s focused connected their boy amid nan drama.

“He knew location was a anticipation it could travel out, but he was not going to beryllium nan 1 to proactively do that because he has ever wanted a decent narration pinch Taylor. It’s been really difficult to execute that, but he wants to co-parent well,” nan rep said.

“He was conscionable hoping that if he says nothing, arsenic he usually does, it would spell away,” nan connection went on, adding that he’s “never done immoderate benignant of sit-down interview astir his side.”

“He benignant of conscionable lets it each hap to him, and I deliberation he realizes pinch nan severity of everything now that he conscionable can’t do that.”