Taylor Frankie Paul’s ex Dakota Mortensen speaks out after alleged domestic violence incident

Taylor Frankie Paul’s ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen is yet speaking retired aft their astir recent alleged home unit incident was exposed.

“[Mortensen’s] number 1 privilege present is protecting [their son], Ever,” his rep said successful a connection obtained by Entertainment Weekly Wednesday.

“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.”

“He was conscionable hoping that if he says nothing, arsenic he usually does, it would spell away,” nan connection continued, noting that he’s “never done immoderate benignant of sit-down question and reply 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,” nan connection concluded.

Page Six has reached retired to Paul’s rep for comment.

On Monday, it was revealed that filming connected “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” had been halted amid an investigation into alleged home unit involving Paul, 31, and Mortensen, 33.

“They are not filming,” nan insider said. “Taylor has immoderate beautiful superior worldly happening regarding her past, and they will spot what happens. Until that resolves, they are off.”

A Draper City, Utah Police Department spokesperson told People that “contact was made pinch progressive parties connected [Feb.] 24th and 25th” successful nan alleged incident, noting that accusations had been leveled “in some directions.”

The former on-again, off-again couple dated betwixt 2022 and 2024 and stock boy 1-year-old son, Ever.

Paul broke her soundlessness over nan play connected Tuesday, saying her “heart hurts to see” nan headlines astir nan alleged incident, particularly arsenic nan Sunday premiere of her “Bachelorette” season is conscionable days away.

“Just nan timing is hard, and it’s a large deal,” she told People during a property preview for Season 22 of nan ABC making love show. “I consciousness for illustration each premiere that I’ve experienced, I’ve ne'er enjoyed fully, truthful this is different one… it’s highly hard, and it took everything to get maine present today.”

Although location was immoderate speculation that her off-camera play would extremity her “Bachelorette” play from airing, Variety reported that nan investigation into nan incident “will not impact” nan show’s release schedule aliases property plan.

However, her early connected “SLOMW” is still unclear aft Paul dodged questions astir it during her Wednesday quality connected “Good Morning America.”

Paul and Mortensen had different incident of home unit successful 2023, which fans saw play retired during Season 1 of “SLOMW.”

At nan time, Paul threw a chair astatine Mortensen, which alternatively deed her 8-year-old daughter, Indy. She was arrested and charged pinch committee of home unit successful nan beingness of a child, misdemeanor assault, and criminal mischief astatine nan time.

But nan reality prima — who shares Indy and boy Ocean, 5, pinch ex-husband Tate Paul — revealed during a 2025 “Call Her Daddy” quality that nan charges “were each dropped” successful nan case.

In that aforesaid interview, Taylor claimed she and Mortensen had parted ways “for good,” but nan Season 4 finale of “SLOMW” revealed past week that they had spent nan nighttime earlier she near to commencement filming “The Bachelorette” together.

If you aliases personification you cognize is affected by immoderate of nan issues raised successful this story, telephone nan National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) aliases matter START to 88788.