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Taylor Frankie Paul and rumored “Bachelorette” victor Doug Mason are allegedly giving their narration different chance.
The brace are “seeing each other” again and are “trying to make it work” aft Season 22 of nan ABC reality show was canceled, a source told Us Weekly connected Tuesday.
The insider besides claimed Paul and Mason “were hanging retired precocious and want to spot if they tin get backmost together and beryllium a couple.”
Mason allegedly projected to Paul astatine nan extremity of her “Bachelorette” play that featured complete 20 different imaginable suitors.
But according to celebrity rumors blogger Reality Steve, nan mates ended their alleged engagement erstwhile Mason visited Paul successful Utah a period aft filming wrapped.
A fewer days earlier nan show’s planned premiere connected March 22, ABC axed Season 22 aft a leaked video showed Paul tossing chairs astatine ex Dakota Mortensen during a domestic dispute back successful 2023.
Officials were besides looking into multiple incidents of alleged abuse betwixt Paul and Mortensen that halted “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” Season 5 filming erstwhile ABC made its decision.
A rep for nan web told Page Six connected March 19, “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.”
Paul, meanwhile, told us through a typical that she was “very grateful for ABC’s support.”
As for Mason, he shared a supportive societal media connection to Paul aft nan cancellation news.
“In ray of everything that’s happened, I’m conscionable sending out prayers to Taylor because that was her infinitesimal and her infinitesimal was blocked,” Mason wrote connected his Instagram Stories.
“All we tin do correct now is conscionable beryllium hopeful,” nan lifeguard added.
Over a week later, nan brace had a flirty societal media exchange.
During a recent question and reply pinch nan Hollywood Reporter, Disney/ABC exec Rob Mills hinted that Paul’s “Bachelorette” play could yet air.
“I deliberation everything really is simply a time astatine a time,” Mills said. “Everything concerning Taylor, first and foremost, is that we’re making judge thing she needs connected a quality level is taken attraction of, and past we tin talk astir thing from nan show perspective.”
We confirmed past week that “SLOMW” is filming again without Paul and Mortensen — but a root told TMZ that Paul will get successful beforehand of nan camera “at immoderate point.”
The outlet reported nan “entire formed and accumulation crews are supportive” of Paul’s eventual return.
It besides precocious collapsed that no caller DV charges are being brought against Paul, but she’s still embroiled successful a heated custody conflict pinch Mortensen.
The exes have filed for protective orders against each other. Mortensen presently has impermanent custody of their boy Ever, 2.
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.
