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Former The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul is seemingly shooting her shot with new The Bachelor lead Sam Hartman after her own season of The Bachelorette was postponed indefinitely.
“I chose to have the audacity,” Paul, 32, wrote via Instagram on Friday, November 30, alongside an edited clip featuring Parks and Recreation’s Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) typing on his computer before unceremoniously throwing the device into a dumpster.
Spliced into the memorable episode was an alleged screenshot of Paul’s application to join the newly-minted Bachelor’s season 30 of the hit reality dating series and in the wake of her own The Bachelorette season’s unprecedented and indefinite pause.
The post featured Paul’s Bachelorette headshot, citing her height as 5’4’’. Under the section, “What do you think would make you stand out amongst the other ladies?” Paul seemingly wrote, “Ahhh I was the first bachelorette in history to be put on hold.”
The words “ABC going through the submission for the bachelor,” appeared over the edited video showing Offerman’s character throwing out his computer.
After a fan wrote in the comments section of Paul’s post, “Girl get in line like the rest of us,” the reality TV star responded, “As you can see I am. I filled out the paperwork like everyone else.”
Hartman, a quarterback for the Washington Commander’s practice squad, was announced as the new lead of the hit dating franchise on Friday — and like Paul, he is a rather unconventional pick for the beloved series.
“I have a tough time having a conversation with one girl, [so] 30 is gonna be pretty tough,” the professional athlete joked on Good Morning America on Friday after ABC’s surprising announcement. ”I’m excited but also very nervous.”
“Honestly, at first I was like, ‘No way,’” he continued of his reaction to the news he had been selected to lead season 30. “I got really lucky and talked to Jesse Palmer, and he kind of gave me the insight, what it is and what it’s not.”
Paul — whose season 22 of The Bachelorette was shelved indefinitely just three days before its scheduled March premiere after video of her 2023 domestic violence arrest resurfaced — quickly responded to the news Harman would be the next eligible reality TV bachelor.
“Well he’s cute,” Taylor commented under a Friday Instagram announcement regarding Hartman’s casting on The Bachelor.
Earlier this year, leaked video showed Paul hitting and throwing chairs at ex Dakota Mortensen while in the presence of her children. (Paul shares son Ever with Mortensen, 33, and in addition to two older children with her ex-husband, Tate Paul.) She pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in the 2023 case in exchange for the dismissal of additional charges pertaining to child abuse. She completed her three-year probation earlier this year.
“We have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of The Bachelorette at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family,” a Disney Entertainment Television spokesperson told Us in a March 19 statement.
On Friday, in response to Hartman’s casting, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives alum also shared a GIF of herself with an expression of curiosity.
