Taylor Frankie Paul’s ‘Bachelorette’ season has been canceled after a violent video surfaced

ABC’s latest season The Bachelorette was canceled after a video of its star, Taylor Frankie Paul, flinging her ex-boyfriend in front of her toddler daughter went viral in 2023.

The Bachelorette It was supposed to premiere on Sunday. Paul was already doing interviews for the show when ABC’s parent company Disney announced the cancellation.

“Due to the newly released video that surfaced today, we have made the decision not to proceed with a new season of ‘The Bachelorette’ at this time, and to focus on supporting the family,” a spokesperson for Disney Entertainment Television said in a statement.

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Paul is the host of #MomTok, with over 6 million followers, and the star of Hulu’s reality show, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

The show recently halted production on its fifth season after reports emerged that Paul and his ex, Dakota Mortensen, were being investigated by police in Draper City, Utah for alleged domestic violence in February of this year. People reports.

A 2023 video, released by TMZ, shows Paul kicking Mortensen and putting him in a choke hold while Paul’s young daughter is nearby on the couch. Paul then starts throwing steel chairs at Mortensen. One chair seems to graze a child, who starts to cry.

Paul was arrested after the incident in 2023, on suspicion of domestic violence. Paul told broadcaster Alex Cooper last year that those charges were dropped and he denied ever harming his daughter.

Because of the video circulating on the Internet, Paul’s public relations team lashed out at Mortensen, who has a son of his own.

“Releasing an old video, easily out of context, on their son’s birthday is a shameful attempt to disrupt his behavior,” said Paul’s spokesperson. People. “Thankfully, the public has seen this act before and knows who he is and sadly, many will recognize this deception, both in his actions on the show, and in their own experiences.”

Before Paul The Bachelorette the season is cancelled, he said People On Wednesday he was disappointed that allegations of domestic violence would tarnish the show.

“It’s just a difficult time, and it’s a big thing. I feel like every first game I’ve ever faced, I’ve never fully enjoyed it, so this one… it’s very difficult, and it took everything to get here today,” Paul told the magazine.

“I’m really struggling, but at the same time I feel like if I don’t come, I’m just giving away these opportunities and not enjoying what we’ve worked on and what’s exciting to come.”

Social media was shocked by the video – and by Disney’s decision to hire Paul in the first place, after facing allegations of domestic violence.

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If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org.