The Bachelorette star Taylor Frankie Paul has revealed what her approach to Fantasy Suites is going to be when she films Season 22.
|
ADVERTISEMENT
|
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER?? (PHOTOS)
Taylor opened up on social media in 2022 about how she and her ex-husband Tate Paul had been involved in the "soft-swinging" scene.
Although Taylor has been open about her sex life online and on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, she apparently wants to keep things a bit more private on The Bachelorette.
During a recent appearance of Alex Cooper's "Call Her Daddy" podcast, Taylor confirmed that she has thought about how she'll approach Fantasy Suites, presumably with her Final 3 men on The Bachelorette.
"I have [thought about that]. I have, and I have [my approach] set," Taylor said.
"I don't know if you watched [Kelsey Anderson]'s season -- Kelsey and [Joey Graziadei]. So in the Fantasy Suites, they never talked about it, and I wanted to know! Obviously he ended up picking Kelsey, but I'm like, 'Did he sleep with all of them? Did he sleep with two of them?'"
When looking back on Joey's Fantasy Suites with Kelsey, Daisy Kent and Rachel Nance on The Bachelor's 28th season that aired in 2024, Taylor said it was obvious that Joey "really loved" Kelsey.
"But for me, if somebody said they loved me and he slept with all of us, it would be a dealbreaker for me," Taylor admitted.
"So I needed to know [of Joey], 'Did he, or did he not?!' But they never spoke on it. Maybe out of respect, that's something he didn't want to share. And so I also respect that."
Taylor continued, "I'm like, 'Maybe he just didn't want his sex life being broadcast about him and his potential wife,' you know? So I kind of respect that too, that it was never said. So, for me, I do know how I'm going to go into that, but I don't want to give that away yet."
Alex asked Taylor how she'd handle it if two or three of her men judged her for sleeping with more than one guy in her Fantasy Suites.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOW"Obviously I'd feel lots of guilt. I'd feel sh-tty," Taylor confessed.
"And yeah, how can you be telling these -- let's just say there's one specifically, hypothetically, who I'm telling I want him and I have him in my head. Maybe I'm telling him that on [the show] and then I do that -- to me, it's like, 'You don't like me that much because you risked me.'"
Taylor suggested it would be unfortunate to be "on the other side" of that exchange as the show's lead.
"So [if I were a contestant], I'd be like, 'I wasn't enough because you knew the risk. If you did this, you could potentially lose me,'" Taylor explained.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOW: WHOM DID 'THE BACHELORETTE' STARS AND THEIR BACHELOR PICKS ULTIMATELY END UP WITH?! (PHOTOS)
Alex, however, pointed out how she believes a physical connection is crucial in a relationship and many Bachelors and Bachelorettes in the past have fallen for two people by the end.
"True," Alex agreed.
Alex also acknowledged how it's possible Taylor may not have physical chemistry with her frontrunner.
ADVERTISEMENT
"If you don't connect, that could be a huge issue down the road when you're married," Taylor conceded.
"And I do think that. So that's where it gets confusing for me, because I'm like, 'I understand the waiting game, but in that situation per se, two or three people? For me, I would feel disrespectful doing it to two people."
But Taylor insisted it's totally fine if other Bachelors or Bachelorettes have behaved differently.
"To each their own," Taylor noted.
Alex said most of the issues that have come out of Fantasy Suites seem to be from a lack of communication.
"So you're going to try to be straight up?" Alex asked.
"Yes," Taylor replied.
"I think, like you just said, be honest," she added, "because I can go back on my own experience and the issue is what you didn't tell me, like, 'I was blinded by it.' That's what hurts, is the betrayal of it."
Taylor married Tate in 2016 and the pair welcomed two children together: daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 5.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' COUPLES NOW: WHO DID 'THE BACHELOR' STARS AND THEIR BACHELORETTE PICKS ACTUALLY END UP MARRYING? (PHOTOS)
Taylor previously admitted to violating the rules of the couple's soft-swinging arrangement by becoming more intimate with another man in their friend group, which led to their separation and eventual May 2022 divorce.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which premiered in 2023 on Hulu, featured the cheating scandal.
ADVERTISEMENT
"I'm not that special because you just risked me and you just lost me," Taylor repeated.
"So I do see that! And maybe that's the wrong mind set going into this. I don't know. But for me, if you're wanting one -- even if you think you love both, you probably like one more than the other."
Alex, however, argued it's difficult for a lead to trust their gut on who's more likely to be The One because time is limited and dates are scarce during the televised journey.
"True!" Taylor agreed. "I've never experienced it, so when you said, 'You could say this all day, but you've never done it, so how do you know?' And you're right!"
While The Bachelorette won't be returning until next year, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is set to release new episodes on November 13 on Hulu.
Two other stars from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck, will also be competing on Dancing with the Stars' 34th season on ABC and Disney+ this fall.
Dancing with the Stars premieres its new season on Tuesday, September 16 on ABC.
The Bachelorette's official premiere date and cast of bachelors for Season 22 will be announced at a later date.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER?? (PHOTOS)
Interested in more The Bachelor news? Follow our Bachelor Nation News Page on Facebook or join our The Bachelor Facebook Group!
About The Author: Elizabeth Kwiatkowski
