{"id":2582351,"date":"2026-03-21T10:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-abruptly-cancels-the-bachelorette-after-disturbing-video-surfaces\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:18:11","slug":"disney-abruptly-cancels-the-bachelorette-after-disturbing-video-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-abruptly-cancels-the-bachelorette-after-disturbing-video-surfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Abruptly Cancels &#8216;The Bachelorette&#8217; After Disturbing Video Surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-abruptly-cancels-the-bachelorette-after-disturbing-video-surfaces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582351&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Disney\u2019s ABC\/Disney Entertainment Television canceled the upcoming season of the Bachelorette just days before its planned premiere after a disturbing video surfaced showing Taylor Frankie Paul allegedly assaulting her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortenson. The season, which would have featured Paul as the bachelorette, was set to air on Sunday but has been scrapped amid the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The video, tied to a 2023 incident and reported by outlets such as TMZ and Fox News, reportedly shows Paul kicking and choking Mortenson, throwing a barstool, and at times striking Mortenson\u2019s daughter, while he pleads for the abuse to stop. Mortenson later sought custody of their younger son, and People magazine reported that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-says-trans-prisoner-bombed-mosque-due-to-gender-dysphoria-right-wing-websites\/\" title=\"Attorney Says Trans Pri...er Bombed Mosque Due To Gender Dysphoria, Right-Wing Websites\">granted temporary custody<\/a> amid<\/a> an ongoing domestic assault inquiry; a protective order also restricts parental contact until a hearing scheduled for April 7.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, a reality TV veteran known from appearances like Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, now faces significant fallout that jeopardizes her future in the genre. The incident not only prompted the show\u2019s cancellation but also raised questions about safety and behavior on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-idol-accused-of-using-conway-daughter-for-ratings\/\" title=\"\u2018American Idol\u2019 Accused Of Using Conway Daughter For Ratings\">reality television<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Disney Entertainment Television has pulled the plug on its latest season of &ldquo;The Bachelorette&rdquo; &mdash; just days before it was supposed to debut.<\/p>\n<p>ABC &mdash; whose parent company is Disney &mdash; will be without its popular reality television show this season after an ugly video surfaced, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/taylor-frankie-paul-assault-video-surfaces-bachelorette-season-scrapped-what-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To wit, &ldquo;The Bachelorette&rdquo; is a dating and relationship reality show where the main bachelorette will go on a variety of dates before eventually choosing a &ldquo;winner,&rdquo; which should ostensibly be &ldquo;true love.&rdquo; The newest season was supposed to air on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>That won&rsquo;t be happening anymore.<\/p>\n<p>This now-cancelled season&rsquo;s bachelorette was slated to be Taylor Frankie Paul, something of a reality television veteran after her appearances on &ldquo;Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Her general future in reality television, however, may be in jeopardy after TMZ published an alarming video that showed Paul repeatedly assaulting her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortenson.<\/p>\n<p>The video stemmed from a 2023 incident that preceded Paul and Mortenson splitting, as well as the former pleading guilty to aggravated assault.<\/p>\n<p><em>(You can watch the video for yourself on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/19\/video-of-taylor-frankie-paul-beating-dakota-mortensen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, but be warned that it&rsquo;s disturbing.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the video, Paul is seen kicking and choking Mortenson. At one point, she hurls barstools at him and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-radio-host-tells-audience-f-the-police-then-allegedly-rams-nypd-officer-killing-him-before-speeding-away\/\" title=\"NY Radio Host Tells Audience \u2018F*** The Police,\u2019 Then Allegedly Rams NYPD Officer, Killing Him, Before Speeding Away\">allegedly struck<\/a> her daughter in the rampage.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the unsettling video, Mortenson could be heard repeatedly pleading.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is called physical abuse,&rdquo; Mortenson said mid-chokehold, according to Fox News transcripts. &ldquo;See Taylor, this is all you do. It&rsquo;s the only thing you know how to do is hurt me. Do you think this is okay? It&rsquo;s not okay.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mortenson also tried to appeal to the mother in Paul, at one point pleading with her, &ldquo;Your daughter is right here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In another instance, shortly after throwing a barstool, a child could be heard yelling for &ldquo;mommy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Help your daughter, stop screaming at me,&rdquo; he told her.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Mortenson would accuse Paul of striking her daughter with a chair.<\/p>\n<p>Paul has three children: a daughter and son from a prior marriage, and a younger son with Mortenson.<\/p>\n<p>In a sad bit of fallout from this scandal, that younger son won&rsquo;t be seeing his mother for a bit, as <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/dakota-mortensen-granted-temporary-custody-of-taylor-frankie-paul-son-ever-11931147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> magazine is reporting that Mortenson was granted temporary custody of the boy amid an ongoing &ldquo;domestic assault investigation&rdquo; into the parents.<\/p>\n<p>The protective order said that &ldquo;no parent time is allowed until the scheduled hearing,&rdquo; which is slated for April 7.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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ABC, owned by Disney, will not air the season after a troubling video surfaced, according to Fox News. The show\u2019s premise is a dating reality format in which the lead selects a winner from a series of dates. The next season had been set to feature Taylor Frankie Paul and was scheduled to debut on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ published a video from 2023 that allegedly shows Paul assaulting her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortenson, before their split and Mortenson\u2019s guilty plea to aggravated assault. The clip reportedly shows Paul engaging in violent acts such as choking and kicking Mortenson and throwing objects, with Mortenson pleading that this is physical abuse and asking why she would hurt him. A child is reportedly heard crying out for \u201cmommy\u201d in parts of the footage.<\/p>\n<p>Paul has three children-one from a prior marriage and two with Mortenson. In the fallout from the allegations, Mortenson has been granted temporary custody of their younger son while a domestic assault investigation continues, with a protective order delaying any parental visitation until a scheduled hearing on April 7.<\/p>\n<p>There is now concern about Paul\u2019s future in reality television in light of the reported incidents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2582352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-20T193733.977.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6124,50410,6344,57216,76285],"class_list":["post-2582351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cancellation","tag-controversy-2","tag-disney","tag-entertainmentnews","tag-thebachelorette"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-20T193733.977.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582355,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582351\/revisions\/2582355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}