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Bachelorette's Canceled Season: Toxic Split & Protective Orders

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ABCs Rob Mills weighs in on Taylor Frankie Pauls canceled Bachelorette season, citing domestic violence claims and a toxic split with ex Dakota Mortensen. The network prioritizes Pauls well-being, while the exes continue legal battles over protective orders and co-parenting. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is available for support.

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Bachelorette's Canceled Season: Toxic Split & Protective Orders

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Bachelorette's Canceled Season: Toxic Split & Protective Orders. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00On May 2nd, ABC exec Rob Mills, who runs their reality TV side, drops some real talk at a recent event about Taylor Frankie Paul's canceled. Bachelor at season, he called it a tough call on whether that unaird footage ever sees the light of day, but stressed the network's main focus is making sure she's doing. Alright, and the season got pulled back in March, just days before premiere, after video surface showing a messy fight between Paul and her ex Dakota Mortensen. Cops in Utah looked into claims of domestic violence from both sides, and that killed any chance of airing your right then. Fans and folks close to the scene have been watching this unfold, especially since Paul and Mortensen share two-year-old son, named Ever. Their drama spilled over to her other show, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which hit pause on filming amid the chaos. Just this week, the exes went back to court for a two-hour hearing on protective orders and visitation rights. The commissioner laid down three-year orders for both, citing violence going both ways in their toxic split, and pushed them toward mediation to sort.

1:05Out co-parencing, they're set to return June 1st, so this family feud is far from over. If anyone's dealing with similar issues, hit up the National Domestic Violence hotline at 1-8-7-997-233, they're there around the clock. Entertainment and celebrity news. Today, powered by AI Bringing You What's Trending, I'm Corey with The Story.

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