The Bachelorette's messy break-up with its unlikely star Taylor Frankie Paul

The TikTok and reality TV star was a risky choice for the squeaky clean franchise - and ended up being a wrong one.

ABC has announced a halt to the release of Taylor Frankie Paul's season of 'The Bachelorette', just days before its scheduled March 22 premiere, following the emergence of a leaked video connected to an ongoing domestic assault investigation involving Paul.

ABC has canceled the upcoming season of 'The Bachelorette' featuring Taylor Frankie Paul after a video emerged showing her assaulting her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen.

ABC has decided to cancel Season 22 of 'The Bachelorette' following renewed domestic violence allegations against its chosen lead, Taylor Frankie Paul. A leaked video from a 2023 incident, showing Paul allegedly assaulting her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen in front of her daughter, has prompted the network to pull the season from its schedule just days before its March 22 premiere.