Taylor Frankie Paul's mother Liann May, who apparently played a role in The Bachelorette casting for Season 22, has revealed what type of man she wants to see her daughter end up with.
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When asked to share what kind of guys she was hoping ABC -- who announced Taylor's potential bachelors a few days ago -- would cast to date Taylor, Liann admitted she had personally spoken to the casting director.
"Well, I have talked to the casting director. [We chat] all the time. I mean we're on the phone all the time. She probably thinks I'm crazy -- and I might be a little bit, every now and then," Liann said with a laugh.
Ashley expressed surprise that Liann had a hand in the casting process and that producers were even willing to listen to her suggestions.
"They haven't [showed me pictures]. They haven't shown me anything, but I send them guys that I would like her to be set up with," Liann shared, adding how she searched for guys with potential on Instagram and TikTok.
However, Liann said she has no idea if the casting department will actually take her advice and select some of her picks.
"[The guys] haven't come into my DMs at all, but I just know her type," Liann said of Taylor, a 31-year-old divorced mother of three children who has joked about having two "baby daddies."
Liann continued, "I'm trying to, like, weed them out, [checking] that they look somewhat decent. I just know those guys that are good looking and their body, they're always showing it, and I'm just like, 'No, you're not it.'"
"But yes, I send [ones I like] to one of the casting directors," she added. "I mean, they have a couple of them."
In terms of the qualities and values she would like Taylor's future partner or husband to have, Liann said she'd like the man to believe in God or some kind of higher power.
"I want somebody who... has some kind of belief... But he doesn't have to be Mormon," Liann noted.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOW"I mean, obviously I would like that, but it's not [a dealbreaker]. There are so many great people that aren't Mormon. My father wasn't an LDS guy, and he converted, like, years later, but he was a great guy and probably one of the best people."
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Liann said a lot of people she meets these days are outside of her Mormon religion.
"Taylor has said, 'I'm down to go to some other religion,' or whatever. [She wants] just a good guy, [but]... you obviously still want him to be decent looking, you know, because you want that appeal," Liann explained.
"And I'm sure she does too, but just somebody who's like really humble and caring and puts her in front of them. And her first husband was like that, so I guess she did pick someone good."
Taylor was married to Tate Paul from 2016 to 2022, and they welcomed two children together: daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 5.
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.
Taylor's first post-divorce relationship was with Dakota Mortensen. Taylor and Dakota made their romance public in July 2022, and then the pair welcomed a son, Ever True, in March 2024.
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Liann admitted to Ashley on the "Almost Famous" podcast that Taylor gets "bored" quickly with men.
"So that's the thing, and then she meets Dakota, who's just this crazy, chaotic, and toxic relationship," Liann recalled.
"But those are the kind of guys she really likes, so I don't know. We'll see."
Liann also said it "doesn't really matter" if Taylor's The Bachelorette suitors have kids or not.
"She doesn't mind [the man] having kids because she still wants more kids," Liann confirmed. "And I'm just like, 'Ugh, you want another baby daddy?!' But she does!"
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Liann explained how a man would probably be able to "relate more" to Taylor if he has kids of his own.
"If he has kids, he already knows how it works and what the plan is, and maybe he would possibly want another kid, you know?" Liann reasoned.
"But I really do want her to feel secure and know what she wants this time. I just hope she doesn't keep repeating that same toxic, I don't know, mess of her life."
Liann, however, pointed out how Taylor has grown a lot since Season 1 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which is set to release new episodes on November 13 on Hulu.
"She is getting better. She's had a lot of therapy. She's just gone through so much that her life has just been such a mess for the last few years, and so now, I think that's probably why she got pregnant," Liann explained.
"She's like, 'Well, what's one more kid? What's the big deal?' But she doesn't think about it long term, and so I'm hoping she goes in and really finds somebody that's great. But you don't have that much time. You're only in there for so many weeks, so is that even possible?!"
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"I think [ABC]'s ratings are going to be so high. I'm hoping they're the highest [ever], of course, because I'm the mom. And so, I'm excited for it," she concluded.
The Bachelorette's official premiere date for Season 22 will be announced at a later date.
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