Taylor Frankie Paul has reacted to her The Bachelorette winner Doug Mason's tell-all in which he shared vulnerable and personal details about the pair's relationship and breakup.
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It has since been confirmed that Doug was Taylor's The Bachelorette winner, he popped the question during the finale, and the pair broke up shortly after returning home.
Commenting on a preview of Doug's "Bachelor Happy Hour" interview via Instagram on Tuesday, October 13, Taylor, 32, suggested that she and Doug have an amicable relationship, although they had called off their engagement over a cheating scandal.
"We became closer after all this. He's a good soul when he opens up [red heart emoji]," Taylor, 32, wrote.
Ten months after popping the question, Doug, 28, opened up on the October 13 episode of the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast about how he had a feeling Taylor wasn't over Dakota when they were filming The Bachelorette yet he proposed anyway.
Dakota also recalled how Taylor told him during their Fantasy Suite date that she had slept with Dakota right before filming began.
"I think over time I realized that I was the replacement for that two-month period," Doug alleged in his conversation with Charity Lawson and Rachel Recchia.
"And the reason that's true is because, as she says, the night that she left the engagement, she went back to Dakota."
Taylor revealed on Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives that she hooked up with Dakota again once she returned home to Utah from filming. Taylor attempted to justify her actions by saying she was already questioning the model and aspiring singer's intentions.
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While Taylor's comment about Doug was kind, she had yet to listen to Part 2 of Doug's podcast interview.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWIn Part 2, Doug slammed Taylor for allegedly playing games and trying to manipulate him.
Doug claimed that while Taylor was filming The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives -- shortly after her return home from The Bachelorette -- that she didn't care about his whereabouts or what he was doing.
"And so the manipulation started — putting it on me and [saying], 'You didn't really love me. You didn't really want this,'" Doug alleged.
"How many times did I have to say it? [Then] I got it, 'Oh, this is the game you play! I don't play games, so I don't want anything to do with this.'"
Doug also accused Taylor of being "fake" during their Happy Couple visit, which is when he found out she cheated on him with Dakota and they ended their relationship for good.
"She was blaming me, blaming the experience, and then started to cry, like I had made her cry," Doug vented.
"Listen, I've been down this road before, and this isn't what I want. So I walked out of the room [and said], 'I guess I came to the right show, but I got introduced to the wrong girl.'"
Doug said what he found with Taylor was "not real love" and he's happier than ever before because he's no longer in a relationship with Taylor.
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And although Taylor said she has an amicable relationship with Doug, he claimed he's ignored her recent attempts to contact him and has no desire to speak to her again.
Taylor's The Bachelorette season was canceled after a 2023 video leaked of her attacking Dakota, the father of her two-year-old son, Ever True, in front of her daughter Indy. (Taylor shares Indy, now 8, and son Ocean, 6, with ex-husband Tate Paul).
Taylor was arrested in February 2023 for an altercation with Dakota, and the pair have recently been embroiled in a legal and custody dispute. They accused each other of domestic violence in February and subsequently filed dueling restraining orders.
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Not only did Taylor and Dakota drama prompt ABC to pull the plug on Taylor's The Bachelorette season, but The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives also temporarily halted production on Season 5 this past spring.
Taylor recently announced she's leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which is currently filming its sixth season.
Click here to read all the spoilers for Taylor's The Bachelorette season and find out her winner and how her journey ended.
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