Taylor Frankie Paul has her friend Jessi Draper’s back amid a dramatic week for MomTok.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 31, dropped a comment in support of Jessi, 33, after the “Call Her Daddy” Instagram account posted a teaser from the JZ Styles founder’s tell-all podcast interview on Tuesday, March 24.
During the podcast interview — premiering in full on Wednesday, March 25 — Jessi is set to open up about her separation and divorce from husband Jordan Ngatikaura. “If he’s going to play dirty, do you want to talk about the escorts?” Draper told host Alex Cooper in the clip. “Do you want to talk about the orgies?”
Taylor commented on the post, “We love a person that speaks truth even when difficult 👏🏼.”
Both Taylor and Jessi have made headlines over the past week. Jessi’s husband filed for divorce from the hairstylist on Thursday, March 19, the same day that ABC canceled Taylor’s season of The Bachelorette just days before it was set to premiere.
“This has not been an easy decision and it comes with a heavy heart,” Jordan, 31, told Us Weekly on Thursday. “I’m grateful for the shared memories and the lessons. While our paths are now moving in different directions, my priority remains my children and ensuring they feel loved, supported and protected through this transition.”
Also on Thursday, ABC decided to pull The Bachelorette season 22 from the schedule after TMZ published footage earlier that day of Taylor and her ex Dakota Mortensen involved in a February 2023 domestic dispute. In the footage, Taylor appeared to throw barstools at Dakota, 33, in the presence of her daughter, Indy, now 8.
The incident was covered on the first season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which premiered on Hulu in September 2024. At the time of the incident, the MomTok influencer was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, two counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child, child abuse and criminal mischief. She pleaded guilty to felony aggravated assault as part of a plea deal to have the other charges dropped.
The footage resurfaced after news broke of a fresh domestic dispute in February between Taylor and Dakota, who share son Ever, 2.
Utah’s Draper City Police Department confirmed to Us last week that there was an open “domestic assault investigation” stemming from the February incident. Both Taylor and Dakota made allegations against one another, authorities said.
Production on season 5 of Mormon Wives was paused amid news of the police investigation.
On Friday, March 20, Dakota was granted temporary custody of son Ever, per court documents viewed by Us, as authorities investigate the February incident. He was also granted a temporary protective order against Taylor.
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