Taylor Frankie Paul Reveals the Qualities She’s Looking for in a Partner: ‘I Might Be Surprised’
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For 21 seasons, “The Bachelorette” has delivered whirlwind romances, shocking exits, and plenty of unforgettable drama.
Now, the franchise is shaking things up with its boldest casting yet: Taylor Frankie Paul! The TikTok powerhouse and star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is officially stepping into the spotlight as our next leading lady.
And yes, she’s more than ready to hand out roses and finally find her happily ever after.
Now as she gets ready to begin her journey to find love, Taylor is revealing the qualities she’s looking for in a partner.
During an interview with ExtraTV.com, she shared, “I don’t have anything on paper, to be honest. Like, a list of things. I have the basic morals and values that I would like.”
Taylor then went on and listed out some of those qualities, including if her partner needs to be Mormon or not.
She said, “For me, a big question was does he have to be Mormon? And the answer for me was no, he does not need to be Mormon. Was I born and raised, still am? Yes. But I just wanted him to believe in something, but it didn’t need to be specific. So, that was one that was important to me. And then, I mean, this is a cliche but just kindness and how they treat other people is so important to me. So the guys, how they treat even cast, production, or anything around people is very telling of a person. So not just me, but how are you treating others around us? So that will be important.”
The Bachelorette also revealed if already having kids is something she’ll be looking for or not.
She said, “No, for me, I was open to dads. So, if I get a dad on there… a daddy, yeah… I would be open to any of it. I’m going into [this] very open-minded because you never know. You could think of one thing. I live in a bubble... So when you step outside that bubble, you’re like, ‘Whoa, there’s a whole world out there that’s nothing like what we live in.’ So for me this is my first time jumping into that and I might not even know what I like. You know? I might be surprised.”
We’re so excited to watch Taylor’s journey to find love unfold in 2026, and we can’t wait to meet all the men who will be vying for her heart!
'Sheriff Country' Boss Teases Sparks Flying Between Mickey & Travis Because of Skye Trouble
It’s impossible for Mickey (Morena Baccarin) to not make it personal when it’s her daughter, Skye (Amanda Arcuri), mixed up in the middle of a murder investigation on Sheriff Country
The premiere ended with Skye telling her mom and grandfather, Wes (W. Earl Brown), that she found her boyfriend, Brandon, dead. Brandon’s mother and brothers zero in on Skye being brought in. She’s a
Below, showrunner Matt Lopez breaks down the episode, teases the reveal of Mickey’s romance, and more.
When Mickey, Wes, and Skye get home, Mickey sees that car parked down the street.
Matt Lopez: One of the things we love about Sheriff Country — and Fire Country for that matter — is, unlike so many other shows on television, it’s set in this small town, a town where everyone knows everyone, so everyone knows Skye, but everyone knew Brandon, too. And we will lean into that idea that there are members of the town who very much feel like justice needs to be done for Brandon, and is the sheriff compromised? Is she up to the job? Does she have a blind spot when it comes to her own daughter? And so all of that delicious kind of suspense and danger comes into play really in Episode 3; that really sort of moves from the back burner to the front burner.
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Speaking of that, because things aren’t looking great when it comes to the case, but Travis did call in that lawyer after Mickey agreed to let him. What is next with the case, and how are both Travis and Mickey handling that?
Yeah, it’s a great storyline. Travis and Mickey grew up together. In subsequent episodes, we’ll find out, they have a very long history that precedes their marriage. They essentially were from the same town, and Travis is from a very well-to-do family, and Mickey is from a very different kind of family. And so one of the things we’ll play around with and explore is, they divorced several years ago, but now suddenly Skye, their only child, is, as you say, at least a person of interest, she’s implicated in her boyfriend’s murder. And that will throw Travis and Mickey back to each other’s orbits in a way that they have not been since they were married. And when that happens, sparks can fly. And by the way, all kinds of sparks like, “Oh, I just remembered why I hate you and why I left,” but also maybe, “Oh, this is what was so great about you,” and we have a lot of fun playing that.
And then this is complicated by the addition of Cassidy (Michele Weaver) because we know what that relationship is now, but then it’s like what Cassidy and Mickey mean to each other and the way they’re going about figuring out this whole new dynamic with the three of them.
Very much so. The Cassidy and Mickey relationship is a very special one. As we’re told in the pilot, Cassidy’s entire origin story as a sheriff’s deputy is very tied up with Mickey, and we will explore that in subsequent episodes. And so you’re absolutely right, Mickey — and at the end of Episode 1, Mickey and Cassidy are kind of like, “OK, we are going to do this. We’re going to be adults about it. And you’re in a relationship with my ex-husband, and I can’t stop you, but we’re going to be adults about it.” And as we know, there’s one thing to say it, there’s another thing to… the proof is in the pudding, as they say. And so that’ll be an ongoing source of drama for sure.
I love the way that Sharon makes her entrance, but was it wrong of Wes to call Sharon as she’s dealing with her own pain, her grief? Or was it what everyone involved, including Sharon, needed?
I think very much the latter. And in fact, Sharon’s got that great moment where she tells Mickey, “Honestly, it’s kind of been nice not to deal with my own mess right now.” And what we’ll unpack in subsequent episodes in both shows really is that the Wes and Sharon relationship is a very special one. Mickey’s father married Sharon’s mother, but Mickey and Sharon were teenagers when that happened. They don’t share any blood. It was a second marriage for both of their parents. And in a way that I think often happens in step-families is that Sharon is able to give Wes a bit of grace — and we saw this in
