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\nTaylor Frankie Paul is going to be ABC’s new Bachelorette, and her ex Dakota Mortensen isn’t hiding his feelings on the matterAfter the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star announced the news on Call Her Daddy, Mortensen shared a reflective post on his Instagram StoriesHe also left a comment on a TikTok clip from the podcast episode in which Paul addressed the last time they hooked up<\/p>\n
Dakota Mortensen<\/a> is reacting to news that his ex is ABC’s newest Bachelorette.\n<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Sept. 10,\u00a0Taylor Frankie Paul<\/a>\u00a0revealed that she will be the lead for season 22 of\u00a0The Bachelorette\u00a0on\u00a0Call Her Daddy. As news about the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/a>\u00a0star, 31, and her new adventure in love spread, many wondered how her ex was feeling about it.\n<\/p>\n Mortensen reacted to the news on his Instagram Stories<\/a>, where he shared a selfie captioned with reflective words on Sept. 10. “Had so many curve balls today and everytime [sic] I am always reminded there is nothing more important than God and family,” he wrote in overlaying text. “Life is to [sic] short.”<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n Taylor Frankie Paul for “The Bachelorette”.<\/p>\n Michael Kirchoff\/disney<\/p>\n He also left a pointed comment on a TikTok clip from Paul’s appearance on Call Her Daddy<\/a>, during which she confirmed that her relationship with Mortensen is indeed “over.” When host Alex Cooper asked when Paul last “hooked up” with her ex, she playfully became nervous before admitting they might’ve gotten together at Stagecoach.\n<\/p>\n “Maybe one after,” she told Cooper, adding, “It’s been very confusing.”\n<\/p>\n Mortensen took to the comments section to react to her claim, writing, “1 or 2 times….Got it lol.”\n<\/p>\n On the Wednesday episode of\u00a0Call Her Daddy<\/a>, Paul said that she hadn\u2019t given her ex a heads-up before her big casting announcement.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cI have not confirmed it with him. So I don’t know if he knows or if he knew I had the opportunity,\u201d she shared with Cooper<\/a>. \u201cSo he\u2019ll know Wednesday.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Asked what Mortensen’s reaction might be, Paul said she thinks her ex will be \u201cprobably sad.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cIf anything he says is real, I would say sad,\u201d Paul added. \u201cHe does know that I was dating and, you know, meeting people, so that we’ve already had that first hurt, I guess. I think that’s the hardest part is when you see their first dating or hookup or whatever it is. That’s gonna always take a toll no matter what.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Dakota Mortensen and Taylor Frankie Paul on “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” season 2 reunion.<\/p>\n Disney\/Fred Hayes<\/p>\n After the “soft-swinging” scandal broke in June 2022, Paul announced that she would be divorcing her then-husband, Tate Paul<\/a>. Soon after, she shared that she and Mortensen were dating, which is how he became well-known to the public.\n<\/p>\n Paul and Mortensen\u2019s relationship has been famously on and off since September 2022. In March 2024, the pair became parents to a son, Ever True. The mom of three also shares kids\u00a0Indy, 8, and Ocean, 5<\/a>, with her ex-husband.\n<\/p>\n The MomToker got candid about her struggle to end the relationship, saying, \u201cIt was really hard to let go. That was a hard pill to swallow that I can’t be with you now. And, like, there was no pain like it. I will say, this last summer was one of the hardest summers I ever had because I was like, \u2018Oh my gosh, Taylor, you have to accept that you’re not ending up with him.\u2019 And to walk away from someone you initially wanted is a pain that I can’t describe to anybody unless someone’s done it.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n