{"id":149625,"date":"2025-09-11T19:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149625\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:06:08","slug":"taylor-frankie-pauls-ex-dakota-mortensen-posts-about-curveballs-after-bachelorette-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149625\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul’s ex Dakota Mortensen posts about ‘curveballs’ after ‘Bachelorette’ news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dakota Mortensen shared a cryptic Instagram statement in the wake of ex Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s \u201cBachelorette\u201d casting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The real estate agent shared a visibly emotional selfie via Instagram Stories Wednesday, propping his head on one hand as he stood outside gazing into the distance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad so many curveballs today and every time I am always reminded there is nothing more important than God and family,\u201d the 32-year-old wrote, without specifying the \u201ccurveballs\u201d in question.<\/p>\n

Dakota Mortensen seemingly reacted to Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s \u201cBachelorette\u201d casting. Disney<\/p>\n

The real estate agent uploaded a cryptic selfie about \u201ccurveballs.\u201d Courtesy of Dakota Mortensen\/ Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is to [sic] short,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

Two hours prior, Mortensen posted about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk\u2019s \u201cheartbreaking\u201d assassination<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPraying for his wife and kids,\u201d the Hulu personality wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am always reminded there is nothing more important than God and family,\u201d he told his followers. Instagram \/ @taylorfrankiepaul<\/p>\n

Mortensen concluded, \u201cLife is to [sic] short.\u201d Taylor Frankie Paul\/Instagram<\/p>\n

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Paul, 31, shared a similar sentiment while acknowledging on her Story that she was \u201cblessed for the support\u201d she had been receiving but \u201ccouldn\u2019t ignore\u201d the 31-year-old\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSecret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d star was revealed to be the Season 22 \u201cBachelorette\u201d lead on Wednesday, marking a major shift for the franchise who has never cast a reality star from another show.<\/p>\n

While making the announcement on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast, Paul admitted to not having \u201cconfirmed\u201d the news with Mortensen before going public.<\/p>\n

Paul revealed she is the Season 22 lead on Wednesday\u2019s \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d episode. Call Her Daddy\/YouTube<\/p>\n

The \u201cSecret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d star did not share the news with Mortensen before going public. Taylor Frankie Paul\/Instagram<\/p>\n

She predicted her ex, with whom she shares 1-year-old son Ever, would be \u201csad.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for whether she thought he planned to tune in, Paul quipped, \u201cYeah, I think he\u2019s always watching.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former couple called it quits last year, with Paul admitting to some post-split hookups<\/a> as she struggled to \u201clet go.\u201d<\/p>\n

When host Alex Cooper asked whether a Stagecoach 2025 tryst was the most recent, Paul replied, \u201cThat might have been [the last]. Maybe one after.\u201d<\/p>\n

She predicted her \u201csad\u201d ex will watch the show. Disney\/Michael Kirchoff<\/p>\n

The reality star shares son Ever, 1, with Mortensen, as well as two other children with ex-husband Tate Paul. Taylor Frankie Pau\/Instagram<\/p>\n

She explained, \u201cThat was a hard pill to swallow. There was no pain like it. One of the hardest summers I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mortensen reacted to this with a TikTok comment reading, \u201c1 or 2 times\u2026.Got it lol.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul was previously married to Tate Paul from 2017 to 2022, and the exes co-parent daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dakota Mortensen shared a cryptic Instagram statement in the wake of ex Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s \u201cBachelorette\u201d casting. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[92430,236,3598,91,94,88,5657,5658,604,64613,92],"class_list":["post-149625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bachelor-nation","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-entertainment","tag-reality-show","tag-reality-stars","tag-reality-tv","tag-the-bachelorette","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}