According to the source, Mason was expecting instant fame after winning season 22.<\/p>\n
In recent years, many Bachelor Nation stars have gone on to compete on Dancing with the Stars, land brand deals as social media influencers or launch podcasts. However, after Paul\u2019s season was axed days ahead of its March 22 premiere, it\u2019s looking nearly impossible for Mason to gain the same traction<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThey expected everything \u2014 Dancing with the Stars, brand deals, sponsorships. The full reality TV jackpot,\u201d the source told Shuter. \u201cHe was supposed to be the guy. Now he\u2019s just\u2026 a guy.\u201d<\/p>\n Doug Mason\/Instagram<\/p>\n In an effort to make up some of the lost future income, Mason and the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 31, are \u201cacting like they won over the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cExcept\u2026 there is no audience,\u201d the insider notes, explaining that the two have exchanged flirty comments to keep viewers talking. \u201cThey want the rewards of a TV romance \u2014 without the TV.\u201d<\/p>\n As Star previously reported, ABC pulled the plug<\/a> on Paul\u2019s season of The Bachelorette after a 2023 domestic violence video<\/a> surfaced showing the reality star hurling metal barstools at then-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. Paul later pleaded guilty<\/a> to aggravated assault.<\/p>\n This story Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s \u2018Bachelorette\u2019 Winner Doug Mason Reportedly \u2018Livid\u2019 Over Axed Season<\/a> first appeared on Star<\/a>. Add Star as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s The Bachelorette season will not see the light of day, which has reportedly angered the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[16621,247404,88,91032,48137,90715,64613,92],"class_list":["post-557303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-doug-mason","tag-entertainment","tag-frankie-paul","tag-rob-shuter","tag-taylor-frankie-paul","tag-the-bachelorette","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557303","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=557303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ffb758d9fab5ad2374d80223e4f012b2.jpeg\"\/)
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