{"id":229054,"date":"2026-03-17T13:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/sydney-warner-blasts-taylor-frankie-paul-the-bachelorette\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:23:29","slug":"sydney-warner-blasts-taylor-frankie-paul-the-bachelorette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/sydney-warner-blasts-taylor-frankie-paul-the-bachelorette\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Warner Blasts Taylor Frankie Paul &#038; &#8216;The Bachelorette&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives <\/em>Season 4 might not be the best promo for <em>The Bachelorette<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Even before news broke that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/taylor-frankie-paul-dakota-mortensen-fight-slomw-stops-filming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Season 5 production had paused<\/a>, Taylor Frankie Paul was ruffling feathers.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bachelor<\/em> alum Sydney Warner condemned Paul for not meeting the \u201cstandards\u201d of the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Calling out the \u201cdying franchise,\u201d she despaired at Taylor\u2019s casting as a desperate bid for ratings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Sydney Hightower, before she was Sydney Warner, in early 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-550735 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_01_bnyt.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Back in 2020, Sydney Warner was still Sydney Hightower as she spoke on the Bachelor Nation YouTube channel.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: ABC\/YouTube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-is-so-upsetting\">\u2018This is so upsetting\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday, March 15, Sydney took to her Instagram Story to put Taylor Frankie Paul on blast.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>SLOMW <\/em>viewers are aware, Taylor\u2019s departure for <em>The Bachelorette <\/em>didn\u2019t exactly go off without a hitch.<\/p>\n<p>Dakota Mortensen claimed that the two of them had slept together the night before.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor and Dakota are exes. He is her baby daddy, as they share young Ever.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney felt incensed, posting her feelings about Taylor taking on the role of leading lady on ABC\u2019s long-running reality franchise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_ig_02.png\" alt=\"A text post from Sydney Warner.\" class=\"wp-image-550733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_ig_02.png 445w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_ig_02-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_ig_02.png\" alt=\"A text post from Sydney Warner.\" class=\"wp-image-550733 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_ig_02.png 445w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_ig_02-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0317_sydneywarner_ig_02.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this text post, Sydney Warner blasted Taylor Frankie Paul and the entire \u2018The Bachelor\u2019 franchise.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is so upsetting,\u201d Sydney expressed. \u201cI am a result of being on <em>The Bachelor<\/em>, I owe a lot to that franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She wrote: \u201c<em>The Bachelor<\/em> is one of the most iconic shows of all time &amp; was so highly respected because they held the contestants to such a standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(We cannot verify that the Bachelor franchise has been \u201crespected.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was such an honor to be on the cast, let alone be casted as the LEAD,\u201d she gushed. \u201cThat\u2019s life changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seeing Taylor\u2019s drama play out, she said, was a crushing disappointment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Taylor Frankie Paul in the Season 4 teaser.\" class=\"wp-image-547074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Taylor Frankie Paul in the Season 4 teaser.\" class=\"wp-image-547074 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Frankie Paul appears in the teaser for Season 4.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Hulu)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-has-happened-to-morals-and-values\">\u2018What has happened to morals and values?\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cTo watch this and see the soon to be lead completely disrespect the stage that she has been given, the men who put their entire lives on hold to come and meet her is horrible,\u201d Sydney complained.<\/p>\n<p>She then asked: \u201cWhat has happened to morals and values?\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\">Sydney didn\u2019t stop there \u2014 blasting The Bachelor and all of its spinoffs as \u201ca dying franchise.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\">And that, she said, is no excuse for casting Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not let the show die out with class and dignity and not stoop down &amp; claw and scrape just to get views,\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPKPsEOEkHV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI feel so bad for those guys,\u201d Sydney said of Taylor\u2019s suitors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeriously this is hard to watch someone completely not care about something so prestigious,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney claimed that the title of Bachelorette is a role \u201cthat so many girls would do anything to be given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She despaired: \u201cWhat is going on???\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">A <em>mess <\/em>is what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-1024x576.png\" alt=\"The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul.\" class=\"wp-image-547075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header.png 1235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-1024x576.png\" alt=\"The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul.\" class=\"wp-image-547075 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header.png 1235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0130_taylorfrankiepaul_header.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A distressed Taylor Frankie Paul confronts a castmate over the phone.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Hulu)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-paints-a-very-rosy-picture-of-the-bachelor-in-years-past\">She paints a very rosy picture of \u2018The Bachelor\u2019 in years past \u2026<\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\">There\u2019s <em>so much<\/em> to say about Taylor Frankie Paul \u2014 or there will be, once we know more about her fight with Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>But as for Sydney\u2019s complaints \u2026 how shall we put this. Is <em>The Bachelor<\/em> a dignified and \u201crespected\u201d institution?<\/p>\n<p>Or is it a weird human auction in which beautiful people who can afford to take weeks off of work to go through emotional ups and downs in the hopes of landing a doomed-to-fail marriage \u2014 or, at least, more Instagram followers and podcast opportunities?<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\">Just for the record, Arie Luyendyk Jr. reportedly only broke up with his (real) girlfriend <em>three days<\/em> before he was announced as the Bachelor.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\">People have condemned plenty of members of the Bachelor Fam \u2014 including Sydney\u2019s former classmate, Hannah Brown \u2014 along similar lines.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Taylor really is a mess. And ABC and Hulu are both Disney properties, clearly trying to transfuse the popularity of Hulu\u2019s relatively new trainwreck into ABC\u2019s <em>longstanding <\/em>trainwreck.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/sydney-warner-condemns-taylor-frankie-paul-the-bachelorette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 4 might not be the best promo for The Bachelorette. Even before news broke that Season 5 production had paused, Taylor Frankie Paul was ruffling feathers. The Bachelor alum Sydney Warner condemned Paul for not meeting the \u201cstandards\u201d of the franchise. Calling out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-229054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}