{"id":230242,"date":"2026-03-23T21:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/the-bachelorette-to-be-canceled-completely-following-taylor-frankie-paul-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T21:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:08:52","slug":"the-bachelorette-to-be-canceled-completely-following-taylor-frankie-paul-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/the-bachelorette-to-be-canceled-completely-following-taylor-frankie-paul-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Bachelorette&#8217; to Be Canceled Completely Following Taylor Frankie Paul Scandal?"},"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>You\u2019re probably already aware that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/taylor-frankie-paul-breaks-silence-on-bachelorette-cancelation-i-am-a-victim-of-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC has canceled Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s season of <em>The Bachelorette<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an unprecedented move that will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/abc-to-lose-30-million-by-canceling-taylor-frankie-pauls-bachelorette-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cost the network tens of millions<\/a> in lost ad revenue and production costs.<\/p>\n<p>And it might be just the beginning of the fallout, as many are now calling for the show to be canceled entirely.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2266717597-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Paul attends the 98th Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026 in Hollywood, California.\" class=\"wp-image-551254 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2266717597-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2266717597-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2266717597-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2266717597-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2266717597-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2266717597-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2266717597-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2266717597-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Paul attends the 98th Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026 in Hollywood, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In fact, some prominent media figures think ABC should go a step further and 86 the entire <em>Bachelor<\/em> franchise.<\/p>\n<p>It might sound like an extreme solution \u2014 but it may also be the only way that the network can avoid further scandal and embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>As a new piece in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/its-time-to-end-the-bachelor-franchise-taylor-frankie-paul-1236542910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> points out, this is not the first time that ABC execs have been forced to weather a <em>Bachelor<\/em>-related scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/02\/chris-harrison-bring-me-back-abc-only-i-can-save-the-bachelor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Harrison getting fired<\/a> for making problematic comments or the many, many reports of drunken, inappropriate behavior on the set of <em>Bachelor In Paradise<\/em>, the most problematic shows on network TV all have \u201cBachelor\u201d somewhere in the title.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Paul attends the 2025 TIME100 Creators Launch Party at Gansevoort Rooftop on July 10, 2025 in New York City.  \" class=\"wp-image-551255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-1359x2048.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-637x960.jpg 637w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-717x1080.jpg 717w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-796x1200.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-scaled.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Paul attends the 2025 TIME100 Creators Launch Party at Gansevoort Rooftop on July 10, 2025 in New York City.  \" class=\"wp-image-551255 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-1359x2048.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-637x960.jpg 637w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-717x1080.jpg 717w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-796x1200.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-scaled.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2224563368-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Paul attends the 2025 TIME100 Creators Launch Party at Gansevoort Rooftop on July 10, 2025 in New York City.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Craig Barritt\/Getty Images for TIME)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Producers have repeatedly promised to \u201caddress\u201d these matters, but as the years go by, the <em>Bachelor<\/em> scandals continue to crop up.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bachelor<\/em> creator and showrunner Mike Fleiss left the franchise in 2023, and it was later revealed that he departed amid an HR investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Just two years later, his replacements, Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner, departed amid allegations that they had created a toxic work environment.<\/p>\n<p>The Paul situation could be the most damaging <em>Bachelorette<\/em> controversy yet, as people who have never watched a single second of the show are now aghast at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/taylor-frankie-paul-loses-custody-of-daughter-may-be-forced-to-pay-back-bachelorette-salary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">footage of Taylor attacking then-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As if it weren\u2019t bad enough that we see Paul punch and kick Mortensen, she also throws several metal barstools at him, one of which allegedly struck her 5-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Frankie Paul attends Hulu's Get Real House at Casa Lago on April 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-551256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Frankie Paul attends Hulu's Get Real House at Casa Lago on April 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-551256 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2211531775-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Frankie Paul attends Hulu\u2019s Get Real House at Casa Lago on April 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Monica Schipper\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To make matters worse, Paul pled guilty to assault charges back in 2023. The incident was a matter of public record that had been discussed on Taylor\u2019s reality show, <em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em>, on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, ABC and <em>Bachelorette<\/em> producers absolutely <em>knew<\/em> that Taylor had been in a violent altercation with her ex not all that long ago.<\/p>\n<p>And they decided to go ahead and cast her as the Bachelorette anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bloom is off the rose. ABC and the Bachelor franchise need a divorce,\u201d reads THR\u2019s latest opinion piece on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The author of the piece, Rick Porter,  goes on to note that if video of the fight had not been made public, Taylor would be basking in the glow of her <em>Bachelorette<\/em> moment, and millions of Americans would be watching dozens of men as they fought to win her affections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it took a video of a child being injured to pull the show from TV, then the Bachelor franchise is beyond help. It\u2019s time for it to go away,\u201d Porter writes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to argue with that assertion. For as much guilty pleasure as<em> The Bachelor <\/em>and its spinoffs have provided over the past 24 years, it might be time for ABC to concede that this franchise belongs to a bygone era.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/the-bachelorette-to-be-canceled-completely-following-taylor-frankie-paul-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes You\u2019re probably already aware that ABC has canceled Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s season of The Bachelorette. It\u2019s an unprecedented move that will cost the network tens of millions in lost ad revenue and production costs. And it might be just the beginning of the fallout, as many are now calling for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230242","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\/230242","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=230242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}