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\t\t<\/p>\n Ashley Iaconetti<\/strong><\/a> is the latest Bachelor Nation<\/em> star to weigh in on the Taylor Frankie Paul<\/strong><\/a>\/The Bachelorette<\/strong><\/a><\/em> scandal. <\/p>\n If you recall, the 38-year-old was a contestant on The Bachelor<\/em> season 19 with Chris Soules<\/strong>, and returned for Bachelor in Paradise<\/em> seasons two and three.<\/p>\n Now, Ashley<\/strong> has returned to reality TV on The Real Housewives of Rhode Island<\/em>, which recently premiered on Bravo. <\/p>\n While promoting RHORI<\/em>, Ashley <\/strong>shared her thoughts on Taylor<\/strong> being The Bachelorette <\/em>and the season being pulled from airing. <\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s such a nuanced thing. Overall, it\u2019s a good thing that they didn\u2019t go forth with the season. That was a decision that should have been made more carefully earlier on,\u201d she told Variety<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n \u201cWe knew very much in detail, based on a lot of the interviews that she\u2019s given, exactly what happened in the video and what led to the arrest. You guys did have her on a TV show for four seasons\u2026 It\u2019s an absolutely terrible, terrible video, and the child being there is just awful,\u201d Ashley <\/strong>continued. <\/p>\n \u201cShe probably should not have been decided to be The Bachelorette<\/em>,\u201d she added. \u201cThat wasn\u2019t an appropriate role for her to fill, and probably was not something that she was mentally, emotionally ready to take on for many reasons \u2014 the fact that she was so intertwined with Dakota [Mortenson]<\/strong> going into it being one of them. So many things to say.\u201d <\/p>\n