{"id":253580,"date":"2026-07-25T02:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/taylor-frankie-paul-defends-being-on-social-media-amid-legal-issues-just-trying-to-live-life\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T02:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:53:40","slug":"taylor-frankie-paul-defends-being-on-social-media-amid-legal-issues-just-trying-to-live-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/taylor-frankie-paul-defends-being-on-social-media-amid-legal-issues-just-trying-to-live-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul Defends Being on Social Media Amid Legal Issues: \u2018Just Trying to Live Life\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-frankie-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Taylor Frankie Paul<\/strong><\/a> is insisting there\u2019s no reason she should stop posting on social media amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-frankie-paul-domestic-violence-allegations-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her ongoing legal issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbMdNWAv2Jb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an Instagram post<\/a> shared on Friday, July 24, the<em> Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> star, 32, clapped back at criticism.<\/p>\n<p>The post featured a green screen background of a city on fire while Taylor fixed her hair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life plus people outraged I\u2019m still online,\u201d one piece of text overlaying the clip read. She then added, \u201cMe: how I do my claw clip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To accompany the video, Taylor used audio from an unknown user\u2019s social media video, where the poster was critical of the reality TV star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is still rocking with Taylor Frankie Paul? And are they just scared of her?\u201d the voice said. \u201cBecause I would be. I\u2019m afraid of just posting this video that she\u2019s going to come in my comments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referencing the audio in the post\u2019s caption, Taylor wrote, \u201cNot sure what there is to be scared of.. [All] I do is cry and I\u2019m just trying to live life through crisis with my hair tips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylo also shared a post via her Instagram Story later on Friday that detailed her \u201chighlights this week.\u201d According to Paul, these included, \u201ctrauma therapy,\u201d \u201cPCIT therapy,\u201d \u201ccall with my coach\u201d\u00a0 and \u201ckisses\u201d from her children.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbMdNWAv2Jb\/?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:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-frankie-pauls-bachelorette-season-canceled-by-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">axed Bachelorette<\/a> is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-paul-and-dakota-mortensens-custody-battle-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing custody battles<\/a> with her exes <strong>Tate Paul<\/strong> and <strong>Dakota Mortensen<\/strong>. (The reality star shares kids Indy, 8, and Ocean, 6, with Tate and son Ever, 2, with Mortensen.)<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Taylor\u00a0 reflected on dealing with \u201chaters\u201d as she grappled with controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Posting via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, July 21, Taylor claimed \u201chate is a sign of growth. If you don\u2019t have haters, you\u2019re not doing s***. The more support and growth that builds, unfortunately, so does the noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor added that she\u2019s \u201clearned over time their hate, opinions, projections, judgments, assumptions are none of my business.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bachelorettes-taylor-reacts-to-being-told-to-get-off-phone\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bachelorettes-taylor-reacts-to-being-told-to-get-off-phone\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Taylor Frankie Paul Responds to Advice to &#8216;Get Off\u2019 Her Phone Amid Drama<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTaylor Frankie Paul has a message for any fans that think she should take a social media break in light of her Bachelorette scandal. \u201c\u2018Taylor Frankie Paul Get Off Your Phone Challenge,\u2019\u201d a TikTok user said in a Saturday, March 21, video. \u201cWhy are you commenting back to people and reposting TikToks? Her world literally [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She concluded, \u201cThat\u2019s for them to figure out. It can get heavy at times. You\u2019ve shown me grace through scrutiny, so remember to allow that for yourself too. I got you. He\u2019s got you. Now go cry \u2026 it always helps. I\u2019ll be doing the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>After taking a plea deal in a 2023 domestic violence case, Taylor was involved in a separate altercation with Mortensen that was investigated by Utah\u2019s Draper City Police Department in February. Both parties publicly denied each other\u2019s domestic violence allegations. (Amid the investigation, Taylor\u2019s season of <em>The Bachelorette<\/em> was pulled from ABC\u2019s spring schedule.)<\/p>\n<p>The Salt Lake County District Attorney\u2019s Office later declined to file criminal charges against Taylor in April.<\/p>\n<p>Mortensen was then awarded temporary custody of Ever, with Taylor restricted to eight-hour weekly supervised visitation. A judge subsequently signed orders of protection for Mortensen and Taylor, requiring them to stay 100 feet apart for a period of three years. (Their custody agreement was changed earlier this month to allow Taylor more unsupervised time with Ever, while Mortensen was given longer weekends.)<\/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.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-frankie-paul-defends-online-posts-amid-legal-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Frankie Paul is insisting there\u2019s no reason she should stop posting on social media amid her ongoing legal issues. In an Instagram post shared on Friday, July 24, the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 32, clapped back at criticism. The post featured a green screen background of a city on fire while Taylor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":253581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253580","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=253580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}