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ABC has scrubbed the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette,” starring Taylor Frankie Paul, three days before its planned premiere, citing a newly released video from 2023 in which she appears to punch, kick and throw chairs at her former partner as her young daughter watched and cried. Thursday’s cancellation of the already filmed 22nd season of the reality show is unprecedented. While ABC parent company Disney cited the older video, the move comes amid a current domestic violence investigation involving Paul and Dakota Mortensen, father to a son who is the youngest of her three children.

When The Bachelorette returns for season 22, viewers will meet a very different kind of lead. Taylor Frankie Paul, a TikTok influencer best known for her connection to the viral MomTok community, is stepping into the spotlight as the newest Bachelorette. Her casting marks one of the first times in years that the franchise has chosen a lead who did not previously appear on The Bachelor. Here’s everything to know about Taylor before the new season premieres.

Former Bachelorette star Josh Seiter has called for the franchise to cast a transgender lead on its next season. Seiter, 37, who came out as a transgender woman in May, told DailyMail.com it was important for the dating franchise to reflect the diversity of modern America. 'America is changing. It's not just a bunch of middle-aged cis white people anymore, and the LGBTQIA community makes up a large portion of our country now. Yet we've seen zero representation for trans women and men on the franchise,' Seiter explained. The Chicago native said she was pleased to see the franchise become...

Former “Bachelorette” contestant Clint Arlis has died, his sister Taylor announced. He was 34. “It is with great sadness, to tell you that my family has lost my best friend and older brother Clint on the morning of January 11th,” she wrote on Facebook. “Please respect our family’s privacy as we try to cope with this great loss.” Taylor added that details of his service would be provided later but didn’t reveal a cause of death.

“I’m done with you people, I really am. This is pathetic,” Jamie Simpson of Fox 45 in Dayton says A meteorologist for Fox 45 in Dayton, Ohio snapped at viewers who complained on social media about a tornado warning that interrupted Monday night’s broadcast of “The Bachelorette,” saying that the cutaway was due to a “dangerous situation.” “I was just checking social media, we have viewers complaining already. ‘Just go back to the show.’ No, we’re not going back to the show, folks. This is a dangerous situation, okay,” Jamie Simpson said during the live broadcast. Simpson scolded viewers who...

After 12 seasons, “The Bachelorette” is ready for a shake up. ABC has named contestant Rachel Lindsay the first black lead of “The Bachelor” franchise, sources close to show confirmed Monday to Variety. Though the network has not released an official statement, series creator Mike Fleiss teased a “historic announcement” will be made during Monday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

As things heat up on "The Bachelorette," Kaitlyn Bristowe is being put in the hot seat! On Tuesday night's episode, viewers were shocked when an extended promo for this season revealed that the newly crowned Bachelorette slept with one of her suitors weeks before the "fantasy suite" stage of the dating competition. In light of this scandalous revelation, Bristowe sat with ET's Nancy O'Dell on Wednesday to reveal why she's "not ashamed" of what was caught on the "Bachelorette" cameras. "I don’t think that's a crazy thing to sleep with somebody when you're trying to be in a relationship with...

2009 Bachelorette Jillian has chosen her man. We have a review of the Men Telling All, The Final Rose and After the Final Rose. With some analysis of the series, some smirks, a few laughs and, of course, pics and video you'll find nowhere else on the Internet.

The Bachelorette Jillian's down to four finalists that might be her husband in the near future. One of them is a snake but fear not, I've got the reason why this guy remains even though he readily admits, on camera, to his snakiness. Also, he left and now he's back and again, my inside scoop on why Ed bailed out precisely during Home Town visit week. All with pics and video you'll find nowhere else on the Internet.

"Bachelorette" Jillian's down to 5 fellows vying for her hand. She will soon visit their home towns and meet their parents. There's lots of scripted drama going on in this reality series including some live stripping and one fellow out for no one but himself. All with pics and video you'll find nowhere else on the Internet.

Bachelorette Jillian keeps looking for a "connection" in The Bachelorette series now with 7 contenders left vying for her heart. The Wise I tells Jillian what she really needs to look for in these contenders and first she needs to find out what the hell a "pizza entrepreneur" is. With pics and video you'll find nowhere else on the Internet.

A quick catch-up on Jillian of "Bachelorette" fame. As of this writing she's got 16 guys still vying for her, we all should be so lucky. The show is building the drama in that there's one fellow all the contenders love to hate and throw in a weirdo or two. Does Jillian appear to be honing in on any one of her handsome choices yet?

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