"Frankie Paul first gained notoriety as an online influencer and came to ABC's soft-lit dating show through her role on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, where-as a reliable purveyor of high-stakes melodramas and telegenic tantrums-she has helped make the Hulu series a hit."
"She was cast as the Bachelorette both despite her history and because of it. She also landed the gig because the ABC show and Hulu, the distributor of Mormon Wives, share the same corporate parent: Disney."
"Her participation in the dating show, the network implied, was its own kind of happy ending, and Frankie Paul her own kind of Disney princess, one fit for an era whose fantasies are shaped by reality TV."
"In the video, the adults fight. Frankie Paul launches herself at Mortensen, pulls his hair, screams. She throws metal barstools."
Taylor Frankie Paul, a former Mormon wife and reality TV star, gained fame through her role in The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. She was cast as The Bachelorette, leveraging her controversial past and self-exploitation skills. The show aimed to present her as a modern fairy tale character, akin to a Disney princess. However, her reality is marred by tumultuous relationships, exemplified by a recent video showing her in a violent altercation with her boyfriend, highlighting the darker side of her reality TV persona.
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