Taylor Frankie Paul isn’t permanently trading her life in Utah for the Bachelor Mansion.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star shocked fans by announcing that she’ll be the lead for season 22 of The Bachelorette, and the news had many wondering if that means she’s leaving the popular Hulu reality show.
Luckily, Taylor made it very clear that she still has a future on Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
“I do have to ask,” host Alex Cooper said to the reality star on the Sept. 10 episode of her podcast Call Her Daddy, “because obviously people are obsessed with Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, can we confirm that you’re still going to be on that show?”
Taylor responded “yes” before Alex clarified that she’s “doing both” shows, she confirmed with a quick “yeah.”
Taylor, 31, responded “yes” and clarified that she’s doing both shows—though she still hasn’t quite processed her new Bachelorette title.
“It has not hit me,” Taylor explained. “Right now, in this moment, I’m just thinking about it, and it’s not real. It’s not real. It’s not going to be until the limo’s pulling up, and I’m meeting the people.”
The mother of three—who shares kids Indy, 8, and Ocean, 5, with ex Tate Paul and Ever, 13 months, with ex Dakota Mortensen—also revealed that she had some hesitation when it came to accepting The Bachelorette‘s offer for practical reasons.
“In my head I’m like, ‘How do I make this work?'” Taylor shared. “I’m a coparent. I have two baby daddies, not one, so I’m dealing with two different people. My children, my home base is here. Can I travel that long? Can I be gone that long?”
“But then I’m also thinking on the side, ‘The other two moms in my group are doing Dancing With the Stars and they brought their family out,'” she added of costars Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt, who are on the upcoming season of DWTS. “But also they have their husbands with them. So, for me, I’m like, ‘Is this possible for me to do as a single mom? Can I make it work realistically no matter how much I want this?'”
After taking stock of her situation, the TikToker realized that she has enough of a support system in place around her to make it work.
“I was like, ‘I can. If I want to, I can,'” she concluded. “I was like, ‘I will make it work.’ I have a team of people that I don’t think I utilize. I can ask for help more! And I don’t usually.”
Keep reading for more on the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast…
Taylor Frankie Paul
TikTok: 5.6 Million Followers
Instagram: 1.6 Million Followers
Taylor had two kids with her ex-husband and recently welcomed her third child with boyfriend Dakota.
Whitney Leavitt
TikTok: 2.5 Million Followers
Instagram: 613K Followers
Whitney has three kids with her husband.
Layla Taylor
TikTok: 662.7K Followers
Instagram: 579K Followers
Layla is mom to two kids, who she shares with her ex-husband.
Demi Engemann
TikTok: 1.1 Million Followers
Instagram: 662K Followers
Divorced and remarried, Demi has a blended family with three kids.
Jessi Ngatikaura
TikTok: 1.2 Million Followers
Instagram: 915K Followers
Jessi shares a daughter, son and stepdaughter with her husband.
Jen Affleck
TikTok: 2.1 Million Followers
Instagram: 1 Million Followers
Jen and husband Zac have two kids with a third on the way.
Mikayla Matthews
TikTok: 3.2 Million Followers
Instagram: 986K Followers
Mikayla was a teen mom and now married with three kids, with a fourth on the way.
Mayci Neeley
TikTok: 2.4 Million Followers
Instagram: 988K Followers
Mayci is married with a blended family of two kids, with a third on the way.
