They should have seen it coming, though — the clues were all on screen on the hit Hulu series “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” In September, the announcement that the 31-year-old “Mormon Wives” star had been chosen as the Bachelorette sent shockwaves through Bachelor Nation. The Season 4 finale ends with Paul jetting from Utah to Los Angeles to begin filming “The Bachelorette.” But there’s a problem: She had yet again spent the night with Mortensen, so when her friends go to the airport to send her off with fanfare, they see only Paul’s mom and sister, who are going ahead without her. Though the details of the arrest were all in the public record, several of the charges had been dropped against Paul, and sources at Disney say they hadn’t seen the video of the 2023 incident until TMZ posted it.
Author: Kate Aurthur
Published at: 2026-03-19 23:00:52
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