Taylor Frankie Paul, Dakota Mortensen Video Shows Brutal 2023 Fight When Child Was Struck

It's one thing to read what happened, it doesn't touch how bad this was. Her ignoring her daughter crying out for her was UNBEARABLE 💔

Nah she needs to be cancelled after this and lose custody of those kids. Somehow this video is 100x worse than I imagined.

As a mom, no matter how intoxicated, I truly can't imagine continuing to violently fight and scream after realizing my child was struck by a metal chair...hearing her poor daughter call for her as she ignores her cries is beyond insane.

This was truly a painful watch and worse than described. Hearing her child cry in the background (after getting hit with a metal stool she threw) while she continues her attack was just very difficult to see and hear. Violent, sociopathic behavior on her part.

This could be the end of mom-tok

I went to bed last night thinking there was no way ABC was gonna cancel the Bachelorette season, despite the favor that they absolutely, 100% should. But Bachlelor / Bachelorette seems to play by their own rules and ignore reality. Now after seeing the video, I don’t think there’s any way this season can go to air. This is just horrific and disgusting. Edit: Glad to see I was right. Shame that this went on as long as it did.

They are still letting her be the bachelorette after she beat up her child and boyfriend?  She hit her husband and child with a stool. 

Throwing metal chairs at someone is already crazy abusive, but with a child in the room? It's hard to accurately capture in words how bad this is.

Who the f*** are these people

There is no way they didn’t research this before choosing her, there was a police report afterwards

Those are some of the craziest eyes in her mugshot. Don’t know shit about these people but she should y have custody of her kids.

This is horrible. That poor child!

I think the show, or at least her are officially done after this. This does nothing but prove she is an abuser and a piece of shit and doesn't care about her kids at all. IDC that she is drunk.

Her daughter will suffer from this experience for the rest of her life. She will remember seeing her “protector” harm others, harm her and be apprehended by the police. I feel so hard for this little girl she does not deserve this.

Crazy that she pled guilty to aggravated assault for this and was STILL made the Bachelorette. ABC gives zero fucks

That show is so f****** dumb. Spoiled trash

ABC has to cancel the new Bachelorette. Like this is way worse seeing it.

Stop making dumb people famous

> She eventually pled guilty to the felony and was placed on 3 years' probation, which ends in August. If she keeps her nose clean until then, the conviction will not appear on her record. As part of the deal, prosecutors dropped 4 other charges, including domestic violence in the presence of a child, child abuse, and criminal mischief. ABC cast her as The Bachelorette while she was literally on probation? I can’t imagine all the logistical issues that probably caused. I also can’t imagine the men that would have wanted to participate in this.

This is what Mormons are up to these days?

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This is way worse than I was expecting it to be. Dakota is twice her size and he was definitely being attacked by her and did not attack back. That poor child having to witness it and be injured and so terrified and Taylor still could stop herself. Dakota definitely has issues and bears some blame but Taylor is very very unwell.

The fact that she’s STILL throwing shit at him while he tries to comfort her crying daughter after she hit her with a chair… Yeah, there’s no way to spin this into some frilly redemption arc.

The thing I dont get is how she didnt face any jail time... domestic violence where a child is hit she should be in jail

ABC must have seen this and STILL put her on two shows.....she is clearly crazy trash.

Ok when season 1 aired and she git arrested i never went out of my way to watch the video… that girl has been rewarded with this show and the backing of the bachelorette. Wow this is horrific. That poor child is going to be traumatized for the rest of her life. Also dakota decided he wanted to have a kid with her after this? They both need serious help.

Cancel The Bachelorette and cancel Secret Wives. Producers and the network should not be rewarded for this type of behaviour.

I dated someone with BPD, their meltdowns were EXACTLY like this. Screaming, shrieking, attacking and destroying things/people, then blaming you for it. I had to stop watching the video to calm my heart rate. I feel so sorry for her poor daughter.

This is absolutely bad for her, but honestly this is such a bad look for The Bachelorette franchise, STOP PLATFORMING HOT INFLUENCERS THEY ARE BORING PROBLEMATIC AND ANNOYING

I thought Mormon’s weren’t allowed to drink?

This was very hard to watch. How the hell did ABC miss this though? My wife loves watching the bachelor/bachelorette but we have noticed that a lot of the castings have been really sketchy in the past and now this. This woman needs to be in prison and therapy.

These people should not be on television. They’re not well.

If she were a poor, black or brown person she would have lost her kid. Possibly even if she were a regular, poor white woman.

I can't being myself to watch the video I don't know who this woman is but learning from the comments, a reality star from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives becoming the next Bachelorette makes me physically ill

WOW!! WHO IS THIS CRAZY LADY??? IM BOYCOTTING THE BACHELOR

I’m not gonna watch the show now

What a f****** disgrace... Should have her child taken away from her, and be locked up for this incident alone. But theres Hollywood to give her, her own show... F****** disgrace. 20 guys should count themselves as l****** winners, today !!

I despise this person. Straight to jail

Bye Taylor, don't let the door hit you on the way out. She is and has always been a raging narcissist.

The only difference between these guys and those with children services cases is they have money.

If this was the male lead and a video came out of him abusing the mother to his child it would absolutely 100% be canceled. ABC & The Bachelor are trying so hard to normalize & explain blatant female abuse. It’s disgusting

Wow. I was aware of the incident but never saw the video. Yikes. No way they can air the season now.

The child didn't even leave the room with all that screaming and violence. She must be used to it.

Poor baby. That must have been so scary and confusing. I don’t know who any of these people are, but I hope someone is protecting the kid

Ladies and gentlemen the next Bachelorette 🤢 How and why this individual is given screen time aka Dollar Store fame is beyond comprehension!

I’m watching this as a mom of two, with my newborn in my arms, and I just can’t imagine causing this kind of pain to your own child. The fear in her daughter’s voice when she cries out “mama” is heartbreaking.

What the f*** was ABC thinking?

Why on Earth was she chosen to be on Bachelorette if this existed?

Sounds like those Mormons have loosened up their regs quite a bit…

What a despicable piece of shit! I hope she’s done in entertainment forever, I’m so sorry for that little girl.

Omg the baby!!!!!WTF!!!!!!! I would neverrrrrrrrrrr, I can’t imagine being so enraged that I not only ignore my child’s cries but I am the cause of her crying and screaming.  WTF.

Can we stop with reality shows? Nothing but dirtbags

ABC hired her because she’s a woman who abused a man. No one cares about male abuse victims.

They just need to cancel this season

I probably a bad person but if somone throws a chair at me and hits my kid. I’m losing it

Love that mom and her reps continue to use the kid as a shield in their comment, if the video wasn't proof enough.

I remember when this video was released initially and the response on Reddit was somehow that her response is consistent with an abused woman- that the way she lashed out must be a reaction to years of prior abuse and I simply did not understand that or why that should matter. There was no outrage against her actions. 

I really wish these tv networks would stop giving garbage people tv shows.

Your new Bachelorette! Go get her boys!

This is not a fight! This is Assault!!!

Poor baby. Im so angry that I cant be a mom, but POS like her get to. 

Frankie will not go to Hollywood even though she says relax.

Please tell me she doesn’t have custody right now? Omg! That woman is psychotic and cruel

This woman needs to be inpatient somewhere for a while.

Is she not entitled to find love?!? /s

The producers for Bachelorette absolutely knew how bad the video was before it was leaked.

I’m about to pay 5k for the chance to have one f****** kid, and some psycho b**** who did this - oh, and let’s not forget, the only reason this came out is cuz like last week she choked the same man with his necklace in front of their toddler - can have 3 children noooo bother

Psycho and enabled over and over by ghouls and losers that eat television with people like her up. Sad

I noped out of this video when the crying from the kid started. Everything up to that was also horrific, but the crying with no acknowledgement was apparently my exit ramp.

That mugshot is nightmare.

i’m sure dakota is not 100% innocent in all of this but at the end of the day taylor was the one who was hitting, kicking, screaming and throwing chairs directly in the direction of her daughter who was crying for her. Dakota was trying to leave in that video and even if he was treating her bad before the start of the video she should have calmed down and let him leave. Do not act like that infront of your kids no excuse for it. Defend yourself if you have to keep yourself and your child safe, but she was not defending herself she was beating him up.

It’s the fact that she did this then went on this show and go on call her daddy. If it were me, I’d admit myself to the psych for a very long time. The guilt would kill me.

lol this is the lady that’s like every other Hulu ad.

That is GALACTIC levels of entitlement right there. Plus, she's ugly. Why is she a show draw?

Women are so dangerous bc not only are they capable of violence, they get away with it so often due to gender imbalances. We really need to protect our men and throw the book at her

Which one is Dakota and which one is Taylor?

What da helllllll. Why do people have to act like that??

This is absolutely insane and heartbreaking. There is NO WAY that the network can go forward with the freaking Bachelorette after this came out. The sick thing is people at ABC are probably well aware of what this woman is capable of and still went through with it.

Oh my god what a disgusting piece of shit this lady is. That poor baby :( I don’t care how drunk you are, as a mother how do injure your baby and not stop everything to make sure she’s ok?! She does not deserve to have her kids and she does not deserve to be on TV.

Psychotic much? ABC should be pulling their show with her being the center of it.

I am so so shocked. I CANNOT believe all this happened in front of her daughter. I don't like Dakota at all, but I'm glad he got it on video. Taylor literally needs help.

Who are these awful people

Bro has patience of a god lmfao

Holy cow- and did you hear how she blames him at the end, tells police he threw the chair at her? Not only assaulting her daughter and not caring but lying to police so he would be arrested for Dv assault and if he didn’t record it- he’d be in jail 

She needs cancelling and counseling. No children.

She’s done after this. Is she drunk? On drugs? wtf you don’t even snap out of it after you’ve hurt your own child with a damn chair???

I can’t stand these Momtok Mormons. They drink alcohol and caffeine and have swinging parties all while cheating on Tinder and being holier than thou. How are they not ex-communicated from LDS is what I want to know.

Can her kid press charges against her for battery once she’s a young adult? I’d want her in prison for this. Abusive parents are such vermin

Every single one of those girls enabling her this whole time after that video exists? What the ever living f***.

Wow, flashbacks. The projection, the immediate gaslighting, totally disconnected from reality...

Disney will be cancelling that season of Bachelorette. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded. I'd bet this month's rent on it.

She’s horrible. And I knew she was bad because her behavior confessionals is different than her behavior filming and she’s on something. She’s either high or drunk all the time because she’s so twitchy and she’s like more defensive than just someone who’s guilty if that makes sense she has to be high I mean he said she was trashed, but she didn’t look trashed meaning that she’s probably drunk most of the time on the show. And say what you want, but she is the problem. I’m not saying Dakota is innocent, but she is definitely the problem.

God I hope this show gets canned so I don’t have to suffer through another episode of these people.

Oh hell no. I knew about the incident but seeing it is another thing entirely. Not watching that show ever again with her as the ringleader

This video needs to be seen and TFP needs to have her Bachelorette season cancelled. I’m glad the mods are allowing this post… it’s crazy how other pop culture subs haven’t allowed this video to be posted yet.

That video was so much worse than I thought it would be. I don’t know how anyone can look at that video and think this person is someone that people should give their attention to.

Hopefully this catalyzes the end of this AWFUL idolization of these absolutely trash nobodies.

Ok that’s way worse than I could’ve ever imagined. Sure she’s tiny but holy shit that’s awful. If she were any bigger?? Or a man?! Dear god. Her poor kids! I want to go pick mine up early from school after hearing that cry

Update: ABC has pulled this season's "The Bachelorette" with Taylor. [Source](https://people.com/taylor-frankie-paul-bachelorette-season-canceled-11928901)