Bachelor Nation erupts after ABC pulls Taylor Frankie Paul's 'Bachelorette' season

No one is getting a rose for "The Bachelorette" season 22 — and Bachelor Nation isn't happy about it.

No one is getting a rose for "The Bachelorette" season 22 — and Bachelor Nation isn't happy about it.

In the less than 24 hours since ABC pulled Taylor Frankie Paul's upcoming — and heavily promoted — season of "The Bachelorette," alumni of the hit show and its sister show, "The Bachelor," have erupted in shock, disbelief and anger.

“This is bad for Disney. This is bad for Hulu,” said Rachel Lindsay, who was the show’s first Black lead in 2017. “This is bad for Hulu because somebody is going to have to take the blame for not vetting this out.”

The decision to pull the season came amid reports that the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star and her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, are involved in an ongoing domestic violence investigation. On Thursday afternoon, TMZ published a video showing Paul attacking Mortensen in front of her young daughter during a 2023 incident.

Add NBC News to Google'Bachelorette' season canceled after assault video surfaces03:26Paul was charged with assault, criminal mischief and domestic violence in the presence of a child for the 2023 incident. Court records indicate that she pleaded guilty in abeyance to an aggravated assault charge in August 2025, and the other four charges were dismissed with prejudice.