The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul is getting real about the last month of her life amid new domestic violence allegations and a custody dispute.
“The last 40 days felt like hell on earth,” the reality TV star, 31, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, April 5, alongside a video montage featuring candid moments from her life away from the cameras. “Through every panic attack I prayed for strength as I could feel my body breaking down and out from the distress of it all.”
Paul then evoked the Christian Jesus on Easter 2026, writing, “HE sent just that in various ways along with so many undeniable signs saying ‘I am with you’ which I can’t wait to share that part.”
“I’ve prayed since I was young and never strayed away because I believe he wants us to ask for help especially during our lowest points,” she continued. “However, instead of just asking I switched over to thanking him at the end of each day no matter how I felt.”
The video montage accompanying Paul’s candid social media caption featured the mom of three hunched over a toilet, showing what appeared to be a stress breakout on her face, Bible passages underlined and highlighted, texts from unnamed individuals sending her messages of support and encouragement and what looked like over-the-counter pain medication.
“He has risen and he is real,” she wrote over the beginning of the video. “I got chills today when I realized it’s been 40 days exactly today in this frantic state.”
Paul’s emotional post comes among a whirlwind of legal issues and reality TV setbacks after ex Dakota Mortensen accused her of domestic violence after an alleged February incident. Mortensen claimed in court documents that Paul “scratched” him and physically assaulted him during the alleged dispute, later claiming there were “two incidents of physical assault” at the hands of Paul.
Us Weekly later confirmed that authorities have opened a second investigation into the former couple, though no charges have been filed at the time of publication.
Paul has denied the allegations against her, alleging that Mortensen has actually been the abusive party. Mortensen, for his part, has denied Paul’s claims. According to documents obtained by Us on March 29, Mortensen was awarded temporary custody of the pair’s 2-year-old son, Ever, and a temporary restraining order against Paul. (Paul also shares son Ocean, 5, and daughter Indy, 8, with her ex-husband, Tate Paul.)
In the wake of the domestic violence allegations and resurfaced video of a previous 2023 domestic incident involving Taylor and Mortensen — in which Taylor was seen physically assaulting and throwing chairs at Mortensen in the presence of her daughter — The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 5 filming was paused and Taylor’s scheduled season of The Bachelorette was canceled.
Taylor later returned to social media, sharing behind-the-scenes moments with Ocean and Indy, including a video showing the mom singing in the shower while her daughter sang in front of a bathroom mirror.
“Just keep swimming… with some singing,” Paul wrote via Instagram on Saturday, April 4, alongside the video showing the reality TV star singing in the shower — fully clothed — as her daughter danced along.
