‘The Bachelorette’ Cast Taylor Frankie Paul For The Mess. They Got It. So, Who’s To Blame?

Which isn’t to say that anyone who’s had questionable relationship patterns in the past should be disqualified from finding love in the future, but does mean that if that person is still entrenched in toxic behaviour, putting them in an environment where they’re forced to date 30 different men probably isn’t going to help. And that’s probably the point. As writer Kathryn VanArendonk wrote in a piece for Vulture about the controversy, entering her experience on The Bachelorette, Paul was clearly not ready to take part in the experience with “an open heart,” sleeping with ex Mortensen the night before she left for filming the series, as was documented in the Season 4 finale of SLOMW.  ABC producers would have known that, and inarguably bet on that adding to ratings — with clearly little care for the impact that would have on Paul and those around her.