The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Breaking News - The Bachelorette Is Cancelled! Is This The End?

Episode Date: March 19, 2026

The Bachelorette Is Cancelled! Is This The End? Former Bachelorettes Trista and DeAnna discuss the news that Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette has been cancelled, and what they th...ink this means for the franchise.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:29 That's your home. That's your husband. Listen to Betrayal Season 5 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is the Ben and Ashley I, Almost Famous Podcasts with IHeart Radio. Hi, everybody. It's Trista and Deanna. We are here with the Almost Famous OG podcast and here to talk about the breaking news that is shocking to say the least. I actually texted Deanna and told her about what was happening. And you were like, what? You're kidding, right? Or no, you're kidding.
Starting point is 00:03:10 I literally just driving down the five, Trista. I was trying to do adult things when you texted me. I was kind of shocked because you and I have already talked about this week. We were supposed to go to the premiere on Sunday. Yeah. So we'll catch you all up, The Bachelorette. If you haven't heard already, which it is all over everywhere, has been canceled for the.
Starting point is 00:03:29 coming season. It was supposed to start airing on Sunday and ABC has made a decision to cancel this season. Has never happened. Honestly, this talk has been happening since
Starting point is 00:03:46 the allegations came out about kind of second domestic violence incident. This just recently that has come out. And I felt like there was no way they would cancel it because they've just put too much energy, too much money. There's advertisers. There's all kinds of back, you know, behind the scenes stuff that goes into making a television show.
Starting point is 00:04:12 So I thought for sure it wouldn't be canceled until the video came out. I was with you, Trista, until I recorded with our producer Heather the other night. And her insight, even though you and I know the industry well, her insight into that really helped me. And she was right. Once we started seeing advertisers pull out. At the end of the day, it's money. It's money. And I personally have such a hard time with that because I want to think, oh, these people are my friends. The producers are my friends.
Starting point is 00:04:39 We've already filmed it. We've already put all this effort and this money into it. But Heather was right. Once you start seeing those things disappear, it's a trickle effect because she pointed out that it affects their other shows. And she called it. She said, so much will be told within the next 24 to 48 hours if more advertisers pull out.
Starting point is 00:04:59 Yeah, I mean, and even Ryan, who doesn't watch the show, and his feed is not full of Bachelorette stuff like mine is. He said, well, I just heard Cineban pulled advertising from the show. And I'm like, I feel like that's probably a brand deal with her. But yes, you're right. I don't know if that was the only advertiser. I think at this point, more advertisers have pulled. And then Jimmy Fallon's show canceled her as a guest last night. I actually heard that she didn't show or she didn't come.
Starting point is 00:05:30 So who knows, I assume they, you know, decided against having her on. So yes, we are confirmed that Jimmy Fallon's show canceled her appearance last night with them. And I just, as we said in our text, my heart just, I, my heart goes out to, first of all, the children involved in this relationship. second of all, honestly, to her, because, and listen, I've seen the video, I, there is no getting around the fact that she threw a chair and there was a child present. Trista, I'm sorry to interrupt you. Specifically, this video was the one from two years ago. This is not the most recent allegations. Yes.
Starting point is 00:06:20 So this video is from 2003. And I just, I guess because he was the one who was taking the video, okay? She of course did not release this video.
Starting point is 00:06:36 There's no way she would have released this video with The Bachelorette starting on Sunday, right? So the fact that the video was released the week of her premiere from two or three years ago, Well, let me tell you.
Starting point is 00:06:51 It's just really fishy and sketchy to me and does not. It gives me the ick, you know what I mean? Speaking from personal experience. Yeah. From a situation that I was involved in and there was video footage that was turned over to police, the DA and the courts to look at. So once that happens, the video can then be public knowledge once it reaches that part. So I don't know her court case.
Starting point is 00:07:19 I won't pretend to be a lawyer. I am not. I am speaking for my personal experience. If that happened, she was charged with domestic violence. I'm sure the video was used as proof for that. Therefore, it can at any point in time be dug up and put out for public knowledge. Like, to me, that's just gross and it's really, really sad. So gross, yeah. I don't know that he had. Why wouldn't it had, why wouldn't they have aired it before now? Do you know what I mean? Like, I just, the timing just is gross to me. It just is gross. So how are you feeling with your personal experience? You know what?
Starting point is 00:07:57 I'm okay. I was, you know, when Heather and I recorded the other day after you and I recorded a podcast, I told her that I was, I was all up in my feels about it because it just brings up some personal issues for me.
Starting point is 00:08:11 And I think at the end of the day, we're looking at a situation like, this is this girl's life. It is messy and it is dirty right now. and my hope, what happens? And I said this to Heather, the rope has gotten long enough and she is being yanked back to her knees
Starting point is 00:08:25 and I hope that she gets help. I hope that he does too, but so much is being published about her right now, which I know feels really, really terrible. But she gets a pivotal point right now that she can, she can have some humility, I hope, some responsibility and seek help and seek help.
Starting point is 00:08:47 I haven't watched the video. I can't bring myself to watch the video. I don't really want to. I don't want that to be the image that I'm stuck with. But anybody given the toxic situation that she's in and that she has grown up in and what she's experiencing now in this moment, I hope that she chooses to seek some mental health for herself and whatever that looks like if it's addiction,
Starting point is 00:09:07 if it's depression, if it's anger management, no matter what it is, that's what I hope that she seeks in this moment. If this has to be the bottom, then so be it. I believe that that's what the Lord does. He brings you to the bottom so that you can help be built up from there. And she has a choice right now, a pivotal moment that she could seek help. The newest tracks. Let's go.
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Starting point is 00:14:16 Listen to Love Trapped on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm going to read the article that TMZ put up. out. It says, The Bachelorette canceled on it. Exclusive, The Bachelorette Taylor Frankie Paul's season canceled. This was put out at 1240 p.m. Today, TMZ has learned ABC is pulling the plug on Taylor Frankie Paul's season of the Bachelorette amid fresh claims of domestic abuse and the 2003 video of her fighting with her baby daddy. A Disney entertainment spokesperson tells us, quote, in light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of
Starting point is 00:15:07 The Bachelorette at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family. The network dropped the hammer Thursday on the upcoming season of the reality TV dating show, only hours after TMZ published video of Taylor's brutal 23 fight with Dakota Mortensen. A source connected to The Bachelorette tells us no one at ABC had seen the video before TMZ posted it Thursday morning. I'm I'm shocked to learn that this is the first time that they've seen the video because you and I both know that when you are the lead, I don't care if you're famous or not, when you are the lead, there is so much that goes in to double checking and triple checking and making sure that you are mentally ready, that you're physically ready, like they do sexual transmitted disease testing. and like, I mean, the thing that you fill out, like for mental health and you speak to a psychologist, like all of these things, I am shocked that if they knew that she went to jail for her domestic violence incident back in 23.
Starting point is 00:16:19 And they didn't know about this video. I'm shocked that they didn't know about this video. I don't know if they did or not, but. I think it's two things. they either cut corners because they were so desperate to revive the show and get numbers because at the end of the day, you and I both know that. That's what it's about making money. So they either cut corners on that or they didn't care, Trista. They didn't care. You can watch the Mormon wives on Hulu and you can see the mess unfold there. Yeah, yeah. They cared about numbers and hopefully
Starting point is 00:16:53 reviving a television show at all cost. That's what I think. And that's sad because now we've watched somebody struggle with their mental health. She's been really open about it. I don't know if you've seen some of the, some of the press events that she did this week. She sounds really bad. She sounds little. Yes.
Starting point is 00:17:12 She sounds like puny. She's showing up for something because she's being told to when she really needs to be at home working on herself and her life and our kids and her own emotional well-being. And she's contractually supposed to do these things. And what? Show up like she's got it all together. Her life is falling apart. before America.
Starting point is 00:17:30 We're seeing the headlines. You know, like, it feels gross. And that's what I'm most worried about is I hate the hatred. I, we all know, you know, I didn't have social media. You didn't have social media, but we had message boards. And people come out of the woodwork and tell you to kill yourself and tell you that you're a piece of trash and tell you like all the things. And I cannot imagine the hate that she's getting and I don't like it.
Starting point is 00:17:57 I feel like she's got enough on her plate. So I really hope that the people who are surrounding her, that she does not have her phone and she cannot look at any of that stuff. And she is not being told all of these things that I guarantee trolls are telling. You know, I would have to say that when I was going through a difficult time, I stayed off of social media. I had to. Every time I turned around, there was a new article posted.
Starting point is 00:18:27 there was a new link to something. Us Weekly drove my name into the Philippine ground for everything that happened. And it was really unhealthy for me to see those things. So I hope, I hope that she is aware with all. And if she doesn't, the people around her are telling to do so to just stay off of it, to just stay off of it. There's really nothing she can do right now to save face, not that she needs to, but her driving force needs to be her emotional well-being, her children. You know, I'm sure there's a legal issue here. So she probably needs to be really mum. because anything that she says and does can be used against her in the court of law. Social media plays a part in that. So if she does get to have to go to court or convicted of anything, they will use all of this. They'll use her social media. They'll use her posts. They'll use anything and they'll use it against her.
Starting point is 00:19:14 Yeah. So more of the article says, or the article goes on to say, as we first reported, Taylor and Dakota have been ordered to undergo psych exams amid a fresh batch of spasal abuse claims and the Utah Division of Children and Family Services is investigating ongoing allegations of violence between them. So we know that child and family services are involved. You and I talked about that the other day, though.
Starting point is 00:19:41 We knew that was going to happen because a child was involved. Anytime police are called and a child is involved, DCFS is called. An open investigation is made because a child, an underage child is involved in a situation like that. So that's going to happen. It's really, really scary, but they're doing it to protect a child.
Starting point is 00:20:03 For sure, as they should, as they need to. I just, I think that like you were saying, there's definitely an ongoing investigation. And I think that she can't speak about a lot of it. He shouldn't be allowed to speak about any of it. It's just, it drives me crazy. I do not hold him in the high, regard for what it seems like is a smear campaign against her currently because everything is coming
Starting point is 00:20:30 from him like pictures of his phone and how she called him, you know, however many times. And, you know, all of that is coming from him. And I just don't want. And what you hope is that at this point they can act like adults, but it's going to become, and hopefully not, right? I can hope it's not. But it's going to become a he said, she said. That's the way this works.
Starting point is 00:20:52 And it's just, it's so unfortunate. because the truth of the matter is is there's his side, her side, and then there's the truth. And in any situation, especially with a traumatic one, like something like this, we all remember things differently. We all remember things differently. In my own situation, I remember things very differently than how they were told from other parties. So that's how it's going to be for her too. And unfortunately, this is going to look like a really long road for her as well. and I also question just the what's going to happen to the Bachelor and the Bachelorette.
Starting point is 00:21:25 I don't see them surviving this. I do know from what we were told that this was a last ditch effort to keep the show alive and I don't know that they can survive this, Trista. I'm wondering the same thing. I'm just so sad. Getting ready for a game means being ready for anything.
Starting point is 00:21:52 Like packing a spare stick. I like. to be prepared. That's why I remember 988, Canada's suicide crisis helpline. It's good to know, just in case. Anyone can call or text for free confidential support from a train responder anytime. 988 suicide crisis helpline is funded by the government in Canada. I'm Bailey Taylor, and this is it girl. You may know me from my it girl series I've done on the streets of New York over the years. While I've got good news, I am bringing those interviews and many more to this podcast. Yes, we will talk about the style and the success, but we are also talking to
Starting point is 00:22:32 about the pressure, the expectations, and the real work with the women's shaping culture right now. As a woman in the industry, you're always underestimated. So you have to work extra hard, and you have to push the narrative in a way that doesn't compromise who you are in your integrity. You know, I like to say I was kind of like a silent ninja. Each week, I have unfiltered conversations with female founders, creatives, and leaders to talk about ambition, visibility, and what it really takes to build something meaningful in the public eye. because being an it girl isn't about the spotlight, it's about owning it. I think the negatives need to be discussed and they need to be told to people who maybe don't do this every day just so they know what's really going on.
Starting point is 00:23:10 I feel like pulling the curtain back is important. Listen to It Girl with Bailey Taylor on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, this is Joe Winterstein, host of the Spirit Daughter podcast, where we talk about astrology, natal charts and how to step into your most vibrant life. And I just sat down with a mini-driver. The Irish traveler said when I was 16, you're going to have a terrible time with men. Actor, storyteller, and unapologetic Aquarian visionary. Aquarius is all about freedom-loving and different perspectives.
Starting point is 00:23:48 And I find a lot of people with strong placements in Aquarius are misunderstood. A son and Venus and Aquarius in her seventh house spark her unconventional approach to partnership. He really has taught me to embrace people. sleeping in different rooms, on different houses and different places, but just an embracing of the isness of it all. If you're navigating your own transformation or just want to chart side view into how a leading artist integrates astrology, creativity, and real life, this episode is a must listen.
Starting point is 00:24:19 Listen to the Spirit Daughter podcast starting on February 24th on the IHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you listen to your podcast. In the middle of the night, Saskia awoke in a haze. Her husband, Mike, was on his laptop. What was on his screen would change Saskia's life forever. I said, I need you to tell me exactly what you're doing. And immediately, the mask came off. You're supposed to be safe.
Starting point is 00:24:53 That's your home. That's your husband. To keep this secret for so many years, he's like a seasoned pro. This is a story about the end of a marriage, but it's also the story of one woman who was done living in the dark. You're a dangerous person who prays on vulnerable and trusting people. Your creditor, Michael Levin Good. Listen to Betrayal Season 5 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Clayton Eckerd, and in 2022, I was the lead of ABC's The Bachelor.
Starting point is 00:25:33 Unfortunately, it didn't go according to plan. He became the first Bachelor to ever have his final Rose rejected. The internet turned on him. If I could press a button and rewind it all I would. But what happened to Clayton after the show made even bigger headlines. It began as a one-night stand and ended in a courtroom, with Clayton at the center of a very strange paternity scandal. media is here. This case has gone viral. The dating contract.
Starting point is 00:26:01 Agree to date me, but I'm also suing you. Please search for it. This is unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm Stephanie Young. This is Love Trapped. This season, an epic battle of he said she said, and the search for accountability in a sea of lies. Listen to Love Trapped on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I was doing this with the other night because I don't like endings. I don't like endings at all. And, you know, I imagine you feel significantly more attached given your whole life has surrounded the show. You were the first bachelorette. You have Ryan and your kids and this beautiful life. But, you know,
Starting point is 00:26:56 I said the same thing. 18 years ago, what a life this has created for me and my kids and the longevity of it and being attached to it and the good memories that I have and the friends. friendships and the bonds and look at what we did in November filming this special and how fun that was for us all to be together. I'd have done it for free. You know what I mean? Like just being together with you women and the bond that we have and for this to be for this to be done. Like it's sad. I don't, you must feel stronger about it than I do. Maybe you haven't even thought what words to put to it yet. It's like literally I'm just kind of like if that in this, listen, we're not saying that that's the case, but because they're canceling that.
Starting point is 00:27:43 I have never done that before. It doesn't look good. It has been happy. I know, I know, but no matter what has happened in anyone's life before it has happened and obviously nothing has happened to this extent. But just, oh gosh, it just breaks my heart because of all those connections and because of the memories. But it's also weird because we filmed the reunion.
Starting point is 00:28:08 we had that. That was kind of like if you... And how happy that was. If you look to the future, if you look to the future and you say, and the show ended,
Starting point is 00:28:20 say after this, you know, we're never going to get it back. And we go five years down the road. And we're going to be saying, well, at least we got that reunion. So I feel like that's weird
Starting point is 00:28:29 that the reunion was aired before any of this came out. And then Ryan and I are this week on the cover of People magazine. I saw that. You freaking cutie pies. So it's weird. It's like all of these things are happening right before this season to like
Starting point is 00:28:48 culminate all the goodness and then it gets taken away. So I feel like, you know, signs are pointing towards it not surviving this. I'm going to hope that it does because it's just been such a blessing in my life. But I feel like all signs are pointing in that direction. I know. It's sad. Yeah. It's sad. And I think this is the thing about, you know, it's not even so much as like endings if we can prepare for them. So this feels like I've got lots of abandonment. I know. I've got, listen to Tristan. I've got lots of abandonment issues. You know what I mean? So it's the, it's the, like the surprise of it all. You know what I mean? We're not prepared for this. We were prepared for another season. We get to film a fun episode surrounding it and now here with the backlash of it all. But you know what? At the end of the day, they took a chance. They wanted to revive a show. They took a chance making her The Bachelorette.
Starting point is 00:29:43 It backfired royally. I feel like people were obviously very divided anyway. They were like, yeah, this is going to do it. I'm going to watch. Or people were like, what were they thinking? You can't save this. You know what I mean? But I think it's just the honestly the sticker shock of it all that like,
Starting point is 00:30:03 it's Thursday is the day of the week on. Sunday, we're on a high with all of our videos, our fun times. The show is starting one week later and four days later like that. It's done. They're pulling it. And I hate to break it to you, but I think that this will be the end. I don't know how they save face after this. There have been several things that have changed the trajectory of the show, Flyce, Chris Harrison.
Starting point is 00:30:35 Yeah. You know, all of that. I don't know how they come back from this. Yeah, who knows? I mean, someone's going to have to be really, really, really creative. But I think you're right. I don't know that we're going to survive this. And I mean, maybe they do The Bachelor and they get someone, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:30:55 I don't know. I just have to hope that it's not the end because it has been such a positive force in my life. So honestly, like I'm thinking about getting rid of my cable. It's like over $200 a month. You still have cable, Trista? I do because my husband is a massive sports addict. They have apps for that. They have apps for that.
Starting point is 00:31:18 No, no, there's not, not in Denver when you want to watch the Colorado Avalanche until, literally, until like recently they did not have an app where you could watch. I promise you, we had to because we have to watch the Colorado Avalanche in this house. I don't think I have had cable TV. in 15 years. I am all for the streaming. I only have apps, HBO app, Hulu, Netflix, all of the things. That's the same thing with my podcast. That's how I do. I'm part of, I've become part of this culture that I am like, I'm small increments. I'm scrolling. I'm doing all of these things. I'm reaching my, I'm fast forwarding through commercials.
Starting point is 00:31:55 But I do think that even if there isn't a space for it on ABC anymore, because this, this season obviously didn't fit their mold of being, and you know this, Trista, this feel-good television show. Take a pretty girl. Make her seem like she wants nothing but love and happily ever after. Put her on fancy dates with helicopters that's not real life and then send her riding off
Starting point is 00:32:19 in the sunset and let's don't touch her again. That was not going to happen with Taylor Frankie Paul. No, no, no, no. They were flipping a coin. Right. They were flipping a coin, hoping it was going to work. And here it hasn't worked. And that's sad, right?
Starting point is 00:32:33 Because I don't see the show surviving this, but I do believe that if it's able to, I think that they can sell it to another streaming network and tweak it a little bit because people do love the show. They do love it. For sure. For sure. It would need to be tweaked and it would need to be streamed. There's no getting around it because network television is like they have legal requirements.
Starting point is 00:32:59 Like they are, I feel like they're bound more legally to producing stuff that they can actually air. whereas the stuff that's streaming, I don't think they have as many regulations. I am not an expert. I'm not a producer, but I would assume that that's the case. It's wild. It's wild.
Starting point is 00:33:16 You know, the story is changing. It's still ongoing. I mean, you and I hopped on here within a matter of seconds to talk about it because it is that sticker shock, Trista,
Starting point is 00:33:24 and I think that more will be revealed. Yeah. Thanks everybody for listening. Who knows if this, This will be one of the last times that we talk about The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, hopefully not. But thanks for tuning in to the Almost Famous OG. Follow the Ben and Ashley I, Almost Famous Podcasts on IHartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Ready for a different take on Formula One?
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