Taylor Frankie Paul on Mormon Wives season 2 and Demi’s contract drama

When Hulu gambled on a group of sex-swinging Mormon Tiktokers from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” to be their next reality stars, they probably never thought the show would break viewer records and get more attention than their long-running legacy titles. The exotic LDS community in Utah offered viewers a brand new group of characters to observe, to analyze, to love and keep hat-watch-waiting kilometers removed from the Hollywood machine and the reality show box.

If the winding scandal and its consequences were in the middle of the first season (with a side of ketamine therapy and 30 mg of soft drink runs), the tensions of the second season feel even more consistent. A crucial scene is when Taylor Frankie Paul, the Tiktoker who brought the swinging antics of the group to the public for the first time, comes to her parents for advice on how they could navigate the situation with her baby Papa Dakota Mortensen, who she discovers that she was still standing against her while they were still where their relationship stood behind. Instead of keeping Dakota responsible because she is not fair, her father Taylor is ashamed of having sex with him, even though she has no devoted relationship.

“What does that say about You? “He asks, literally with his finger at his daughter while she calls in her hands.

“Of course that scene was very hard and difficult to watch,” says Paul Variety. “I shot my eyes and looked at it. I hate to say so, but it is a good example of how we are judged and raised in the LDS culture. Is the approach hard and really hard to see?”

She says that looking again from the show is an emotional experience, but is useful for her family to see her perspective, and added that her father “cried to watch many of the episodes because he clearly did not see all the pain in which I had and why.”

“He and my mother were:” Maybe we should have followed a different approach, “she says.

The lighter drama of the show, however, is what it gives his slapsticky-y, Campy Edge and arrives through the conflicts within Momtok Self-of Taylor who accuses Demi Enghemann of criticizing the skills of Jessi ngatikaura as a hairstyle (as extensions stylist, tosi’s tosi-tosy. In one episode, the group of pregnancy test roulette plays with a cast member who has struggled openly with infertility, while another strippers sees who perform for her husband on Jen Affleck after a trip to a Chippendales show in Las Vegas in the first season almost ended her marriage.

Below Paul talks to Variety About the reaction Online on season 2, because it was released on May 15, where the most heated scenes of the show – including that fight with Demi – were re -evolved and what the next step is outside of Momtok. NOTE: She wouldn’t say no to “The Bachelorette …”

How has it been since the show was broadcast and everyone’s reactions absorbed?

To be honest, it is still the same as season 1: a bit stunning. I feel that it certainly affects a different level of the public. I think more people are coordinated, because I think the second season is clearly much dramatic, and you see that many more people are talking about it.

You were in the reactions that your family defended after people saw that heated argument with your parents about Dakota. What was it like for viewers to see that scene – and what has the reaction of your family been?

It was clear that the scene was very hard and hard to view. I shot my eyes and looked at it. And you may see five minutes from what was probably an hour of scene. I hate to say it, but it is a good example of how we are assessed and raised in the LDS culture. Has the approach come hard and really difficult to watch? Absolute. But it goes without saying, frankly. My father and mother are my biggest supporters, and so it was really difficult for me to see them the hatred, because they are, yes, they are hard and bone, but the reason I have the capacity I do to take so many opinions of people is because I grew up everything to tell me blunt, good or bad. So for that I am always grateful for them.

We have all had familyiners that we are not proud of. I think most people can say that. And so for them to have one of the most difficult on TV – the people who talk about it, let’s watch your worst evening on television. You are probably not proud, right? So it’s just hard to do, put your life on the screen.

What was your father’s reaction who re -viewes that scene and had the only effect on his views on the situation?

He looked at it. He cried. He cried a lot of the episodes, because he clearly did not see all the pain in which I had and why. And he now knows more in the story than he, and he saw what he was, and he said, “Oh my God.” He and my mother were: “Maybe we should have followed a different approach.” And of course, the way they cut it is not exactly how it went.

What exactly happened to Demi who almost pulls out of the show contract?

Demi is very money-driven, and I think that’s what drives her for all this, and that’s great. In this case it is not a driver for me. To a certain extent, certainly, but that’s not all. And so when they offered us our contracts, Demi was “Oh no, we’re all going to walk.” And then Jessi came to the call and said, “Well, it’s not me. So you can walk.” And then it created this mess, because we have to be a team that does this.

Like, it’s reality TV. It is saturated. Nowadays [reality stars] are not paid the same as ever. Like, let’s be realistic here. Not only that, we are in season 1. We should not have a right. Let us build ourselves what we think we should earn, and not just hand it over to us. Only because we have a great season does this not mean that we deserve to have all this money. And so some of us could see it. But some of us, like Demi, wanted to fight for more.

And then there are brand agreements where she thinks she earned more, or most, because she “held the season on her back.” And so that was very difficult for me to listen to because she said she was the star and made threats, such as “Well, they can do better, or they will lose their star.” And for me I was stunned to hear it only because I think of the world: “In which world do you think you deserve that from all people?”

Not that I even asked for it, but I am the one who is here who shares almost everything of my life for that. Like, it comes with consequences, and you think you deserve more for what? Call people? Like, I don’t understand, and so I wanted her to explain it. So there was resentment because I have something like: “Why do you think you deserve this?” That was my most important issue of the season.

Where are you and Demi now?

All of this happened months ago, and I know it feels at the moment for everyone else – so fresh and so heated – and I understand it, because we were the same way as we are in it. But you have to remember, the time has passed for us. Time heals all wounds. For me I don’t have the energy to save the resentment, this hate against friends. I survive things in my personal life, with my family and at home, so I have no energy for that. So when people say: “You are very forgiving and it’s not real, it’s fake …” No, no, it’s all real. It is just like: “am I going to hold that and waste more energy that I don’t have to give to the resentment or the negative energy?” No, I am not. Like, let it go. Let it continue so that I can live happily.

How are the men in the show, such as Dakota and ZAC, compensated for their involvement?

I think all men have their own contract offers. I don’t know their exact number. If I knew, I don’t remember being honest. And because Dakota and I are not in the same house, I will not go.

Is Jen Affleck back in Momtok?

She tried to find back. She stepped away for her mental health and takes it step by step. She wants to come back and we are very hospitable for her. And I can resonate from all people with her in a low location. That was really hard to see in the show, her struggled. Take as much time for me as you need for any reason, because we do not know what is happening behind your closed doors. Jen, take care of yourself and when you are back, we are ready for you.

How many seasons of “Mormon Wives” do you think you have in you?

I would do so much if I have the opportunity to do. I don’t have much else now that I would choose the opportunity for the show. It is something I love, and I do it for work. So yes, I would like to keep doing it as long as they will have me.

People say you would make a great bachelor. Would that be something you would be interested in and did anyone reach you from other reality shows?

Absolutely, but if it were to be hindered ‘Mormon women’, I would not do that. Like, I would always choose this. But if I could do a crossover, and both absolutely, yes. “The Bachelorette” I think it would be a nice one.

How did it be in the show and changed in the public eye for you?

I am very afraid of going out and dating that. I can’t even imagine it happens for me. I don’t know the intentions of people, or if they just want to date to get to the show. And so you have to question the intentions of people. I also have three children, so who wants to come in and take over that role? But I do have a very good intuition, I will say. As I can see when something is right and when that is not the case. It is clear that I am not with my baby dad.

This interview has been edited and condensed.