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The next Bachelorette for 2026 is Taylor Frankie Paul, star of Hulu’s hit reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives . ABC announced the casting on Sept. 10, with some help from Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper. The podcaster first teased a shake-up on Sept. 9, sharing a video in which she cut a cake with “Season 30” in blue icing — a nod to the upcoming milestone season of The Bachelor — but found pink filling inside. The post was captioned, “Change of plans” with a rose.

Cooper teased the twist further in a follow-up video, staging a phone call with ABC. “You want Call Her Daddy to announce the next Bachelor? What do you mean it’s the next Bachelorette? Shut up, how did you get her to say yes? But she’s never even been a part of The Bac

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