Reality royalty.

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul has been named the lead of Season 22 of “The Bachelorette.”

The move is historic for the ABC franchise, given all previous Bachelorettes came from a season of “The Bachelor.” The male-led series did this once, when Matt James became the Bachelor in 2021. 11

Paul, 31, shared the “surreal” news on Wednesday’s episode of Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast.

“It has not hit me right now in this moment,” the TikTok sensation explained. “I’m just thinking about it, and it’s not real. And it’s not going to be until I think the limo is pulling up, you know? And meeting the people.”

Paul expressed that she was in disbelief when she was picked to be on the dating show. 11

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“We had a meeting. I

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