The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul offered insight into her workout routine — or lack thereof — following her split from Dakota Mortensen.
During an Instagram Q&A on Monday, January 20, Taylor, 30, was asked about how she stays in shape, to which she replied, “I don’t work out because I don’t eat enough calories to be burning them. No diet, just stress.”
Taylor was subsequently asked how she was coping with her breakup from Dakota, 31, after the pair sparked split speculation last month.
“I cry everyday. That’s grief, let it through so it can pass and you can heal,” she noted. “The more you resist the pain coming through the longer the suffering, learn this the hard way.”
Taylor and Dakota have yet to confirm their relationship status, but the twosome have been dating on and off since before The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered on Hulu in September 2024. Dakota was Taylor’s first public boyfriend after her divorce from husband Tate Paul following their “soft swinging” sex scandal.
Viewers got a front row seat to Taylor and Dakota’s tumultuous relationship — including her domestic violence arrest — throughout the first season of the reality series.
Taylor was charged with aggravated assault, two counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child, child abuse with injury and criminal mischief after a heated fight with Dakota in February 2023. Taylor pleaded guilty six months later to aggravated assault, while the other four charges were dismissed with prejudice. She reached a plea deal in March 2023.
Taylor previously admitted to Us Weekly that it wasn’t easy watching the drama unfold on screen.
“I feel like I might’ve vented to my mom and been a little harsh — and he’s very sensitive — so I feel like it could be a lot harder for him,” she exclusively told Us in September 2024. “Also it could be triggering, too, to bring up these conversations. Especially, I think I’ve heard the [season] cliffhanger, so that in itself stirs up some stuff. We are doing good today, we’re going through work, so I really hope that not too much comes out.”
Taylor also told Us that she was in no rush to get engaged to Dakota, adding, “I just want to take my time with this time around, this is my second marriage. It is going to be very important to me, and I don’t want to end up in another situation of being divorced.”
She continued: “So, I really just want everything to be really solid and have a foundation of trust. And so I feel like that takes time. I would love for that to be the end goal. But right now, I think building it up to that is where I’m at.”
One month later, Taylor revealed she and Dakota were at odds off screen.
“I would say we’re working on things and I actually have no idea where it goes with us from here. We are not fully together, but not fully done. I don’t know where the future holds with him and I,” she admitted to Us. “It’s just a lot. So I’m coping and trying to cope. But I don’t want to watch the show.”
The pair appeared to reconcile, but they once again sparked split speculation in December 2024, revealing in separate TikTok videos that they weren’t celebrating Christmas as a family. The drama is expected to be front and center during season 2 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
