‘Page Six’ Reports ABC Might Still Air ‘The Bachelorette’ (?!)

As you’re likely well aware, Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette was pulled by ABC amid TMZ releasing footage from a 2023 domestic incident between Taylor and Dakota Mortensen. And ABC even released a statement confirming the news, saying “In light of the newly released video just surfaced today, we have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of The Bachelorette at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family.” Which seems like a pretty clear confirmation that the show was, in fact, cancelled for good.

However! Page Six is out here reporting that “ABC may still air Taylor Frankie Paul’s Bachelorette season” due to being out “tens of millions” of dollars.

Per an industry source, “ABC left a window in their statement to bring [the show] back. They haven’t canceled it — they simply paused it.”

Another source says “I really feel that American loves a comeback story … if Taylor has got the right desire to fix this situation. We’ve been reading about toxic relationships all our lives, and this seems to be a very toxic relationship she has to figure out and so does [Mortensen]. ABC has got to figure out how to get this show on the air, and if you’re [Paul], you’re trying to rehab yourself.”

Meanwhile, The Sun reports pretty much the opposite of this: that The Bachelorette might never come back at all. “To be frank, as of right now, there’s a huge likelihood the franchise is dead,” their source claims. “That’s the whispers amongst the execs at the tip top that they don’t want it to come back. Ever. The new management doesn’t want this stain on their legacy and would rather just scrap this altogether. They don’t see a path forward to making the show work again and the interest and ratings were already at an all-time low.”

Guess we’ll see what happens?