00:00Taylor Frankie Paul said in an Instagram post that she is stepping away from the secret lives
00:04of Mormon wives, primarily citing bullying from her castmates over her personal issues.
00:09This comes just over a week after the fifth season of the hit reality series premiered on Hulu.
00:14The Mother of Three wrote,
00:16My gratitude goes to all the networks that supported me throughout this
00:19and gave me the chance to return.
00:21However, I don't desire to move forward like this.
00:24I originally was willing to be removed to let them all continue on with less stress
00:28and I'm back at that point.
00:30Some of the girls know what I've been through
00:32and then did turn and collectively pile on with their statements
00:35knowing there has been ongoing abuse through the system
00:38the last eight months on top of what I've endured.
00:40Almost the entire cast plus some going at me.
00:44Laughing about my kids is disgusting and I bit my tongue there.
00:47These same people had meetings telling me I need to lead the way of pay.
00:51My voice was the only one that can make it happen
00:54and then they would work from what I demanded.
00:56I'm grateful I never followed through with their requests of demands
00:59and I'm grateful I kept the same pay out of fairness and integrity.
01:03I treated production and crew with respect always.
01:05In fact, they are ones who checked on me throughout this.
01:08I agree it's to the point of bullying for months now.
01:11What makes it harder to take in is some of these parents have made mistakes
01:14that would result in the same judgment I'm receiving yet pointing a finger.
01:18However, it's a pleasure to remove myself so they can continue
01:21because I've almost convinced myself I'm deserving of all this pain
01:24and to a certain degree, absolutely, this is consequences of my actions.
01:29My question has been how much suffering and scrutiny is going to be enough.
01:32I'm just relieved to be out.
01:34Paul also shared a carousel of screenshots,
01:37presumably of social media comments,
01:39that back up her claims of bullying.
01:41She also addressed why she wasn't in the secret lives of Mormon Wives show intro,
01:45explaining,
01:46I wasn't in the intro because on my way I was sent messages stating
01:50there was a group that wanted to get me to the point of committing suicide.
01:54I turned around sick, wanting to be home.
01:57Real or not, someone made them for me to read.
01:59In March, the show temporarily halted production
02:02while Paul was being investigated for alleged domestic violence
02:05against her ex, Dakota Mortensen.
02:07Amid the scandal, ABC decided to shelve her season of The Bachelorette.
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