Taylor Frankie Paul is almost ready to share her full side of the story amid drama with The Secret Lies of Mormon Wives costar Mikayla Matthews.
“Almost to the point of doing a live again,” Taylor wrote via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, May 12, alongside a selfie. “Seems like people are confused and falling for acts. Given the history. We all know I’ll explain it all, so it makes sense of what’s REALLY going on for those who are speaking at me or about me.”
Taylor paired the post with J. Cole’s track “She Knows.” In a separate Instagram Story upload on Tuesday, Taylor shared screenshots of messages from users encouraging her not to be “silent” and use her “voice” amid the drama.
“I hear you guys,” Taylor wrote. “I’m not going anywhere or logging off. I’m sharing the process even if it’s ugly. I just need to stay focused.”
The pair’s feud was brought into the public eye days prior, when fans accused Mikayla of failing to support Taylor and costar Jessi Draper amid their respective healing journeys. Mikayla shared at the time that she was “fed up,” before later elaborating in a separate post that she had “tried to stay as removed” as possible from Taylor’s legal drama with ex Dakota Mortensen. (Taylor temporarily lost custody of son Ever, 2, after an alleged domestic violence incident between her and Dakota. Utah police ultimately declined to press charges.)
Taylor, for her part, seemingly fired back in a cryptic Mother’s Day post, accusing an unnamed person of being a “snake friend” and kicking her while she’s down. She also seemingly referenced “concerns” with her filming Mormon Wives season 5, which halted production amid her alleged altercation with Dakota. (Us Weekly confirmed last month that filming resumed, but Taylor hasn’t appeared on camera yet.)
Mikayla, meanwhile, doubled down on the feud.
Taylor Frankie Paul has fired back at “keyboard warriors” amid her latest falling out with The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives costar Mikayla Matthews. “Today, I talked to a trauma specialist and my coach and it’s validating to hear from professionals rather than keyboard warriors trying to tell me what to do,” Taylor, 31, wrote […]
“Could probably write a book on everything I’ve had to say on this. Nothing I said denied that she’s experienced pain, trauma, or difficult things, there’s literally no question about that,” Matthews wrote via Instagram on Sunday, May 10. “Two things can be true. Someone can be hurting and still hurt people around them in the process.”
She added, “[My silence] was about no longer wanting to publicly participate in or normalize a cycle that was affecting everyone around it, especially where children and repeated violence were involved.”
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