Taylor Frankie Paul is seemingly taking another step out of the public eye by scrubbing her social media — and getting her assistant to run her accounts — following her exit from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
Eagle-eyed followers noticed on Wednesday, September 23, that Taylor, 32, no longer had any posts on her Instagram feed. Her bio also had a new message, which read, “Assistant here @madshellander running her account for a bit.”
Taylor’s assistant provided more information about her taking over the account in an Instagram Story upload.
“Hi guys I’m Maddy. Tay’s assistant. I will be helping her with socials for a bit,” she wrote. “Any inquiries just send to her DMs as normal.”
Maddy also clapped back at criticism after showing what her work day entailed, including a glimpse of her cleaning up Taylor’s home.
“Not that it’s anyone’s business, I’m here to help Taylor however it may be that day,” she continued. “There is much more that goes on outside of social media. Just a friendly reminder before judging what she or I do with our day.”
Taylor’s disappearance from social media comes after she teased her exit from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
“My gratitude goes to all the networks that supported me throughout this and gave me the chance to return. However I don’t desire to move forward like this,” she wrote via Instagram on Monday, September 21. “I originally was willing to be removed to let them all continue on with less stress, and I’m back to that point.”
After the show’s fifth season dropped earlier this month, Mikayla Matthews announced she would not be returning for more episodes if Taylor is involved. Taylor, for her part, called out the division between her and her costars — including Layla Taylor and Miranda McWhorter.
“Some of the girls know what I’ve been through and then to turn and collectively pile on with their ‘statements’ knowing there has been ongoing abuse through the system the last 8 months on top of what I’ve endured. Almost the entire cast plus some, going at me….laughing about my kids is disgusting,” Taylor claimed. “I bit my tongue there. These same people had meetings telling me I need to lead the way of pay….my voice was the only one that can make it happen and then they would work from what I demanded. I’m grateful I never followed through with their requests of demands and I’m grateful I kept same pay out of fairness and integrity.”
Taylor, who has made headlines for her legal issues with ex Dakota Mortensen, further explained her mindset about her future on the show.
“I agree it’s to the point of bullying for months now. What makes it harder to take in is some of these parents have made mistakes that would result in the same judgement I’m receiving yet pointing a finger,” she wrote. “However it’s a pleasure to remove myself so they can continue, because I’ve almost convinced myself I’m deserving of all this pain and to a certain degree absolutely this is consequences of my actions. My question has been how much suffering and scrutiny is going to be enough…I’m just relieved to be out.”
Amid the shakeup, a source gave Us exclusive insight into the difficult dynamics behind the scenes.
“It is a mess between the girls behind the scenes, and everyone has really turned their backs against Taylor Frankie Paul,” an insider shared. “Taylor has not been in a good place mentally and does not have many people who are supporting her publicly, which is hard.”
The source added: “Everything is up in the air. [The show] is renewed, but producers are very unclear about how the show will proceed.”
