Dakota Mortensen Sets Record Straight on Taylor Frankie Paul Relationship Timeline and Where They Stand Now

Dakota Mortensen is clarifying immoderate of nan good, bad and disfigured things that played retired betwixt him and Taylor Frankie Paul.

In an section of The Viall Files released connected Wednesday, June 4, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 32, opened up astir his individual improvement and really Paul, 31, came into it. The reality show's first play saw her making love Mortensen while she was recovering from nan infamous “soft swinging” scandal that ended her erstwhile marriage.

Mortensen told podcast co-hosts Natalie Joy and Nick Viall that he felt "scared" successful nan early days of his narration pinch Paul because of really overmuch he liked her. He conscionable wasn't judge if each of those beardown feelings were mutual.

"I was truthful acrophobic of really overmuch I liked Taylor and really acrophobic I was of her and knowing that I didn't cognize really what she wanted, aliases if this could moreover beryllium a thing," Mortensen said, noting really location was 1 facet that made him mobility whether aliases not their narration was going to activity out: Paul was "still talking to nan man she had an matter with," he recalled.

"I'm not stupid. I tin evidently publication those things. I still knew location was thing going connected there," said nan reality star. "I didn't really needfully want to springiness her 100 percent of maine because I was acrophobic of that. I didn't want to get wounded by that, because that's really I am. When I'm each in, I'm each in."

He continued to opportunity that nan business "led to immoderate of those dumb mistakes" successful nan early stages of their romance. Fans of nan bid cognize that their narration was filled pinch hostility from nan start, including an altercation that led to Taylor being charged pinch aggravated assault in 2023, a miscarriage and consequent gestation pinch their now-1-year-old son, Ever.

Season 1 concluded pinch a cliffhanger aft chap MomToker Mayci Neeley learned that Mortensen had been unfaithful. The Hulu show's sophomore installment began pinch Paul rehashing what she discovered astir her boyfriend's behavior.

"Right aft Ever was born, Dakota and I were surviving together and successful bliss pinch our caller baby, and I was moreover considering engagement. And past I learned that he was lying this full time," she revealed successful nan play 2 premiere.

Generally, nan 2 person continued to spot each different successful an on-again, off-again style. In play 2, Paul's family and religion added unit connected her to make things activity betwixt them, contempt her grappling pinch Dakota's infidelity.

During his quality connected The Viall Files, Mortensen erstwhile again had to look nan reality of his actions successful speech pinch Viall and Joy. They asked him really galore lies Paul believed Mortensen told, and he totaled nan number astatine four, though only 2 subordinate to things that happened while they were actively successful a relationship.

He indicated wherever they guidelines now erstwhile he referred to 1 dishonesty that is "really caller correct now," but he wasn't capable to specify immoderate further details.

Speaking pinch PEOPLE past month, Taylor besides shared an update on where she and Dakota stand, revealing, "I consciousness for illustration correct now we are individually moving connected ourselves and trying to heal, for not only ourselves, but for our son. So that's been nan main attraction nan past fewer months, past half of a year."

She continued, "But to me, I don't know, I ne'er opportunity never, but correct now it's conscionable individually trying to heal and activity connected things we needed to activity on."