Taylor Frankie Paul is sort of able to share her full side of the story amid drama with The Secret Lies of Mormon Wives costar Mikayla Matthews.
“Almost to the purpose of doing a live again,” Taylor wrote via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, May 12, alongside a selfie. “Looks as if individuals are confused and falling for acts. Given the history. Everyone knows I’ll explain all of it, so it is smart of what’s REALLY occurring for many 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 to not 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 method even when it’s ugly. I just must stay focused.”
The pair’s feud was brought into the general public eye days prior, when fans accused Mikayla of failing to support Taylor and costar Jessi Draper amid their respective healing journeys. Mikayla shared on the time that she was “fed up,” before later elaborating in a separate post that she had “tried to remain 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” together 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 listen to from professionals fairly than keyboard warriors attempting to tell me what to do,” Taylor, 31, wrote […]
“Could probably write a book on every thing I’ve needed to say on this. Nothing I said denied that she’s experienced pain, trauma, or difficult things, there’s literally absolute confidence about that,” Matthews wrote via Instagram on Sunday, May 10. “Two things may be true. Someone may be hurting and still hurt people around them in the method.”
She added, “[My silence] was about not wanting to publicly take part in or normalize a cycle that was affecting everyone around it, especially where children and repeated violence were involved.”
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