{"id":2727,"date":"2026-06-13T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/taylor-frankie-paul-says-she-is-emotionally-numb-as-legal-battle-with-ex-dakota-mortensen-continues\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T21:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:57:00","slug":"taylor-frankie-paul-says-she-is-emotionally-numb-as-legal-battle-with-ex-dakota-mortensen-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/taylor-frankie-paul-says-she-is-emotionally-numb-as-legal-battle-with-ex-dakota-mortensen-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Frankie Paul Says She Is &#8216;Emotionally Numb&#8217; As Legal Battle With Ex Dakota Mortensen Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2229491\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/taylor-frankie-paul\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Taylor Frankie Paul<\/strong><\/a> says she\u2019s become \u201cemotionally numb\u201d amid her legal battle with ex <strong>Dakota Mortensen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>She took to her <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/taylorfrankiepaul\/3918463652167772327\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Instagram Stories<\/a> on Saturday (June 12) to share an update on how things have been going for her lately, writing, \u201cTbh I\u2019ve gone emotionally numb.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> star was responding to a fan who said, \u201cI\u2019m going through your exact situation I wish I could talk more on it! I\u2019m so stuck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what to say anymore other than I\u2019m right there with a lot of you,\u201d <strong>Taylor<\/strong> continued. \u201cWish I could be more helpful. Not sure when the nervous system switched\u2026 I can\u2019t even cry lately which is very unlike me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is emotional overwhelm or numbness, both are coping mechanisms,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/taylor-frankie-instagram.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/taylor-frankie-instagram.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Frankie Paul Instagram Story\" class=\"wp-image-2229492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/taylor-frankie-instagram.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/taylor-frankie-instagram-428x693.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Credit: Instagram: @taylorfrankiepaul<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The domestic violence investigation against <strong>Taylor<\/strong> led to the Hulu show pausing production, but it <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/28\/secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-resumes-filming-after-taylor-frankie-paul-investigation-caused-production-pause\/\">started back up again in late May<\/a>. Season 5 will allegedly now only include the five episodes that were filmed before the pause.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, <strong>Taylor<\/strong> shared a candid post on Instagram to provide an update on her <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/04\/30\/taylor-frankie-paul-dakota-mortensen-attend-court-hearing-ordered-to-stay-100-feet-away-from-each-other\/\">ongoing custody battle<\/a> with <strong>Dakota<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so sad because nobody wants to be like this. I hate that I am no longer myself. I hate that I stayed for so long,\u201d she wrote. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/15\/taylor-frankie-paul-admits-she-is-fully-not-innocent-amid-ongoing-drama-explains-why-she-stayed-with-ex-dakota-mortensen\/\">Read her entire statement here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/dakota-mortensen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Dakota Mortensen<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/hulu\/\" rel=\"tag\">hulu<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/taylor-frankie-paul\/\" rel=\"tag\">Taylor Frankie Paul<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/13\/taylor-frankie-paul-says-she-is-emotionally-numb-as-legal-battle-with-ex-dakota-mortensen-continues\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Images Taylor Frankie Paul says she\u2019s become \u201cemotionally numb\u201d amid her legal battle with ex Dakota Mortensen. She took to her Instagram Stories on Saturday (June 12) to share an update on how things have been going for her lately, writing, \u201cTbh I\u2019ve gone emotionally numb.\u201d The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/taylor-frankie-paul-update.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[733,5138,4616,4614,4612,4618,4617,4615,326,87],"class_list":["post-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","tag-battle","tag-continues","tag-dakota","tag-emotionally","tag-frankie","tag-legal","tag-mortensen","tag-numb","tag-paul","tag-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}