Rachael Kirkconnell can't wait to look at Taylor Frankie Paul hand out roses on The Bachelorette.
“I'm actually excited for her, [and] I hope everybody's good to her,” Rachael, 28, solely advised Us Weekly on the Elevating Cane's NYFW occasion on Wednesday, September 10. “I do know that it's, like, a scary factor being thrown into that world, however she already form of has a style of it. So yeah, I'm actually excited for her.”
ABC introduced on Wednesday that the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 31, can be the subsequent Bachelorette, marking the primary time that the franchise has solid one other actuality TV star because the lead.
“I feel that it appeared prefer it simply wanted a little bit refresh,” Rachael, who broke up with former Bachelor Matt James earlier this yr, added to Us. “I feel that she's gonna do precisely that. I'm excited.”
As for Taylor, she's greater than prepared to seek out The One on the rose-filled relationship present.
“What I'm most wanting ahead to is assembly a handful of individuals which are outdoors my bubble — and even when there's a pair in there, that's OK — however I'm simply excited to get to know totally different views and new elements about myself too,” Taylor lately advised Us. “[But] it's out of my consolation zone, so, clearly, it's scary. You're coping with emotions — and also you're coping with different folks's emotions — and I don't actually like to harm different folks's emotions, particularly while you're being susceptible and open.”
Taylor, who's a member of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, can be open to getting engaged on her journey. (Taylor was beforehand married to Tate Paul, with whom she shares two kids. She can be mother to son Ever, whom she welcomed in 2024 with ex Dakota Mortensen.)
Rachael Kirkconnell attends Elevating Cane's Vogue Present on Wednesday, September 10. Courtesy of Elevating Cane's
“As my mother likes to say, I do fall in love rapidly, and that's additionally the rationale I did it,” Taylor teased of discovering love. “I all the time name myself a lover lady as a result of I, like, fall for folks and I've achieved that previously. Clearly, I acquired married younger, and the primary man I dated was my second child daddy — so it was simply very fast.”
She added, “This time, it's going to be actually cool, as a result of … now I'm about so far, you already know, 20 [or] 30 guys, and I've by no means achieved that earlier than. I'm going to take my time, I'm going to form of, like, get to know folks.”
The Bachelorette premieres on ABC in 2026.
With reporting by Katerina Cotroneo
