'The Bachelorette' Winner Doug Mason Speaks Out After Taylor Frankie Paul Admits to Cheating with Dakota Mortensen | Just Jared

Doug Mason is finally speaking out about Taylor Frankie Paul‘s canceled season of The Bachelorette.

If you don’t recall, Taylor previously confirmed that she got engaged while filming her now-unaired season of the ABC dating show, and we now know that Doug was the man who proposed.

In the newly released fifth season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Taylor reveals that she slept with ex Dakota Mortensen while she was still engaged to Doug.

Doug Mason Is Now Speaking Out About The Bachelorette at Length For the First Time

“What’s up, everybody? We’ve gotta talk about something. Let’s talk about The Bachelorette,” he said on Instagram.

“That experience has been looming in my life for some time, and although I’ve been moved on for a long time, I think it’s important that I express to you guys that I have. I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity just to go on the show, and I met some brothers, and I learned a lot about myself. I have officially moved on and this is me saying that. So I hope that everybody can understand that it was in my past and now I’m focusing on my future,” he continued.

“[I’m] just sending out prayers to Taylor, ‘cause that was her moment and her moment was blocked. All we can do right now is just be hopeful,” he added.

What Happened Between Taylor Frankie Paul & Dakota Mortensen After The Bachelorette?

“I don’t like the word cheating though,” she said while discussing what happened, according to Entertainment Weekly.

“I don’t really want to tell Doug [about sleeping with Dakota], but I know that I have to,” she said on the show, according to EW. “However, there’s a lot of other things on my mind.”

Taylor continued sleeping with Dakota after she returned from filming. Dakota was also dating a woman named Emma at the time.

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