What is up, Daddy, gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy.

Taylor Frankie Paul, welcome to Call Her Daddy.

Thank you.

I think let's just get right into it.

Okay.

You are on Call Her Daddy so we can officially announce that you are this season's Bachelorette.

How are you feeling? To be honest, surreal. It has not hit me like right now in this moment. I'm just

thinking about it and it's like it's not real. It's not real.

And it's not going to be until I think the limo is pulling up, you know, and be like, meeting the people.

So nervous. How did I get here? Like in my head, I'm like, how was this happening? That is my

little, it's my answer. Well, I would also say, like, I think people are going to be so shocked and surprised for multiple reasons.

First being that this was supposed to be the season of The Bachelor.

Like, there is supposed to be a man that's sitting there right now that I'm announcing.

And instead, it's you, which is the best surprise ever.

But how did it get to be you? I'll give my perspective. I don't know like how that worked out in my favor, but I was, I made a TikTok actually being like, you know, well, because people are like, you should go on the bachelor. I'm obviously my relationship was not, you know, it didn't work out or it wasn't working out and people could see that.

And like, you should just, you know, go on the bachelor. I used to see like little side comments.

So I made a funny video. And this was actually three years prior. I made the same video. But I was like, hey, I'm single. I think I'm looking for someone. That's what the TikTok saying. I hope someone will take me, you know, I'm on probation, I'm also this, and all these things

aligned that actually had been, it's like a Lindsay Lohan TikTok. I've seen it. So, and then I literally like, ah, this is funny, the Bachelorette, send it off. And then once I did, like, people started tagging like the Bachelorette, like, you should, you should, you should. And then I don't know that got their attention or someone that was like, yeah, maybe. And then it was mostly, it was a joke to me,

like unattainable. Right. I don't think I'm never going to be the bachelor. No, but I'll make a fun TikTok. Yeah. And then I think, yeah, I heard there was some talking and then it was like, we had a meeting and then I still didn't believe it until like I got the invitation of will you be our bachelor's.te and I was just like same thing shaking pacing back and forth I was like there's no way there's no way when they offered it to do you have any hesitations um yes okay talked to me about those I did I was I guess going in my head I'm like okay how do I make this work I'm a-parent. I have two baby daddy's not one. So I'm dealing with two different people, right? My children, my home base is here. Can I travel that long? Can I be gone that long? But then I'm also thinking on the side, I'm like, I have the other two moms, you know, that are in my group are doing dancing with the stars and they brought their family out, but also they have their husbands with them. So for me, I'm like, is this possible for me to do, like, as a single mom, can I make it work realistically no matter how much I want this? And, you know, I was like, I can. If I want to, I can. You can do anything you want if you want. And it's, it comes down to that. So I was just like, I will make it work. I have a team of people that I don't think I utilize. Like, you know, I can have them and, you know, help. I can ask for help more. And I don't, you know, usually. But I came to a point where I cannot do all of this alone. So, you know, I hired on my family assistant nanny. And I was just like, we're going to do it. I mean, it's such a huge opportunity. And I also recognize that the double standards of being a woman and a mom versus being a man and versus being a father. It's like the dads get to just go. And everyone's like, oh, he's like thriving. And if a mom ends up doing something for herself, it's like there is a double

standard of like, you're such a bad mom. How could you do this? So I do appreciate you sharing that.

But there's like a lot of conversations that had to be had in order for you to think about taking

this journey with yourself because it also involves your family. Yes. What was your family's

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