Influencer Taylor Frankie Paul announces breakup with boyfriend, says it 'hurt worse' than her divorce

The Mormon influencer who gained traction posting content for new mothers is a mom of two children, Ocean and Indy

UPDATED JAN 9, 2023

Taylor Frankie Paul rang in the new year after breaking up with her boyfriend of six months, Dakota Mortensen (@taylorfrankiepaul/TikTok)

MONROE, UTAH: A little more than six months after Taylor Frankie Paul introduced her boyfriend Dakota Mortensen on TikTok, their split has been announced following a "devastating" ectopic pregnancy. The Mormon influencer, 28, has announced on a TikTok that she was taking the time to "be single and heal."

Daily Mail reports that Mortensen and Paul had started dating each other in July, only a few months after her divorce from ex-husband Tate Paul, who had divorced her over her ‘soft swinging’ controversy. The ‘MomTok’ influencer had announced that she had suffered an ectopic pregnancy seven weeks after she and Mortensen had learned that they were expecting their first child together. At the time of their getting together, Mortensen was months into his sobriety, and Paul was in the middle of divorce proceedings.

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Taylor had introduced her new flame post-divorce on TikTok. (Photo: taylorfrankiepaul/TikTok)

Her breakup announcement post on TikTok has garnered close to 7 million views and when a user had asked why the happy couple had split, Paul was quick to reply that it was ‘just off timing.’ She had also posted a follow-up video stating that her split with Mortensen had hurt much more than her divorce from husband Tate Paul. In that video, she posted a question to her followers indicating the same where she asked, “Can someone please explain how ending a six-month relationship hurt worse than ending a six-month marriage?” Her breakup with Mortensen had happened just days before the new year.

She also went so far as to ask her followers why she believed her split hurt more than her divorce. (Photo: taylorfrankiepaul/Instagram)

She returned to TikTok after the new year to let her followers know that she spent "the last four days in bed with major depression and anxiety." She also added that she "really could not get out of bed for the life of me. I did what I could when I had my kids, but I finally hit my rock bottom I think." She had also opened up about her ectopic pregnancy, stating that she had gotten her period after weeks of feeling "crazy" and that her hormones were all over the place.

She announced her breakup with Mortensen in a TikTok post. (Photo: taylorfrankiepaul/TikTok)

She also made her resolutions for the new year, by vowing to talk to her therapist and cleaning her home. She also vowed to schedule workout classes and schedule playdates with her children while working on herself in 2023. "I would like to make this year better. I would like to be a better friend, a better significant other, a better mother. I struggle with all those things…I know I was sh***y at all of them [last] year,” she said.