Taylor Frankie Paul Continues to Allude to Dakota Mortensen Breakup as She Wears Shirt She Gifted Him, and He Responds

Mar. 15, 2025

Dakota Mortensen and Taylor Frankie Paul.Photo:Disney/Fred Hayes

Disney/Fred Hayes

Taylor Frankie PaulandDakota Mortensencontinue to allude to their breakup online.

In aTikTokposted on Jan. 4, the 30-year-old mom-of-three showed off a t-shirt with several photos of her on it and wrote “I ended up having to keep this gift,” seemingly confirming that it was a gift for Mortensen, 31.

Dakota Mortensen on TikTok.Dakota Mortensen/Tiktok

Dakota Mortensen/Tiktok

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The latest TikToks come amid speculation that Mortensen and Paul split up after the pairspent the holidays separately. Paul talked about the “pain” of going from “chaos to pure silence” on Christmas after she spent time with her children separately from Mortensen.

On Dec. 31, Mortensen shared aTikTokof him moving into a new space, seemingly confirming that he and Paul were not living together. The same day, Paul reflected on her year in a candidTikTokshe posted on her page and revealed that 2024 was “the worst year of my life.”

Taylor Frankie Paul on TikTok.Taylor Paul/Tiktok

Taylor Paul/Tiktok

Paul didn’t go into great detail about those challenges since they would play out onThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wivesseason 2but explained that while she had some incredible opportunities over the year, she “cried before, after [and] in between” them.

“It was a year of a lot of unpacking,” she explained. “A lot of these things had to happen in order for there to be actual change.” Paul added that 2024 was also the year she finally “let the pain [of the last few years] in.”

“It doesn’t matter what external things you have in life, it will never make you happy if you’re not happy inside,” she continued. “It didn’t matter how much money I made or experience I got. Your happiness will come from within, not anything else.”

But despite those ongoing challenges from 2024, she was confident that 2025 was “going to be so good.”

source: people.com