{"id":1955,"date":"2026-05-13T14:23:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/jimmy-kimmel-cracks-joke-about-taylor-frankie-paul-throwing-a-chair-at-dakota-mortensen\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:23:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:23:37","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-cracks-joke-about-taylor-frankie-paul-throwing-a-chair-at-dakota-mortensen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/jimmy-kimmel-cracks-joke-about-taylor-frankie-paul-throwing-a-chair-at-dakota-mortensen\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel cracks joke about Taylor Frankie Paul &#8216;throwing a chair&#8217; at Dakota Mortensen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/jk-tfp.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jimmy Kimmel joked about Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/19\/entertainment\/abc-cancels-taylor-frankie-pauls-season-of-the-bachelorette\/\">\u201cBachelorette\u201d season getting \u201cpulled off air\u201d<\/a> during Tuesday\u2019s Disney upfronts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think I\u2019d see you guys again!\u201d the \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d host quipped onstage, referencing his <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/24\/entertainment\/emotional-jimmy-kimmel-gets-choked-up-after-returning-from-abc-suspension\/\">temporary suspension<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been through so much bulls\u2013t this year, it actually made me appreciate this bulls\u2013t,\u201d the comedian, 58, said of the annual presentation event.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Disney via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cYou see,\u201d he continued, \u201cin order for ABC to pull you off the air, you have to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/19\/celebrity-news\/taylor-frankie-paul-attacks-dakota-mortensen-with-chair-in-front-of-daughter-video\/\">throw a chair<\/a> at your Mormon boyfriend!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crack was a thinly-veiled joke about Paul\u2019s search for love being cancelled in March, days before it was set to premiere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MormonWivesHulu\/comments\/1tbh6gw\/jimmy_kimmel_explains_how_he_survived_suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit users \u201ccan\u2019t wait\u201d<\/a> for Paul, 31, to react to Kimmel\u2019s comment on social media, with one writing that the Emmy winner is \u201cin danger, girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Frankie Paul\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">The Bachelorette<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When ABC canceled Season 22 of \u201cThe Bachelorette, the \u201cSecret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d star was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/17\/entertainment\/taylor-frankie-pauls-alleged-domestic-violence-against-ex-halts-mormon-wives-filming\/\">under investigation for an alleged incident<\/a> with her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/10\/entertainment\/where-taylor-frankie-paul-ex-dakota-mortensen-stand-ahead-of-bachelorette-filming\/\">on-again, off-again boyfriend<\/a> \u2014 but it was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/10\/entertainment\/where-taylor-frankie-paul-ex-dakota-mortensen-stand-ahead-of-bachelorette-filming\/\">footage from her 2023 domestic violence arrest<\/a> that made the network pull the trigger.<\/p>\n<p>In the leaked video, recorded on Mortensen\u2019s cell, the MomTok star launched furniture at her then-partner while her 8-year-old daughter, Indy cried in the background.<\/p>\n<p>After Paul\u2019s arrest, she accepted a plea deal for third-degree felony count of aggravated assault, with the aftermath of the scandal documented on her Hulu reality show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Disney<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">ABC\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the throwback footage went viral earlier this year, ABC released a statement reading, \u201cWe have made the decision to not move forward with the new season of \u2018The Bachelorette\u2019 at this time, and our focus is on supporting the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We hear there is a chance the season could still come out one day as ABC \u201csimply paused\u201d it.<\/p>\n<p>Bachelor Nation members, meanwhile, have expressed mixed feelings over the unprecedented cancellation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Disney via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLet us see it,\u201d Demi Burnett urged ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/men-arent-s-with-demi-burnett-golden-hour\/id1473649053?i=1000766581255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during a \u201cBachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour\u201d episode<\/a> last week. \u201cSo many people worked hard on it. Not just her, there\u2019s a whole [crew].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/20\/entertainment\/taylor-frankie-paul-reacts-to-bachelorette-co-star-doug-masons-message\/\">winner of Paul\u2019s season is rumored<\/a> to be singer Doug Mason, and the pair are reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/28\/entertainment\/where-taylor-frankie-paul-stands-with-bachelorette-winner-doug-mason\/\">\u201ctrying to make [their] relationship work\u201d<\/a> as her and Mortensen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/20\/celebrity-news\/taylor-frankie-paul-loses-custody-of-son-after-disturbing-dakota-mortensen-fight-video-surfaces\/\">contentious custody battle over son Ever<\/a>, 2, plays out.<\/p>\n<p>In their most recent hearing, Paul and Mortensen were both <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/30\/celebrity-news\/judge-criticizes-taylor-frankie-paul-dakota-mortensen-in-protective-order-ruling\/\">granted three-year restraining orders<\/a> against each other.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Disney<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Dakota Mortensen\/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kimmel, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ih8jAIwdQIQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed Paul and co-star Whitney Leavitt<\/a> in 2025, had yet to comment on Paul\u2019s scandal prior to Tuesday\u2019s joke.<\/p>\n<p>As for his own scandal, Kimmel was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/22\/celebrity-news\/jennifer-aniston-and-ben-affleck-join-400-celebs-to-condemn-jimmy-kimmel-suspension\/\">benched for a week<\/a> in September 2025 \u2014 at the urging of the Trump administration \u2014 over a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/17\/entertainment\/jimmy-kimmels-late-night-show-pulled-off-the-air-over-his-controversial-charlie-kirk-remarks\/\">comment regarding Charlie Kirk\u2019s death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/27\/us-news\/melania-trump-blasts-coward-jimmy-kimmel-over-hateful-monologue-days-before-whcd-shooting\/?_gl=1*19ms2ae*_ga*NzkzNjU1MDUzLjE3NzY2OTUxMjg.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3Nzg2NzkyNjIkbzYyJGcxJHQxNzc4NjgxOTYzJGo1MSRsMCRoMA..\">called for Kimmel\u2019s firing<\/a> again last month, a source told us the network will be <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/28\/entertainment\/how-abc-is-handling-jimmy-kimmel-backlash-over-melania-trump-widow-joke\/\">\u201csticking by\u201d the host<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><em>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/13\/entertainment\/jimmy-kimmel-cracks-joke-about-taylor-frankie-paul-throwing-a-chair-at-dakota-mortensen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel joked about Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s \u201cBachelorette\u201d season getting \u201cpulled off air\u201d during 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