Sometimes the best gift you can give yourself is a pause. And that’s exactly what we’re doing for Taylor Frankie Paul today—pressing pause on the chaos, even just for a moment, because the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star is celebrating her 32nd birthday.
If you’ve been following along, you know it’s been a genuinely rough stretch for her. Between the baby daddy drama with Dakota Mortensen, a scrapped Bachelorette season that never aired, and that alleged domestic violence video that made headlines, Paul’s reputation took some serious hits over the past year. The kind of headlines that stick around, that define how people see you online, that wear you down.
But birthdays have a way of resetting the narrative, at least for a day. They’re a chance to step back from the headlines and remember that there’s a whole person behind them—someone with friends, family, and yes, plenty of good photos worth celebrating. In that spirit, Paul’s got a gallery of shots that remind us she’s more than just the drama. Whether you’ve been following her story closely or just catching headlines in passing, it’s worth taking a look and giving her a little birthday love.
The internet can be brutal, but it can also be kind. Today feels like a day for the latter.
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Ava Hart
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