Bachelorettes Doug Mason targeted over Taylor | TV Shows

The man who has been rumored to have gained Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette before it was scrapped has now spoken out about his expertise on the show.

The courting show was pulled by ABC just days before it was set to premiere new episodes starring the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, following new allegations of home violence with her ex, Dakota Mortensen, and the surfacing of a video from their 2023 encounter.

Now, amid experiences Paul, 31, is prepared to “bounce back” after not being charged following the new investigation, her alleged front-funner, Doug Mason, is reflecting on his expertise on the show.

The 28-year-old lifeguard was rumored to have had his proposal from Paul accepted while the show was filming, though she allegedly broke issues off not long after to return to Mortensen.

Now, after infinite rumors about the potential standing of his relationship with her, as properly as a collection of feedback that in contrast him to Mortensen, Mason is now opening up about the expertise.

Speaking to Charity Lawson and Rachel Recchia on the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast on Friday, April 18, Mason mentioned the comparisons that have emerged since the lads had been initially announced and confirmed to be a half of the season.

“It’s interesting because our initials are similar, or the same, me being Doug Mason and he is who he is. But you know it’s funny, it goes back to the same thing: I don’t know the guy. I only know what I’ve heard about him, which I don’t really love what I’ve heard. So I hate to be compared to somebody who has treated Taylor like that,” he said.

He also admitted the comparisons occurred while filming the show, main to him feeling “targeted.”

“On the show, it got a little silly…It was not just the boys, it was the show in general. Just the whole, people would bring him up, I would be there thinking, ‘I’m right here.’”

“There was a point…where I felt that they were targeting me, yup. But not the guys,” he added later. “The guys, at the end of the day, we all were there to see what happens. So even if there were little, I don’t want to call it envy or jealousy because at the end of the day [everybody] had so much to offer.”

“…To be honest with you, I’m pretty good at disarming…I moved around my whole life, so I’ve constantly locked in to people who don’t know and they judge me,” he added. “So I’m very used to that. I think there’s a certain point during this journey that it becomes evident that people are judging me before they get to know me, so you guys are just going to have to wait and see.”

Doug’s commentary comes as he has grabbed headlines since Taylor’s season was canceled, after he turned the first man to converse out about it on social media and throw help in the direction of her.

“In light of everything that has happened, I am just sending prayers to Taylor because that was her moment and her moment was blacked,” he said at the time.

One week later, the 2 also appeared to share a flirty exchange on one of his Instagram posts, where the aspiring musician launched a video of himself debuting a track.

The clip, which also noticed a duck strolling in a parking zone, noticed Paul reply to it, “Awe I see what you did here,” alongside a duck emoji.

Mason merely replied with two emojis: a listening ear and a shrug.