{"id":2012526,"date":"2025-09-10T21:23:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2012526"},"modified":"2025-09-10T21:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:23:58","slug":"rachel-lindsay-weighs-in-on-taylor-frankie-pauls-polarizing-bachelorette-casting-this-is-chaotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rachel-lindsay-weighs-in-on-taylor-frankie-pauls-polarizing-bachelorette-casting-this-is-chaotic\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Lindsay Weighs In On Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s \u2018Polarizing\u2019 \u2018Bachelorette\u2019 Casting: \u2018This Is Chaotic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hours after news of <strong>Taylor Frankie Paul<\/strong>\u2019s casting as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/taylor-frankie-paul-bachelorette-5-152408282.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the next Bachelorette;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the next <em>Bachelorette<\/em><\/a> spread like wildfire, former lead <strong>Rachel Lindsay<\/strong> shared her initial reaction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI know it\u2019s been awhile since I\u2019ve had a few thoughts or conversations about <em>The Bachelor<\/em>. But this is the kind of stuff that\u2019ll bring me back,\u201d Lindsay, 40, said in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@therachellindsay\/video\/7548505967688781069?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TikTok;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TikTok<\/a> video shared Wednesday, September 10. \u201cI think this is great. I think this is fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lindsay acknowledged that some viewers may disagree with the network\u2019s choice, calling it \u201cpolarizing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s somebody who is not affiliated with the franchise in any kind of way. She comes from a totally different show,\u201d Lindsay continued. \u201cThey\u2019re doing something new. And, let\u2019s be honest, they have to.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disney\/Michael Kirchoff<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She went on to explain that <em>The Bachelor<\/em> franchise needed to \u201cdo something different\u201d in order to draw in new viewers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe format is dead,\u201d she added. \u201cYou gotta jump into the chaos. This is chaotic,\u201d she said, pointing to a photo of Paul, 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Lindsay \u2014 who starred as the lead during season 21 \u2014 viewers will either turn in because they love Paul, who star\u2019s on Hulu\u2019s <em>Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em>,\u00a0or because they love to hate her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat\u2019s going to translate to viewers, and dollars. And that\u2019s gonna make sense for the franchise. I think that this is a risky leap, but I honestly think that it\u2019s worth it at the end of the day,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a hot ass mess, and I\u2019m here for every bit of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hours after news of Taylor Frankie Paul\u2019s casting as the next Bachelorette spread like wildfire, former lead Rachel Lindsay shared her initial reaction. \u201cI know it\u2019s been awhile since I\u2019ve had a few thoughts or conversations about The Bachelor. But this is the kind of stuff that\u2019ll bring me back,\u201d Lindsay, 40, said in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2012527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[367765,368337],"class_list":["post-2012526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-frankie-paul","tag-rachel-lindsay"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rachel-Lindsay-Weighs-In-On-Taylor-Frankie-Pauls-\u2018Polarizing-\u2018Bachelorette.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}