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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 4 might not be the best promo for The Bachelorette.
Even before news broke that Season 5 production had paused, Taylor Frankie Paul was ruffling feathers.
The Bachelor alum Sydney Warner condemned Paul for not meeting the “standards” of the franchise.
Calling out the “dying franchise,” she despaired at Taylor’s casting as a desperate bid for ratings.
‘This is so upsetting’
On Sunday, March 15, Sydney took to her Instagram Story to put Taylor Frankie Paul on blast.
As SLOMW viewers are aware, Taylor’s departure for The Bachelorette didn’t exactly go off without a hitch.
Dakota Mortensen claimed that the two of them had slept together the night before.
Taylor and Dakota are exes. He is her baby daddy, as they share young Ever.
Sydney felt incensed, posting her feelings about Taylor taking on the role of leading lady on ABC’s long-running reality franchise.
“This is so upsetting,” Sydney expressed. “I am a result of being on The Bachelor, I owe a lot to that franchise.”
She wrote: “The Bachelor is one of the most iconic shows of all time & was so highly respected because they held the contestants to such a standard.”
(We cannot verify that the Bachelor franchise has been “respected.”)
“It was such an honor to be on the cast, let alone be casted as the LEAD,” she gushed. “That’s life changing.”
Seeing Taylor’s drama play out, she said, was a crushing disappointment.
‘What has happened to morals and values?’
“To watch this and see the soon to be lead completely disrespect the stage that she has been given, the men who put their entire lives on hold to come and meet her is horrible,” Sydney complained.
She then asked: “What has happened to morals and values?”
Sydney didn’t stop there — blasting The Bachelor and all of its spinoffs as “a dying franchise.”
And that, she said, is no excuse for casting Taylor.
“Why not let the show die out with class and dignity and not stoop down & claw and scrape just to get views,” she asked.
“I feel so bad for those guys,” Sydney said of Taylor’s suitors.
“Seriously this is hard to watch someone completely not care about something so prestigious,” she lamented.
Sydney claimed that the title of Bachelorette is a role “that so many girls would do anything to be given.”
She despaired: “What is going on???”
A mess is what’s going on.
She paints a very rosy picture of ‘The Bachelor’ in years past …
There’s so much to say about Taylor Frankie Paul — or there will be, once we know more about her fight with Dakota.
But as for Sydney’s complaints … how shall we put this. Is The Bachelor a dignified and “respected” institution?
Or is it a weird human auction in which beautiful people who can afford to take weeks off of work to go through emotional ups and downs in the hopes of landing a doomed-to-fail marriage — or, at least, more Instagram followers and podcast opportunities?
Just for the record, Arie Luyendyk Jr. reportedly only broke up with his (real) girlfriend three days before he was announced as the Bachelor.
People have condemned plenty of members of the Bachelor Fam — including Sydney’s former classmate, Hannah Brown — along similar lines.
That said, Taylor really is a mess. And ABC and Hulu are both Disney properties, clearly trying to transfuse the popularity of Hulu’s relatively new trainwreck into ABC’s longstanding trainwreck.
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In the wake of her husband’s death, Utah resident Kouri Richins wrote a children’s book about processing grief.
Now, she’s been convicted of murder.
On Monday, a jury deliberated for just three hours before returning with a guilty verdict.
Prosecutors say Kouri murdered her husband, Eric Richins, by serving him a Moscow Mule cocktail that had been spiked with the opioid Fentanyl.
According to investigators, the drink contained a dose five times greater than what would normally be considered lethal.
Richins has been convicted on five counts, including aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder, both of which carry maximum sentences of life in prison.
She was also convicted on charges of mortgage fraud and forgery, after she allegedly signed to close on a massive real estate deal the day after her husband was killed.
Richins pleaded not guilty on all charges, and she’s due back in court on May 13 to be sentenced.
During the trial, prosecutors also alleged that Kouri first tried to poison Eric’s sandwich on Valentine’s Day.
They also claimed that she carried on a years-long affair behind his back.
“I do want a future together. I do want you. Figure life out together,” Kouri texted Robert Josh Grossmann two weeks before her husband died (via CNN).
“If he could just go away and you could just be here! Life would be so perfect!!! I love you.”
Grossmann was a contractor who frequently worked for the real estate company owned by Richins.
They dreamed of a future together, but prosecutors say the murder was motivated more by money than love.
“The evidence will prove that Kouri Richins murdered Eric for his money and to get a fresh start at life,” Brad Bloodworth, chief prosecutor in the Summit County Attorney’s Office, said in his opening statement.
“More than anything, she wanted his money to perpetuate her facade of privileged affluence and success.”
Kouri’s defense lawyer, Kathy Nester, called for a mistrial, claiming the prosecution had made missteps during his closing — but the motion was rejected by Judge Richard Mrazik.
“They’re going to spend weeks in this trial trying to convince you that Kouri had reasons to kill her husband, because they can’t show you that she did kill her husband,” Nester said in her opening statement.
No word yet on how this conviction might impact sales of Richins’ book for grieving families.
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Elmiene Releases New Single ‘SAVIOUR’
Elmiene’s debut album is almost here. In the meantime, he’s given us another enticing preview.
“SAVIOUR” is the latest single from the British-Sudanese singer-songwriter’s debut album songs for someone. Produced by Sampha, the album is set for release March 27 on Def Jam and Polydor.
“’SAVIOUR’ is me calling to my childish desires and not just brushing them away, but taking them for as serious as they really really are” Elmiene says. “We all just want a hero. Word to Enrique Iglesias. Since I was addressing childhood issues, I needed my big brother Sampha to see me through to the end.”
In addition to the funky, effervescent studio recording of “SAVIOUR,” Elmiene has released a live performance video featuring Sampha. With Sampha on piano, the song is transformed into a heartwrenching ballad as Elmiene grabs a mic and channels powerful emotions. His soulful, fluttering vocals put him in continuum with greats from Stevie Wonder to Frank Ocean, but his voice and perspective are all his own.
Elmiene’s road to songs for someone included previous singles “HONOUR,” “Reclusive,” “Cry Against The Wind,” and the bonus track “I Want In.” Together, they’ve cohered into a portrait of a burgeoning talent recently identified by Billboard as R&B’s “Rookie of The Month.”
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Songs for someone was inspired by Elmiene’s two-decade journey to this moment, chronicling myriad familial struggles and personal ups and downs along the way. “Making this album was painful,” he says. “I felt lonely sometimes, I felt loved sometimes. I felt guilty sometimes and I felt forgiven sometimes but most of all it was an important duty to myself that I needed to fulfil.”
Following the album’s release, Elmiene’s will launch his songs for someone tour. Promoted by Live Nation Urban, the sold-out jaunt will take him to 18 North American cities this spring.
Listen to Elmiene’s new single, “SAVIOUR,” here.
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The Illinois primaries have seen gobs of spending, both in the highly watched Senate race and further down the ballot in competitive open House seats.
Groups affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee have poured millions of dollars into key contests, potential 2028er and Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker has found himself at odds with several prominent Black leaders in the state, and generational fights continue to plague the Democratic Party post-2024.
Here’s what POLITICO is watching today.
Can AIPAC avoid another fumble?
AIPAC faced backlash from moderate Democrats last month after inadvertently boosting a progressive candidate in New Jersey who said Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza. It’s hoping not to make the same mistake again.
The group is facing a major test of its political muscle in Illinois as Democrats increasingly scrutinize Israel and AIPAC itself. It’s spending heavily in several House races, most notably in the contest to replace retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the 9th district.
But Democratic strategists have warned that the group’s attacks on Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss — the grandson of a Holocaust survivor who has criticized Israel — have created a late opening for progressive insurgent Kat Abughazaleh, a Palestinian-American who’s an even more vocal critic, rather than effectively boosting the AIPAC-preferred candidate, state Sen. Laura Fine. AIPAC has made a sharp pivot in the final stretch of the campaign, turning its focus squarely on Abughazaleh instead.
“There’s been a strategy shift,” said a person directly familiar with AIPAC’s thinking, granted anonymity to discuss private conversations. “Our primary goal in Illinois is to prevent potential ‘Squad’ members from being elected to Congress.”
The big question for Tuesday will be whether that change in strategy happened too late to avoid another embarrassment for AIPAC.
Will JB’s involvement help or hurt him?
Pritzker has been vocally supporting, and heavily funding, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton’s campaign for Senate against Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly. That move has rankled some prominent Black leaders.
“A sitting governor shouldn’t be heavy-handing the race,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke, whose caucus is supporting Kelly, told Punchbowl earlier this month. “Quite frankly, his behavior in this race won’t soon be forgotten.”
The worry from Black Democrats is that Kelly and Stratton — both Black women — could end up splitting the Black vote, with Pritzker’s endorsement driving that wedge further. That may help Krishamoorthi win the race and kill their chances of electing a Black woman to the Senate this cycle.
Krishnamoorthi has led most public polls of the race and had a big cash advantage early on, allowing him to get up on TV earlier than his opponents. Pritzker’s money has helped Stratton close the gap, while Kelly sits in third in most public polls.
“People are conflicted as to whether or not they should go with the best candidate who they like, or do they go with what the polls are saying as the most viable candidate,” former Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who supports Kelly, said in an interview last week. “That’s the tension and the conflict that I’m hearing kind of across the board, but particularly among Black Illinoisans.”
What do all the races say about the future of the Democratic Party?
Both the Israel debate and racial tensions — as well as the growing generational divide in the Democratic Party — have dominated Illinois’ primary contests.
Tuesday’s results will be another early test, following Texas earlier this month, for where the party is headed as it still grapples with across-the-board losses to Republicans in 2024.
How do the outside influences fare?
More than $35 million has been poured into TV ads on Illinois races, according to AdImpact, with tech interests leading the way: pro-AI and pro-Crypto industry groups have combined to spend more than $15 million. It’s a dizzying sum that has shocked many veteran Illinois political strategists who are long accustomed to bruising campaigns.
Some candidates have openly courted — and practically begged for — support from these groups. Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. — who is running to reclaim the IL-02 seat he once held — used AI in an ad to enhance former Rep. Bobby Rush’s voice (D-Ill.) after it was damaged from treatment he underwent to battle throat cancer.
The groups’ huge spending to get allies in Congress could shape the heated policy debate over how to regulate two fast-growing industries. How well their chosen candidates fare will help guide their future spending later this year.
Who turns out?
Turnout among Hispanic voters was a strong point for Democrats in the Texas primary, not to mention several special elections in recent months, driven by backlash to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement along with continued economic uncertainty.
We will see whether that continues in Tuesday’s primaries, particularly in Chicagoland — which was shaken by a deportation blitz of its own last fall but where most of the primaries are for safe blue seats.
There’s also the question of turnout in primaries where support for Israel has been a major issue. A Senate primary should bring voters to the polls across the state, but POLITICO will be watching for how much higher turnout is in the 2nd, 7th, 8th and 9th districts to gauge how much Democrats’ intraparty disagreements about the issue — and the flood of outside money that has come with that — uniquely drives voting.
Alec Hernández and Jessica Piper contributed to this report.
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