Pizza Night Turned Interrogation: Taylor Frankie Paul's Explosive Texts to Dakota

When a simple dinner plan turns into a full-blown accusation, you know the relationship’s already in trouble. That’s exactly what happened in February 2025, when The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul fired off a series of heated texts to ex Dakota Mortensen over what should’ve been a straightforward evening—he was getting pizza. The messages, published by TMZ on Friday, July 10, reveal the kind of rapid-fire frustration and suspicion that underscores the ongoing custody battle between the former couple.

The texts themselves paint a picture of mounting tension. Paul, 32, kept reaching out to Mortensen, 33, about his plans, and when he finally replied that he was grabbing food, her response was sharp:“Who the f*** you with? F***ing sketch liar.”She doubled down, insisting he was actually out with girls, not getting pizza with a friend and his pal’s wife. It’s the kind of accusatory spiral that suggests deeper trust issues—whether justified or paranoid is another matter entirely. What’s telling is that Paul quickly pivoted: she later apologized for texting him“awful things”and acting“nuts,”which hints at the kind of push-pull dynamics that defined their relationship.

Context matters here. Paul and Mortensen were together off and on from 2022 to December 2024 and share a 2-year-old son, Ever. A major breaking point came when Paul accused Mortensen of inappropriate text conversations with a family friend. Then in February this year, both were pulled into a domestic violence investigation by Utah’s Draper City Police Department, though prosecutors ultimately declined to press charges against either party. A judge eventually awarded Mortensen temporary custody with Paul getting eight-hour weekly supervised visitation—a significant shift that reflected the court’s initial view of the situation.

Fast forward to this week, and things have loosened up somewhat. The custody arrangement was modified to give Paul more unsupervised time with Ever, with weekends now extending into Monday morning. Meanwhile, Paul’s also juggling a separate custody battle with her ex-husband Tate Paul over their two children, which took a turn when she voluntarily checked into rehab in early July for what she described as a mental health reset.

The pizza-text drama might seem trivial on its surface, but it’s actually a window into the kind of relationship dynamics that have kept these two in court for months. Whether it reveals genuine infidelity concerns or a pattern of unfounded suspicion, the courts have apparently decided Paul deserves more parenting time. For now, that’s the ruling that matters.