Bachelorette Taylor Frankie Paul has been candid about raising her three children with her exes, but how will her season 22 men navigate coparenting?

Us Weekly exclusively revealed the 22 men vying for Taylor’s heart, and asked them to weigh in on coparenting the reality star’s three kids with ex-husband Tate Paul and ex Dakota Mortensen. (Taylor shares daughter Indy, 8, and son Ocean, 5, with Tate, whom she was married to from 2016 to 2022. She is also mom to son Ever, whom she welcomed in 2024 with Dakota.)

On the heels of Taylor being confirmed as the next leading lady, she exclusively spoke to Us and shared that she hadn’t personally told Dakota about her new role.

“I have not confirmed it with him. It’s just not something that’s been on, like, my priority list to confirm with him,” Taylor said in 2025. “I don’t know exactly how he’ll react or feel, but he does know that we opened the gates of dating other people. [He’ll] probably [be] sad. I assume that it’s like, ‘Whoa, she’s gonna be dating people, a lot, and then also, in front of me,’ and that’s probably gonna be kind of hard to watch.”

She continued, “I can’t speak for him, but I’d assume it wouldn’t be the best news he’s heard on that day.”

Scroll down to see how the men plan to handle coparenting with Dakota and Tate:

Clayton

Clayton told Us that he’s dated women with children in the past and hasn’t wanted to “try to come in and be their dads.”

“They have dads who love them and are in their lives, but I want to be another man in their life who’s able to love them and encourage them and support them in their dreams and stuff, too,” he explained.

Clayton shared that it would be a “dream” of his to have his own children one day, noting that’s a conversation he hopes to have with Taylor. “I got a long list of baby names ready to go, so if she’s willing, it is something I’d be excited to do as well, but I think as long as the kids are priority, I think that’s No. 1,” he said. “Being able to communicate with the fathers, the baby daddies and with the kids, as long as we’re all on the same page about supporting them, I think everything will be fine.”

Mike T

Mike T explained that he is the “youngest of a big Italian family,” meaning “everyone has kids” and he’s “been the No. 1 uncle for some years.”

“But yeah, that is a big lifestyle change,” he noted. “Being a bachelor for 36 years, I can take a nap at 10 a.m. if I want on a Saturday. I wouldn’t be able to do that anymore, right? But I’ve dated a woman with kids, and that was some good hands on experience. I appreciated waking up and going to the soccer practice and things of that nature.”

Mike T shared that he’s “ready for that purpose and challenge,” adding, “That’s something that’s been calling for me, and I see how my brother has been being a father and my sister-in-law, like, it’s just, it’s an amazing, beautiful thing. So I certainly want to take on that challenge.”

Christopher

Christopher, who is a dad and said his own coparenting is “great,” noted that he thinks coparenting with Taylor’s exes would be “fine.”

“I know how to coparent. But also, because I’ve dated people that have children, I know how to kind of stay out of certain parts of their relationship,” he explained. “I think that because of the type of person I am, I can step in when I need to, and speak sense to certain things, or just be mature also.”

Brandon

Brandon, who is also a dad, shared that “transparency” with Taylor’s exes is what he envisions his “role would be in that situation.”

“I don’t want to overstep boundaries. I’m not trying to be anybody’s biological father. I want to help be a role model for her children and be involved, but also not overstep what her baby daddies are kind of already doing,” he said. “If there are deadbeats, that’s a different scenario. I think I have a good understanding of what I envision as a coparent or a stepfather in my mind. It’s being involved, but not overstepping.”

Shane

Shane shared that he envisions being “supportive” of Taylor and her exes.

“Those are their children. I don’t have the ability to take a strong stance on things, put my foot down at this point,” he explained. “So it’s just being supportive of them and Taylor. I think they do a great job now of coparenting. I mean, the kids look so happy. So just like finding a way to get your foot in and continuing the flexibility and the flow of the raising the kids.”

Michael B

While reflecting on his approach with Taylor’s exes, Michael B shared: “I mean, I’m very easy to get along with, so if he’s easy to get along with, it’ll be easy. “

Brad

Brad shared that he was raised by a single mother, with his “amazing dad” also doing “a good job of being in [his] life” despite not being “the one necessarily raising [him].”

“My mom did a great job of raising me, too,” Brad continued. “I’ve seen that dynamic of being in somebody’s life but not getting to be there all the time, how to show up, things that I want to do differently, things I want to do the same. So I’ve experienced it on the kids side. So honestly I’m about as prepared as it could be to do that for one of the kids. I know what I should be doing and what I shouldn’t be doing and how to improve on it too. So yeah, I’m excited for it.”

Ronn

Ronn noted that Taylor’s dynamic with her exes is a “complicated situation,” but said he thinks he’s “one of the more equipped ones to deal with that.”

“I have been through a lot of therapy, and I think I’m mentally healthy, very self aware, and I think there’s a lot of things she could learn from me as a person, to be able to manage her life a little bit better,” Ronn explained. “So I’m not going to be the person adding friction to her life. I’m gonna make her life easier.”