Michaela Matthews feuds with Taylor, Frankie Paul

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Star Michaela Matthews There’s still a lot to say tyler frankie paul Call her “Snake Friend.”

Matthews, 26, wrote in the comments section of a fan video discussing the drama between her and Paul: “Everything I have to say about this could fill a book. Nothing I say denies that she has been through something painful, traumatic or difficult, that’s for sure.” Instagram May 10 (Sunday). “Two things could be true. Someone could get hurt and still hurt people around them in the process.”

Matthews added that she “never” wanted to see Paul “fail, suffer or be canceled.”

“It’s about no longer wanting to publicly engage in or normalize cycles that affect everyone around them, especially when it comes to children and recurring violence,” she responded.

Matthews also accused Paul of claiming someone was a bad friend to her.

“I also will not buy into the bad friends and snake friend narrative. Especially when so many of us spent years investing genuine care, time, energy and emotional labor in trying to support her through an extremely toxic situation,” she wrote. “Like we took a few weeks out from the newborn stage, not even a few months postpartum, but a few weeks postpartum to check in with her and support her journey on The Bachelorette even though we knew she wasn’t taking it seriously and she wasn’t ready to move on.”

Matthews also noted that she’s been struggling with her own issues recently since she confirmed her separation from husband Jess Terry on The Mormon Wife season 4 earlier this year. She subsequently moved to Hawaii to treat her ongoing chronic illness. (She and Terry, 30, have four children.)

Matthews believes, “Taking years out of our lives, time away from our families, away from our own mental sanity, away from our own recovery, away from our own many ‘Mother’s Day’ moments, to put friends and their trauma first out of genuine friendship and care, only to have it diminished and shitted while it’s painted as a ‘I can do whatever I want and say whatever I want’ attitude while hurting those around me is toxic and destructive behavior.” “Compassion cannot exist only when it benefits a person.”

While Matthews and Paul are not currently doing well, she clarified that she still wishes her former friend the best.

“I never attacked her character or tried to destroy her as much as everyone wanted people to believe me,” she explained. “If anything, I’ve always acknowledged that she loves her children, she has a good heart, and I just want her to be happy and well.”

The Mormon Wives costars have been going back and forth since earlier this month, when fans accused Matthews of not supporting Paul and co-star Jesse Draper during a difficult time.

Paul has been dealing with multiple legal issues over the past few years stemming from a domestic dispute with ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. Last month, a judge granted the exes protection orders against each other, and Paul currently does not have custody of their two-year-old son, Ever. Draper is in the process of divorcing estranged husband Jordan Ngatikaura. Ngatikaura, 31, filed for divorce from Draper in March. (Paul is also the mother of daughter Indy and son Ocean, whom she shares with ex-husband Tate Paul. Draper and Ngatikaura have children Jagger and Jovi together.)

While Paul and Draper continue to make headlines for their ups and downs, Matthews responds to claims On Saturday, May 9, she did not become a supportive partner or friend.

“I am absolutely disgusted and absolutely horrified by what everyone involved was feeling and going through,” Matthews wrote via Instagram in defense of himself. “However, it is not my job to condone bad or dangerous behavior by either party, especially when children are involved. That doesn’t mean I don’t love them and don’t want the best for their personal futures. It just means I can’t sit here and pretend that years of destructive behavior are now being discussed more online than ever and turned into a ‘pick a side’ game.”

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the next day, Paul enters the chat room Calling Matthews a “snake friend” on social media.

“It’s Mother’s Day so I say whatever I want. As if this isn’t the worst of it all. I still have ‘friends’ kick me when I’m already down and call it ‘setting boundaries’ and then blame me for being upset and respond,” she wrote on Instagram on Sunday. “This is what you call humiliation and assault, and I still have time to breathe, and she knows that.”

Paul continued, “(I) have never called myself a ‘victim,’ but I’m human and I have my moments of breakdown. What Snake Friend did to me in the public eye after everything I witnessed…the lack of empathy and silence speaks loud enough.”