Mikayla Matthews has revealed she is on “good” terms with Taylor Frankie Paul after their heated feud on social media.
“We’re fine. I feel like we’ve said everything we need to say, not everything we wanted to say,” the “Mormon Wives” star exclusively told Page Six’s “Virtual Reality.”
“This is something I have to do to protect myself, my relationships and my mental health,” she said, doubling down on her social media comments about Paul.
“There’s always opinions and comments. That’s kind of the name of the game. Control what you can control. That’s my position right now.”
Last month, the co-stars got into a nasty feud on Instagram.
It all started when Matthews posted a message on her Instagram Story saying she was setting “healthy boundaries” in her friendships and “trying to distance myself as much as possible” from Paul’s legal issues with ex Dakota Mortensen.
Matthews’ argument was that it was not “her job to enable inappropriate or dangerous conduct by either party.”
She also said she was there for Paul when he hit “rock bottom,” even though he was dealing with his own trauma and health issues.
But the next day, Paul wrote in a lengthy post without naming names, “There are still times when a ‘friend’ kicks me when I’m already down, calls it ‘setting boundaries,’ or gets chastised for reacting in an upset way. It’s about shaming and attacking me while I have a breather, and she knew it.”
“For my snake friend to do all the things he witnessed to me in public…the lack of empathy and silence was great enough,” she continued.
She then specifically criticized Matthews for writing that she didn’t want to choose sides between Paul and Mortensen, and claimed that her friend never listened to her and ignored her.
“Your trauma doesn’t give me permission to kick me when I’m depressed and then cover it up with ‘boundaries’ months after the fact…she’s certainly right to say her ‘boundaries’…but please tell me the truth,” Paul wrote.
Matthews then escalated the feud in the comments section of a fan post discussing the drama via Instagram Reels.
“Everything I had to say about this could probably write a book. Nothing I said denied that she went through pain, trauma, or difficult events. There’s literally no question about that,” the reality TV star wrote at the time.
“Two things can be true: Someone can hurt and continue to hurt those around them in the process. My statement was never about wanting[Taylor]to fail or suffer or be cancelled,” she continued. “It was about not wanting to publicly participate in or normalize a cycle that involved people around me, especially children, and repeated violence.”
Matthews also doubled down on his initial statements about Paul’s several domestic violence incidents, saying he could not support his co-star’s self-destructive pattern.
However, in an Instagram Story posted a few days later, Matthews continued to defend herself, even though she admitted that “the comments definitely got out of hand.”
“I can’t stress enough that this is not about the ‘side’ or the ‘team.’ I truly want everyone to heal and be happy, myself included,” Matthews explained.
“At the same time, I will not sit back and accept the vocal belittling, manipulation, or fear tactics used to intimidate women who choose not to set boundaries or support destructive behavior. And I will never tolerate those who trivialize the trauma I endured and continue to grapple with to this day.”
Matthews added that social media can be “very dangerous” and said she would “block anyone who doesn’t achieve[her]end goal.”
The women shared a close friendship on SLOMW, but they appear to have grown estranged after production on Season 5 was halted due to Paul’s domestic violence investigation.
In March, Paul temporarily lost custody of her 2-year-old son Ever and Mortensen, the toddler’s father, after mutual allegations of abuse were made between them.
The custody battle continues to rage as ex-lovers battle it out in court.
