The Bachelorette was supposed to premiere on March 22, but in the days leading up to Taylor Frankie Paul‘s debut, the entire season fell apart. Season 22 was pulled from ABC’s schedule amid a domestic violence scandal involving Taylor and her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen.
The Bachelor spinoff premiered in 2003 after the flagship series changed the reality TV game. Trista Rehn was the show’s first-ever Bachelorette, and the rest is history. She found everlasting love with her winner, Ryan Sutter, and kick-started an entire series that’s just as beloved as the original.