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Taylor Frankie Paul is copping to sending a text to her ex, Dakota Mortensen, where she raved about being a "full-blown MILF" with "perfect" boobs.

The ' Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' star responded to TMZ's exclusive story about her texts to Dakota, which are being used against her in court ... with TFP posting online, "I'll admit to that one, because truth."

As we first told you ... Dakota is using Taylor's texts to back up his claims that she is erratic as they fight over custody of their young son. 

'Real Housewives of Orange County' star Vicki Gunvalson is dragging a financial advisor to court … claiming he defamed her and cost her a ton of money, TMZ has learned. 

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, the OG star is suing Gary Vyneman and his financial management company, alleging that he badmouthed her to a mutual client, Diane Field, screwing Vicki out of a ton of money and causing Vicki to be sued for millions more! 

Vicki says Gary convinced Diane that Vicki had given her suss financial advice and encouraged Diane to sue the OG Bravolebrity. Vicki claims everything Gary said to Diane was a lie. Vicki denied the claims of wrongdoing.  

The Arizona police officer who responded to Darrell Sheets' home immediately knew who the reality star was when he found him dead ... and officers were shocked when they realized what they stumbled upon.

In Lake Havasu police body cam footage obtained by TMZ ... officers are clearing the house after they found Darrell dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. One officer knew he was a celeb, and his fellow colleague lets out an "Oh!" when he fills them in.

The officer, wearing the body camera, was clearly a fan of the show ... because he explained to his partner that Darrell starred on "Storage Wars" with his son ... and the officer even knew the truck they drove to haul away their storage treasures.

Taylor Frankie Paul's alleged text messages to ex Dakota Mortensen are surfacing as part of the former couple's bitter custody battle ... and they show the reality TV star repeatedly complimenting her own looks, personality and sex appeal.

Sources familiar with the legal proceedings tell TMZ ... Dakota's lawyers submitted a series of Taylor's text messages in court this week to support his claim that her behavior has been erratic as the exes continue fighting over custody of their young son.

According to our sources, Taylor told Dakota in 2025 that she wasn't going to let him bring her down before declaring she was "f***ing charismatic as f***."

Jennifer Pedranti -- a star on the hit show "The Real Housewives of Orange County" -- says her son was involved in starting a brush fire in Southern California.

The reality star posted on her Instagram Story just minutes ago ... telling her followers she'd like to address rumors of her son's involvement in Tuesday's seven-acre blaze in the hills of Ladera Ranch, CA.

Jennifer confirmed her son and several other kids were involved ... and she and her ex-husband, Will Pedranti, are taking the incident very seriously.

She apologized to her community ... adding, this is "a tough learning moment for our son and our family."

Darrell Sheets' girlfriend was in absolute shock when she heard a gunshot go off in her house ... and she told cops she believed the 'Storage Wars' star had just killed himself.

TMZ obtained the 911 call the woman placed after Darrell's suicide ... and she's completely beside herself.

She tells police Darrell just took his own life, explaining ... "I just heard a gun go off."

Darrell's GF says he never threatened to kill himself, but was struggling with insomnia and had been "just frustrated" with his lack of sleep and his kid ... calling it all "terrible, terrible s***."

Milania Giudice is on speaking terms with her sisters after an alleged altercation at Teresa Giudice's mansion that ended with Milania's arrest ... but that doesn't mean the girls are being nice ... far from it.

Milania just dropped several snaps on her Instagram Story ... and among the glam pics and inspirational quotes -- she shared two screenshots that seem to be text exchanges with sisters Audriana and Gabriella -- and they're pretty snotty.

Gabriella is the one who called cops and told them Milania was throwing candles and food during the alleged altercation ... and in their text exchange, Gabriella calls Milania a "keyboard warrior."

Milania responds ... "alright ... w ur weird ass words."

Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen's online saga just took another public turn ... this time with Dakota's roommate, Cru, posting a video he says captures the aftermath of a heated argument between the former couple ... and it's emotional.

In the clip, "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" star appears visibly upset as Dakota records the interaction. Throughout the video, Taylor repeatedly asks ... "Why are you doing this?" and "Why are you filming me?"

Dakota, the father of one of Taylor's children, responds ... "Now you can get caught," before referencing what he alleges were previous instances in which Taylor had physically assaulted him -- as he hold their child in his arms.

2:23 PM PT -- TMZ has obtained body cam of officers arriving at the scene.

Newly released police records are shedding new light on Darrell Sheets' death ... authorities say the "Storage Wars" star left behind a suicide note and had recently argued with his son.

According to the Lake Havasu City Police incident report, obtained by TMZ, detectives found a handwritten note tucked inside a black basket in a bathroom closet near where Darrell was found dead. Police summarized it as reading, "I could not take anymore the Facebook bulling, f*** you [redacted]" ... adding the handwriting appeared shaky.

The report also paints a clearer picture of Darrell's final night. His girlfriend told detectives he couldn't sleep, got out of bed in the middle of the night, and moments later she found him standing in the doorway of his office ... telling her to "go back to bed" before a single gunshot rang out.

Taylor Frankie Paul allegedly tried to recruit her ex, Dakota Mortensen, to publicly roast her former friend and “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” co-star Demi Engemann ... after Demi's husband, Bret Engemann, took a swipe at Taylor online … TMZ has learned.

Sources familiar with the legal proceedings tell TMZ … Dakota submitted text messages as part of this week's custody case that he says paint Taylor in a negative light.

According to our sources, one exchange from 2025 began after Bret posted a TikTok making fun of Taylor. Taylor allegedly asked Dakota if he'd spoken to Bret, and Dakota replied he'd only talked to him a couple of times over the previous few months.

Taylor Frankie Paul is returning to "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" for its turbulent fifth season ... but her participation will be limited, TMZ has learned.

Sources tell TMZ ... TFP will be filming the intro credits over the next two days ... but she's not expected to film anything else ... meaning no final confessional from her.

This is a huge development ... production on season 5 was temporarily halted on the popular Hulu show in mid-March following a heated blow-up between TFP and Dakota Mortensen during filming.

Phaedra Parks says Big Tigger's a really good dude ... and she says it's a bummer that one complicated allegation has put such a stain on his legacy.

We got the former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star in New York City on Wednesday ... and our photog asked her about her longtime pal's recent legal issues with his estranged wife, Alicia Brown.

Phaedra says she doesn't know everything about the case, so she doesn't want to speculate ... but she's always known the radio host to be a "gentleman."

"Love After Lockup" star Brittany Santiago's husband Marcelino Santiago hit her with divorce papers after 8 years together ... but she looks like she couldn't care less.

Brittany posted photos of her celebrating July 4th with her kids … and she's all smiles while partying with family. 

Marcelino filed his divorce petition on June 3, 2026, according to court docs obtained by TMZ, and he called the marriage “incompatible.”

Guess this Wolf is on the hunt for cougars ... that's what Dylan Wolf is doing when it comes to Bunnie XO.

We got the 24-year-old "Calabasas Confidential" star leaving Barney's Beanery in WEHO on Wednesday night, and -- of course -- we had to ask him about his seemingly ongoing fling with 46-year-old Bunnie and their July 4th makeout sesh in Nashville.

Dylan puts it like this ... "Sometimes a cowboy wants to hunt cougars."

The dude was wearing a cowboy hat as he got all philosophical ... and he also told us he's got a lot of love for both Bunnie and her estranged husband, Jelly Roll, and respects that they have "a lot going on right now."

Jessi Draper is clapping back at haters after she and her 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' costars posted a video about "surviving," as Taylor Frankie Paul is still MIA and fighting in court over child custody issues.

ICYMI, Jessi, Whitney Leavitt, Jen Affleck, Layla Taylor and more got together to film the below clip Wednesday ... in which they danced around to "Big Time Rush" by the Nickelodeon boy band of the same name and said they're "surviving." TFP commented ... "Looks like thriving to me, I’ll show you surviving."

Jessi responded to the following backlash from fans ... confirming that she and a "group" are filming for the show, but that doesn't take away from her friendship with Taylor. She explains she's vehemently defended Taylor from the get-go and still talks to her every single day, but that doesn't mean she can't be friends with other people in the MomTok group.