Love Is Blind Season 7 reunion: Are Ashley Adionser and Tyler Francis still together?
By Ariba Bhuvad
I know we are not the only ones who have been following all the drama and allegations connected to Tyler's sperm-baby situation. During season 7 of Love is Blind, Tyler revealed that he had donated his sperm to a good friend and her wife so they could have kids. He claimed that he didn't know what they looked like and that he didn't really spend time with them.
When we fast-forward to the moment that was broadcast on the show to the world, allegations started coming out left and right. The internet exploded with pictures of Tyler actually hanging out with these kids and spending time with them. There was video proof that Tyler knew what they looked like and had spent time with them.
Now, it is important to remember that there are two sides to each story, and while the world got an insight into one side of the story, the reunion is meant to help him share his side. But before we get into that, the biggest question fans have after learning about everything is whether Ashley and Tyler are still married. Or did the allegations and drama rip their marriage apart? Find out below!
Are Ashley and Tyler still married?
After watching the reunion, you will learn that, yes, Ashley and Tyler are indeed still together and married. During the reunion, Nick and Vanessa Lachey are quick to address this with Tyler as everyone has been on the edge of their seats wondering how the couple has been faring through all of this.
According to Tyler, all that has just now been revealed to the world was never kept as a secret from Ashley. In fact, he states that he told her everything from the get-go, but how they chose to address it during filming was different. As Ashley said, she told him that they needed to bring it up in some capacity because the viewers, her friends, and her family would know that something was up otherwise. This is why she asked Tyler to at least bring it up during filming so it was out there that he was a sperm donor for a good friend and her wife's kids. While Tyler agreed to reveal that aspect to the world, he did not want to go further, which is why he denied knowing what they looked like or that he spent time with them.
Ashley stated that what he said about not knowing what they looked like was not an accurate statement. Still, in an effort to prevent the chaos that would unleash around the kids, Tyler was intentionally being vague.
Ashley and Tyler were very much a unified front at the reunion and declared their love for one another and that they were standing by each other's side. Ashley didn't waver in her dedication and trust in Tyler, and Tyler adamantly stated that he doesn't owe anyone but his wife an explanation, and yes, according to him, she was given that explanation.
I'm sure they were hoping that the drama and allegations would stop once they shared their side of the story, however, in recent days, even more allegations have come out from Tyler's sperm baby mama, Bri Thomas. Find out below what she had to say!
Bri Thomas shares her side of the Tyler Francis drama
About a week ago, Bri took to Instagram to post a series of videos attempting to share her side of the story.
She stated that her and Tyler's eldest child, Kyreaux, was indeed a result of Tyler donating his sperm to her and her then-wife, who were trying to conceive at that time. She alleged that Tyler was not going to be a father to this child, but was simply a part of this to help her and her then-wife have a child.
However, Bri and her then-wife ended up splitting and got a divorce. Upon this abrupt change in Bri's life, Tyler did end up stepping up to the plate and helped Bri take care of Kyreaux. This was a fact that even Bri attested to and spoke in Tyler's favor for. However, there is a point where all of the allegations get a bit sticky, according to what Bri had to say.
As she alleged in the video, “One day, I received a text from Tyler and he asked me if I would be OK with him being a father to Kyreaux because he did not want Kyreaux to be raised by a single mother, as he had. We had a deep discussion about what that would mean for him to be stepping up as a father to Kyreaux and what it would look like as far as financial responsibility, helping out, being an active parent in his life, being present.”
Allegedly, Tyler agreed to take on this responsibility and that is how things went from being not involved to being involved as a father figure.
Now, we will say this word again, allegedly, there is more to Tyler's involvement beyond Kyreaux's upbringing. According to Bri, she and Tyler got involved on a sexual level and as a result, she ended up pregnant with...twins. This was unplanned, therefore Bri alleges, that the twin daughters are, for all intents and purposes, Tyler's through and through. There was no agreement or understanding made as it was previously. She even claimed Tyler was present through the entire pregnancy and the two were living together.
According to her, Tyler was there for all the major moments including signing the birth certificate and even cutting the girls' umbilical cord. Again, this claim alludes to the fact that while Tyler wasn't meant to be a part of Kyreaux's life, the twins were all his, and he was there as their father from the beginning.
It appears that things got murky when Tyler decided to go on Love Is Blind, a decision that Bri said she was in support of. However, her support was there because she didn't imagine that Tyler would go on to claim that the kids weren't really his, and just a product of donating his sperm. It is from that point on that things have gotten complicated, and according to Bri, Tyler has not been in their lives since leaving for the show.
There is an alleged disconnection from the kids, and now with the show out there for all to see, Bri is claiming there is a lot of hurt and pain that has come into her lives, and as a result, that of the children's.
This was an interesting development, to say the least, and it all came out after the reunion was filmed on Sunday, October 13th. Up until the reunion, there was the sperm baby claims, but the plot has thickened in the days after so watching the reunion will only clarify a part of all of this drama.
As I've mentioend before, there are two sides to each story, so it is important to remember that practicing empathy and kindness in these situations is important. The story isn't crystal clear, and much of it, we don't know besides what has been put out there. If Ashley and Tyler truly do have an understanding and have shared everything between each other, then it all doesn't really matter and it is between them. We may have our thoughts and opinions, but it comes down to it staying between them and Bri.
All episodes of Love Is Blind Season 7 including the reunion are now streaming on Netflix!