Warning: Spoilers from “Love Is Blind” Season 7 below…
One of the strongest couples from “Love Is Blind” Season 7 could be headed for a breakup.
Throughout the latest season, Ashley Adionser, a 32-year-old marketing director, and Tyler Francis, a 34-year-old account manager, have seemed destined to say “I do” at the altar.
The two created a strong bond in the pods and continued to progress after meeting in real life.
During their trip to Mexico with the other couples, they both expressed how confident they were in their connection and repeated their plans to get married at the end of the experiment.
But the happy couple’s picturesque life came crashing down in Episode 9.
While the episode, out Oct. 9, opened with a lighthearted conversation between Ashley and Tyler about how many children they wanted to have and potential baby names, it ended with a shocking revelation.
When viewers caught up with the couple, they were having a serious conversation. Ashley explained that she recently learned information about Tyler’s past and had removed herself from their joint apartment to gather her thoughts.
“I just don’t understand how our superpower seems like it’s not our superpower anymore,” she told him.
She said they communicated well since they met, so she couldn’t fathom why he decided to “drop this kind of bomb” on her less than two weeks before their wedding.
Still not revealing the secret, she added, “We’re talking about joining a union, like merging lives. This is something I should have known before agreeing to say ‘yes.’”
Tyler said he was worried about losing her trust.
Finally, Ashley directly addressed the issue they were skirting around: Tyler said he fathered three children as a sperm donor.
“I just can’t wrap my mind around it without even considering your past at all, like we talked about kids every day. It’s not your kid, kids. But they are your kids, and it’s with someone that you know,” she revealed.
Tyler confirmed that he is the father of two girls and a boy. He did not provide more details about the situation or his relationship with their mother.
Ashley said that Tyler had not shown her any documents that proved he was uninvolved in the children’s lives and only acted as a sperm donor.
“I’m not upset by you trying to help a couple have kids,” she clarified. “I think that’s admirable in certain ways. But the issue comes in with me feeling like I was not getting the full picture of you, and once you’re not given the full picture of something, it’s hard to not question everything. Me being a single woman before this, to come in this scenario, to fall in love with a guy who has three sperm donor babies, is a lot to absorb and the wedding is in, like, two weeks.”
After listening to her express her feelings, Tyler said he understood her reservations.
“I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m just asking for a chance. I would love to marry you,” he replied.
Tyler added that he still wanted to build a life with Ashley and have a family with her.
“I’ll fight until you tell me to stop fighting,” he said.
At the end of their conversation, they shared a tearful embrace and said they loved each other.
A teaser for the next batch of episodes, out Oct. 16, revealed that Ashley will tell the other cast members about Tyler’s past when the group reunites for a themed party. Viewers will have to wait to see if Ashley and Tyler will continue with the experiment or opt to split like Monica Davis and Stephen Richardson, who called it quits in Episode 8.
The show addressing Tyler’s secret comes after social media users found multiple photos of the account manager with the children.
“How did the producers NOT know?” one person commented.
Another said, “Wow so 3 whole kids and never mentioned that once. I would say that’s something a potential mate needs to know!”
A third wrote, “Can’t wait for the reunion this is crazyyyyy.”