At the beginning of this month, the ex-boyfriend of the former Bachelorette filed for divorce.
The voice of Rachel Lindsay is being heard. A few days after her husband, Bryan Abasolo, submitted a petition for divorce, the former Bachelorette addressed the matter for the very first time on the Higher Learning podcast that she and Van Lathan were hosting together.
“I didn’t think I would get emotional,” Lindsay said, her voice breaking as she spoke. “To begin, I would want to express my gratitude to those individuals who have reached out to me. Attempts to respond to individuals are still being made. Simply said, you will never really understand how wonderful your circle is until you see all of the individuals that reach out to you and adore you.
“Obviously, it’s a difficult time [which you know] if you’ve read the headlines,” added the speaker. If I’m being really honest with you, you’re probably asking why I would even bother to work, but the truth is that I need to divert myself from myself. The easiest way for me to do that is to have a job that I like doing, and I enjoy working in higher education.
After stating that she was “going to try my best to get through this podcast,” Lindsay went on to discuss about her divorce, adding, “I’m not going to talk about it.” In the long run, I will, but right now is not the right moment. I am just trying to take things one day at a time.
On the thirteenth season of The Bachelorette, which aired in 2017, the former pair appeared together and were engaged. Two years later, they finally tied the marriage. The documents that were acquired by ET from the court show that Abasolo, who is claiming spousal support, has put the date of separation between himself and Lindsay as December 31, 2023. Over the course of the documentary, he asserted that their house in North Hollywood, California, was common property.
The first time Abasolo disclosed the news of the breakup was on Instagram, where he said, “After more than four years of marriage, Rachel and I have made the difficult decision to part ways and start anew.”
“My parents have been married forever and I’m a family man, but sometimes loving yourself and your partner means you must let go,” according to him. I felt it was important for you to hear it directly from the source before the bloggers begin to create their own other world. As we work out our future steps, we ask that you please respect the space that our family and friends have available to them.