Rachel Lindsay Blasts Ex-Husband as “Ruthless,” All Round Terrible

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Rachel Lindsay is just not holding something again.

Not in relation to ex-husband Bryan Abasolo.

On the newest episode of the Pop Syllabus podcast, the previous Bachelorette lead stated she feels “free” now that she’s made her last spousal help cost to her ex-husband.

“I felt powerless that I didn’t have a prenup,” Lindsay informed listeners “He took a lot from me.”

She continued, emphasizing: “He was ruthless about it, there was no compromising.”

The previous spouses finalized their divorce in January 2025… one 12 months after Abasolo filed for authorized separation. As a part of the settlement, Rachel agreed to pay her ex a $500,000 lump sum in alimony.

“I felt highly effective that I used to be in a position to do it in a 12 months,” stated Rachel, who married her Season 13 winner in 2019 after assembly on The Bachelorette. ”Like, ‘I paid you off, I’m nonetheless right here, I’m nonetheless surviving.’”

Trying again, the previous lawyer stated she rushed into marriage as a result of she felt “societal pressures” to quiet down.

As she put it, “I needed a prenup. I talked to him a couple of prenup. He didn’t need it.”

That may definitely be an ungainly matter between a person and a girl.

“It was sort of an ideal storm as to why I ended up transferring ahead with the wedding, despite the fact that I noticed the problems,” Rachel continued on this podcast. “The narrative that I couldn’t be beloved as a result of I targeted a lot on profession, all of that was in me.”

Again in early 2025, Lindsay informed listeners of her personal podcast (Larger Studying) that she was so darn completely satisfied to be divorced ultimately.

“I’m divorced. Thanks, God,” she stated simply over a 12 months in the past “Give me some freedom music. Some freedom music.”

After joking round for a bit, the truth star grew severe on the time … explaining to co-host Van Lathan the way it’s “a really bizarre feeling” to truly be free from her marriage.

“From the second he lastly left the home, after being right here for seven months post-separation, I felt divorced,” she stated on air. “I’ll be sincere, there’s loads I wish to say.”

And now she seems to be doing it.

“I needed to let go of the concern, the disgrace and the embarrassment of getting a divorce,” Lindsay simply stated, including that she desires to confront the misunderstanding that she “has all of it collectively.”

As for Abasolo?

“We didn’t spend sufficient time with one another,” he informed divorce coach Rene Garcia in a 2024 YouTube video. “In my estimation, we noticed what the opposite individual was doing within the relationship, primarily on Instagram, though we lived in the identical home.”

Bryan added of his choice to hunt a divorce again then:

“My precedence in that second was to guard my psychological well being and simply relieve the stress.”