Love Is Blind’s Ashley Adionser Says Mother of Tyler Francis’ Kids Bri Thomas Apologized Via Instagram

Love Is Blind star Ashley Adionser revealed that the mother of husband Tyler Francis’ kids, Bri Thomas, apologized to the couple via DM after his paternity Scandal unfolded on the Netflix series.

“I will say she wrote me on Instagram and apologized to me and Tyler,” the marketing director, 32, said on “The Viall Files” podcast on Wednesday, November 6. “[She] said she’s praying for us and she never meant for it to go this way. She won’t say too much on this forum.”

Ashley continued, “She also wrote me and said it was OK if I never wanted to respond and she knows my world is crazy right now and she never intentionally meant to cause me any pain.”

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Though the reality star admitted she was “surprised” by the message, she “welcomed” it because of how much she loves Tyler, 35.

“If we never talk to [the woman] or the kids again, it’s still a thing,” she concluded. “I wouldn’t mind having a sit-down with [her]. I want to know what the motive is here, like, even his mom. When I talked to her, she was like, ‘It is exactly what he’s saying,’ and it used to be so uncomfortable for [my mother-in-law].”

Tyler became shrouded in controversy during Love Is Blind season 7 when he admitted to then-fiancée Ashley that he had fathered three children, two girls and a boy, via sperm donation for a couple he knew. However, he initially claimed that he was nothing more than a “sperm donor” to the kids.

Bri disputed Tyler’s claim in an Instagram post on October 10. “Yes, I am the mother of Tyler’s three children. I’m trying really hard to do this the right way, but I have no understanding why he would characterize his relationship with his children as he has,” she wrote. “I guess I have to speak on this, despite trying so hard not to. ‘Sperm babies’ they are not.”

The mom of three later shared a since-deleted video of Tyler and one of his biological sons and wrote that it was taken around Christmas 2022. “My children love their ‘Dad.’ To think that he has reduced them to ‘sperm babies,’ when I was told he was going on the show to be able to better provide for them,” Bri added.

Bri has continued to speak out against Tyler online, as has the children’s grandmother, Lovetta Thomas.

Tyler cleared the air on his paternity Scandal during the Love Is Blind season 7 reunion, which dropped on October 30.

“Those kids, that family, they did not sign up for this. So what is happening now is I try to keep that from happening. Their birth certificates are online. Things that shouldn’t be happening are now happening,” he explained. “And to get into the story, I did help a friend and her wife start a family, but her wife ended up leaving her and left her high and dry.”

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Tyler continued, “This was my very close friend. So I stepped in, voluntarily stepped in and helped. So there is pictures of me around. You’ll see me around. I’ve spent holidays with all my friends, you know, all their kids. And I played a part that became very shaky with a friend.”

“There’s no rule books to this. There’s no set lines to this,” the reality TV personality added. “But I do want to let people know, Ashley knows all this. This is news to the world. This has never been news to us.”

Despite Ashley initially feeling uneasy about Tyler’s paternity bombshell, the two went on to tie the knot on Love Is Blind.

“I’ve never felt a love this pure yet fierce,” she told him in her vows. “I feel like we can do anything in life as long as we have each other. You’re my soulmate … I promise to love and respect you as my best friend, my future and my partner in life.”