“Love Is Blind” Season 7 stars Ashley Adionser and Tyler Francis are ending their marriage after just over a year together.
The couple, who formed a connection during the show’s Netflix run in October 2023, bonded over shared life goals and candid conversations. Their romance culminated in an engagement during the season finale, but despite their initial chemistry, their whirlwind love story has come to an unexpected end.
Francis initially portrayed himself as single with no children on the show. However, he later disclosed to Adionser, that he was a father of three. When co-hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey asked him about this, Tyler explained that he helped a friend who unexpectedly became a single parent.
“I stepped in voluntarily and helped. I played a part that became very shaky with a friend. There’s no rulebooks [for] this. Ashley knows all of this. This is news to the world, but this has never been news to us. I don’t owe anyone an explanation besides my wife.”
Tyler said he lied on camera about his kids because he wanted to protect them.
“Those kids, that family, they did not sign up for this,” he said.
“He is a good person, who went in a little too deep and didn’t know what to do next,” Ashley said in Tyler’s defense. “I was aware and took on what I wanted to. This is a once in a lifetime kind of love.”
Meanwhile, the Emmy-nominated series has officially been renewed through Season 10. “Love is Blind” is described as a “social experiment where single men and women look for love and get engaged, all before meeting in person.”
Season 8 premieres on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, with new episodes chronicling the singles’ journeys from the pods to the altar rolling out every Friday. The new season will follow a new set of singles all based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, per Tudum.
