Love is Blind star Tyler Francis is explaining how he became a sperm donor and discussing his relationship with his three children.
If you were unaware, the reality star found himself immersed in controversy after he told his wife Ashley Adionser that he had donated sperm to help a friend father children during an episode of the reality series.
On Wednesday (October 30), the season reunion aired. During it, he provided additional insight into his situation amid rumors that he is an absent father and more.
Tyler explained that he didn’t say much about the situation during the regular season to protect the family’s privacy, via People. At the time, he said that the children did not even know what he looked like. However, it is clear that is not true.
“Those kids, that family, they did not sign up for this,” he said. “Things that shouldn’t be happening are now happening.”
Tyler explained that he donated sperm to “help a friend and her wife start a family.” After the relationship ended, he helped out with the kids.
“There’s pictures of me around,” Tyler explained. “I played a part that became very shaky with a friend. There’s no rule books to this… 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.”
Ashley also chimed in, saying that she was very aware of the situation.
“Who do you think has better insight on what’s going on? Social media or me? For people to imply that she was blindsided, she didn’t know, is insulting to my intelligence,” she said. “For the record, this is something he never wanted to share on camera. I just didn’t feel like it would be an authentic experience or I could continue … if we didn’t [discuss this.]”
