Rachel Lindsay is opening up about her marriage and divorce from Bryan Abasolo.
The previous Bachelorette agreed to pay her now ex-husband a lump sum of $500,000 in spousal help after they finalized their divorce in 2025.
“I felt powerless that I didn’t have a prenup. He took a lot from me,” Rachel advised Christiana Mbakwe Medina throughout an episode of the Pop Syllabus podcast.
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She stated that Bryan was “ruthless” and “there was no compromising.”
Rachel shared that she “felt highly effective” she was in a position to repay the $500k alimony in a single 12 months.
“Like, ‘I paid you off, I’m nonetheless right here, I’m nonetheless surviving,’” she stated, after beforehand referring to herself as “free.”
The Texas native defined why she felt she needed to rush and get married amid “societal pressures.”
“I wished a prenup. I talked to him a couple of prenup. He didn’t need it,” she continued.
“It was type of an ideal storm as to why I ended up transferring ahead with the wedding, despite the fact that I noticed the problems,” Rachel added. “The narrative that I couldn’t be cherished as a result of I centered a lot on profession, all of that was in me.”
However her divorce has motivated her to talk out so different ladies can study from her expertise.
“I needed to let go of the worry, the disgrace and the embarrassment of getting a divorce,” Rachel stated.
Watch the total dialog about her divorce on the video beneath, beginning at 44:21.
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