Tyler Francis has become a classic Love Is Blind villain after he was accused of living a double life thanks to his sperm donation saga and the baby mama drama. There’s a lot to unpack regarding Tyler’s connection with his baby mama, Bri Thomas. Like its predecessors, Love Is Blind season 7 tested what it meant to fall in love with a couple of hopeful singles from Washington, DC, joining and getting engaged. Tyler was one of them. The 34-year-old accounting manager connected with Ashley Adionser, a 32-year-old marketing director, in the pods.
The two had a strong connection, which continued in real life, making them one of the strongest couples. They seem ready for marriage; however, their picturesque life crashed in Love Is Blind season 7, episode 9. It turns out Tyler, the prayerful, chilled guy Ashley and the viewers had grown fond of, had some skeletons in the closet. Although episode 9 started with a simple conversation between Ashley and Tyler about kids, it ended with a jaw-dropping revelation, shaking one of the healthiest relationships on Love Is Blind.
Tyler Lied On Love Is Blind About Having Kids
He Never Told Ashley About The Kids Until After The Engagement
Tyler and Ashley had become fan favorites due to their seemingly intense, genuine connection and incompatibility. Nevertheless, Tyler started depicting a few red flags during their vacation in Mexico. At one point, he warned Ashley, stating people at home who knew him in “real life” would tell Ashley to essentially run. Tyler seemed to have mastered the perfect way of presenting himself as a righteous man. He prayed for their union, asking God to continue watching over them and their families (via Love Is Blind Netflix).
“Continue watch over us as we continue to grow together.”
All the while, Tyler hid a huge secret from Ashley. She had done nothing but support their relationship and was quickly put on the hot seat when Tyler confirmed he had kids days before their wedding, leaving Ashley shell-shocked. The Love Is Blind star told Ashley he has a boy and two girls, who couldn’t hide her dismay. Ashley told Tyler that being in that scenario with a guy who had “three sperm babies” was a lot to handle. She was right to feel that way since Tyler should have been open with her from the start.
Who Is Tyler’s Baby Mama Bri Thomas?
She’s A Former Basketball Player
Tyler’s baby mama is Bri Thomas. Bri has built over 7k followers on Instagram, and her bio reads, “Grow with me or watch me grow.” Bri played basketball at Louisiana Tech University. In a since-deleted Instagram post, Bri claimed Tyler had disappeared from their kid’s lives when he went to film Love Is Blind. Later, she posted a carousel of images showing Tyler and the kids spending quality time during Christmas. Her posts differ from Tyler’s narration on Love Is Blind, who stated that the children didn’t know what he looked like.
Is Tyler In His Children’s Lives As A Father?
It Seems Like It
Tyler first broke the news to Ashley off camera, so the Love Is Blind audience doesn’t know what he said word for word. However, based on how Ashley relayed the information, it seemed like he denied having any association with them. That was until his baby mama proved him wrong when she recently shared Tyler was present in the children’s lives and wasn’t just a sperm donor. Bri’s mom, Lovetta Thomas, backed up these claims posting pictures and videos alongside as well.
In another incident, a TikTok blogger, Storrytimewithrikkii, revealed Tyler removed any evidence of his kids from his socials after discovering he’d be on the show. Bri’s mom also took to social media to accuse him of “throwing his kids away.” Although the kids initially shared Tyler’s last name, Francis, according to Life & Style, Bri changed their legal last name to Thomas.
Are Tyler and Ashley Still Together?
Most Likely Not
There is a chance Ashley and Tyler did get married, but they are most likely not together—they can’t be after all these jaw-dropping stories about Tyler, which must have pulled them apart. Tyler deceived his fiancé and waited until the last minute to drop this significant detail. Whether he’d informed Ashley earlier (maybe immediately after their initial meetup) and the story was revealed later is still a mystery. Based on Ashley’s recap of their unseen and unheard conversation, Tyler might have told Ashley a half-truth.
The Love Is Blind couple was smooth sailing until that crazy episode where Ashley discovered Tyler had kids through sperm donation and hadn’t told her while in the pods. Still, Ashley and Tyler follow each other on Instagram, indicating they are in a good place.
He even claimed to be “uninvolved” in the children’s love, knowing too well it was a lie. Tyler framed his parentage as only “trying” to assist a couple in getting children, but it turns out it was more than that. Maybe Ashley discovered more and more lies from Tyler, who appeared to be leading a double life, and left. Luckily, the Love Is Blind season 7 reunion is right around the corner and will show what happened between Ashley and Tyler.
