Rachel Lindsay Breaks Silence After Finalizing Bryan Abasolo Divorce

Rachel Lindsay has broken her silence days after finalizing her divorce from Bryan Abasolo.

“I’m divorced. Thank you, God,” Lindsay, 39, said during the Friday, January 10 episode of her “Advanced Learning” podcast. “Give me the music of freedom. Some freedom music.”

After joking around for a minute, Lindsay got serious and explained to a co-host From Lathan that it was a “very strange feeling” to get divorced.

“From the moment she finally left the house, after being here for seven months post-separation, I felt like I was divorced,” she continued. “I’ll be honest, there’s a lot I want to say.”

Lindsay noted that “from the beginning” she had wanted to share her side of the story – but not yet.

“I haven’t spoken, but I will and I find all that,” he continued. “There (are) so many things I want to address.”

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Elsewhere in the episode, Lindsay revealed what “bothered” her “the most” about how Abasolo was acting.

“At the end of it, there were some things that were said to contribute to some stereotypes that really hurt or bothered me. … Saying things that particularly affect the stereotype of me being an angry Black woman,” she said, claiming that a “narrative” had played out where she was “putting a career” over the relationship and the children .

“Those things are definitely not true,” Lindsay said. “Seeing people run with that because it’s the low-hanging fruit and it fits a certain stereotype, really hurt.”

Lindsay and Abasolo, 44, met and got engaged during season 13 of The Bachelorette, which aired in 2017. Him file for divorce of Lindsay in January 2024 after more than four years of marriage. After a messy back and forth, which included details of their finances and the pair continuing to live together, their divorce was finalized on Tuesday, January 7. (They did not have a prenuptial agreement.)

Us it was confirmed in July 2024 that Lindsay was ordered to pay Taxes $13,257 per month in temporary spousal support plus $20,000 in attorney’s fees and forensic experts’ expenses. Their divorce documents, obtained by Us on Tuesday, share that Abasolo “waives, releases and discharges” Lindsay from “any” future charges. (She still owes him $460,229.)

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Lindsay didn’t address any specifics about their split during Friday’s podcast episode but said there was a point she became a “bigger person” in their divorce.

“When someone fights you like this and is willing to die on every hill and not willing to compromise at all for whatever reason they have – and (I’ll) talk about that later,” he said. “You have to let go at some point and be the bigger person and prioritize what’s most important to you.”

Lindsay explained that she got to the point where she was “trying to move on” and “had to make concessions that I didn’t necessarily want to make.”

“My peace of mind is priceless at the end of the day, and I really want to start rebuilding, and I want to move forward,” he added. “I can do that now. And that feels really, really good.”

She concluded that she “wouldn’t get married without a prenup again,” adding: “It’s, like, changed my whole perspective on everything. I don’t even know if I would get married again. I can’t even fathom that.”