I’m sure there are other things I should be thinking about like election day or global warming, but instead, I am on day seven of trying to determine where Tyler from Netflix’s Love Is Blind gets the audacity. After all the praying for a blessed union, turns out Brother Tyler was hiding quite a bit of huge news about his life from his fiancé, Ashley. Ashley, who has done nothing but act as a loving safe place for a man who thinks he can unironically pull off a backward hat, was put in a very sticky situation by said troublemaker. The whole mess started when Tyler dropped the big ol’ bomb off camera that he had a child. Actually, three children to be exact. But, according to Tyler’s story at the time, though the children were biologically his, he only had them to help a couple. Now that baby mamas and ex-wives have chimed in, that story doesn’t seem so simple. So I had to know for sure: Is Tyler a sperm donor? Here’s what I found.
Did Tyler lie about being a sperm donor?
Tyler first broke the news to Ashley off camera, so we’re not 100% sure what wording he used, but Ashley relayed the situation as “not [his] kids but they are [his] kids” based on Tyler’s explanation. Turns out this meant Tyler told Ashley he “helped a couple” have “sperm donor babies” and the couple is “someone that [Tyler] knows.” Ashley found it particularly jarring that Tyler withheld the fact that he had “two girls and a boy” because he had previously told Ashley how excited he was to become a father for the first time after they got married. Tyler stopped short of showing Ashley “pictures” and “documents” or “anything” proving he was “uninvolved.”
Did Tyler lie to Ashley about knowing his children on Love Is Blind?
Further into the experiment, as shown in episode 9, Tyler keeps up his account of the situation when Ashley requests to know “more about the dynamic”. Tyler elaborated that his “close friends” wanted to “have a baby” but they “couldn’t afford a sperm donor.” So Tyler, the generous guy that he is, stepped in to help because “God told [him] to.” What a saint! When Ashley asked if the kids knew what Tyler looked like, he said “I don’t think so.”
This is where the mother of his children’s side of the story comes in.
Has Tyler met his children?
@storytimewithrikkii The mother of Tylers children has broken her silence!!! Looks like shes ready to start telling her side! She has already posted proof of a lie he told Ashley on camera. I will keep you updated with her responses. To be continued… ##loveisblind##loveisblindseason7##loveisblindnetflix##tylerloveisblind ♬ original sound – storytimewithrikkii
According to pictures, videos, and details shared, by women claiming to be the mother and grandmother of Tyler’s children, yes. Though Tyler told Ashley he wasn’t sure if his kids knew what he looked like, on October 7, 2024, Lovetta Thomas posted cozy-looking photos of Tyler posing with three kids. In one image, a child is wearing a “Dad’s No. 1 Draft Pick” shirt next to Tyler. Lovetta hashtagged “#theylovetheirdaddy,” and “#deadbeatdad” with the caption “Love is Blind Season 7… Washington DC…. Do Y’all know who this is??? Or where he is, cuz his 3 kids been looking for him!” She continued on social media claiming Tyler “threw the kids away” for Love Is Blind.
Bri Thomas shared more family moments on October 10, 2024, writing on Instagram, “My children love their ‘Dad.’ To think that he has reduced them to ‘sperm babies,’ when I was told he was going on the show to be able to better provide for them, is the most absurd and hurtful thing ever. My kids don’t deserve this.” One of the cute videos she shared in the now-deleted posts included Kyreaux calling Tyler “dad.” Bri says she has been “patient” and “considerate” with Tyler in the past but she now has “no understanding why he would characterize his relationship with his children as he has.”
Does Ashley stay with Tyler after finding out about his kids?
@ashley_adion Aht! AHT!! Siri play “Positive Vibes Only” by Ashley A. 🩷🤗🎶 #loveisblindseason7 #netflix #realitytv #loveisblindashleyandtyler #loveisblinds7 #druski #kaicenat ♬ original sound – Ashley A.
After the big reveal, Ashley told Tyler on the show she wasn’t isn’t sure if she could make it work with him, but that she was willing to try. By episode 10, Ashley told the girls she couldn’t move past their “deep connection” despite the information being “crushing”. We can only hope Ashley got tired of waiting for the documented proof that Tyler was the uninvolved sperm donor he said he was, but since filming wrapped she has only spoken highly of Tyler to People and said she has “no regrets.” In an Oct. 10 TikTok video, Ashley implies she’s ignoring the gossip, which isn’t boding well for the hopes she’s hopped on the anti-Tyler train.
What has Tyler said since Love Is Blind aired?
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Naturally, Tyler has said he wouldn’t “really change anything” about how he handled himself on the show. Tyler graciously conceded “There’s maybe a couple conversations that could’ve been had at a certain time, who knows?” In any case, Tyler would rather “[live] in the present” than “sit back and wish that I could change something.” Tyler posted a “BTS” Love Is Blind slideshow with Ashley on October 14, 2024, so the pair appears to be on good terms.
