Whereas showing on Wednesday’s episode of The Viall Recordsdata podcast, the Love Is Blind star revealed that the mom of her now-husband’s organic kids reached out to her.

“I’ll say she wrote me on Instagram and apologized to me and Tyler,” Ashley shared. “[She] stated she’s praying for us and he or she by no means meant for it to go this manner. She will not say an excessive amount of on this discussion board.”

She continued, “She additionally wrote me and stated it was OK if I by no means needed to reply and he or she is aware of my world is loopy proper now and he or she by no means deliberately meant to trigger me any ache.”

Those that watched season 7 of Netflix’s courting actuality sequence will recall that Tyler detailed to Ashley his function as a sperm donor after the pair acquired engaged — sight unseen — on the present.

The post-pods reveal got here as a shock to Ashley. Whereas Tyler claimed on the time that he solely was a sperm donor and the he did not assume the children knew what he seemed like, the pair had truly spoken intimately off-camera, the place Tyler was extra forthright about his scenario.

“My coronary heart sank to the bottom,” Ashley recalled of the primary time Tyler instructed her the reality. “He was afraid to inform me as a result of he did not need to lose me. I used to be like, ‘That is theft. You robbed me of my alternative.’ … I used to be caught off-guard.”

Tyler beforehand donated a pattern of his sperm to assist his former army colleague and her then-wife have kids. After the pair welcomed a son after which a pair of twins, the couple divorced. Tyler’s buddy, whose title has not been publicly shared, then requested Tyler to step in as a father determine.

In line with Ashley, Tyler solely had an “uncle” function to the children and he took a step again earlier than happening Love Is Blind due to an absence of “connection.”

The mom of Tyler’s children, nonetheless, claimed in a sequence of social media posts shared earlier than the present’s Season 7 reunion that Tyler did actually know what his children seemed like and had an in depth relationship with them. She additionally claimed he deserted each her and their children after happening the present.

As Love Is Blind began airing, the kids’s grandmother even weighed in, repeatedly claiming through social media that Tyler was truly very concerned of their lives.

“Actually, the toughest half was seeing Tyler wrestle throughout a time that ought to have been nearly our love story,” Ashley stated. “I believe as soon as [his friend] apologized, she type of felt unhealthy. ‘Getting beat up on social media is rarely enjoyable,’ I instructed her.”

The girl apparently solely apologized to Ashley and hasn’t been involved with Tyler. He allegedly, in keeping with Ashley, tried to message her through his canine’s Instagram web page however did not get any response.

“If we by no means speak to [the woman] or the children once more, it is nonetheless a factor,” Ashley defined Wednesday. “I would not thoughts having a sit-down with [her]. I need to know what the motive is right here, like, even his mother. Once I talked to her, she was like, ‘It’s precisely what he is saying,’ and it was so uncomfortable for [my mother-in-law].”

After getting detailed reply’s about Tyler’s previous and his involvement within the kids’s lives, Ashley finally got here to the conclusion that she nonetheless needed to maneuver ahead with their wedding ceremony.

“Once I stated, ‘I do,’ I stated I do to all of it,” she instructed podcast host Nick Viall, noting she would “take [Tyler’s] lead” if the children ever determined to achieve out as soon as they’re older.

Whereas the sperm donor scandal did not break the couple aside, it undoubtedly left them on shaky floor.

“It wasn’t damaged, nevertheless it was tainted,” Ashley stated of how the scenario impacted the belief the pair had after they first got here out of the pods. “[We worked through it] simply by persevering with the dialog. I’ll say that the pods and the experiment taught us quite a bit. I’ve by no means had this nice of communication in my complete existence. … There is not any rulebook [for trust], I simply needed to take a leap of religion and say, ‘OK, I see this man and I do know him.’”

Love Is Blind season 7 is at present streaming on Netflix.