Why Former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay Regrets Not Having Prenup with Bryan Abasolo: 'We Weren't on the Same Page'

"I'm not the same person that I was when I got married," Lindsay said amid her ongoing divorce

Rachel Lindsay is explaining why she wishes she had a prenup with ex Bryan Abasolo amid their ongoing divorce.

On the recent episode of Hidden Gems with Natasha Parker, Lindsay, 39, opened up about why she thinks “everybody should have a prenup.” When she married Abasolo, 44, who she met on her season of The Bachelorette in 2019, Lindsay said the topic of a prenup did come up, but the couple couldn’t agree.

“It was just a different time, so I wasn't leading with that,” she told Parker. “And we weren't on the same page with prenups, and so I just didn't want it to be a bigger issue, so we didn't have one. You know, hindsight's 20/20. I would've done it. I mean, I always wanted to do it, but again, we weren't on the same page when it came to that.”

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Abasolo filed for divorce from the former Bachelorette in December and is now asking for spousal support and $75,000 to cover his legal fees. Lindsay, who used to be a lawyer, admitted that people often ask how she didn’t insist on a prenup because of experience with the law.

“The place that I'm in now, you know, financially, however you wanna define it, is totally different than when I got married,” Lindsay said. “We were more leveled, and I wasn't in California.”

Looking back, Lindsay said no matter where she was financially, she should have gotten a prenup. Noting that it isn’t “unsexy,” or “planning for divorce,” she said she thinks the negative connotation of a prenup steers people away from it.

“I'm not the same person that I was when I got married,” Lindsay said. “You're just not. And that's why a prenup is necessary because you're dealing with dissolving a marriage, and you're two different people. My mistake is expecting that the people will be handle it in the same way.”

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Lindsay confessed that she didn’t think the person she married would change their views when she got married, and now she realizes that wasn’t true.

“I think every person should have a prenup because I could have never predicted that in 2024, I would be getting a divorce,” she confessed. “You just never know what life's gonna throw at you, what's gonna happen.”

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A prenup also isn’t always to maintain independence financially during a marriage, Lindsay pointed out. She also thinks prenups are helpful for someone wanting to secure themselves financial stability if they end up divorced.

“I'm not saying sign any prenup that's put in front of you, but there should be something to protect your interest, yes, but also to protect you if you do get divorced and you have sacrificed certain things, you know, for the betterment of the family," she explained. "That's the thing — sacrificing for the betterment of the home, of building a family.”

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