Rachel Lindsay Claims She Asked for Prenup but Relented When Bryan Abasolo Shut It Down

Seven months after settling her divorce from Bryan Abasolo, Rachel Lindsay is speaking out about the couple’s decision not to get a prenup.

During an appearance on Hot Mics with Billy Bush, the Bachelorette alum, 40, admitted that she and Abasolo allegedly didn’t see eye to eye on the need for a prenup.

“I didn’t have a prenup… and I would like to say this out loud. People are like, ‘You’re a lawyer. You’re so stupid. How did you not get a prenup?’” she explained. “So much factors into that. I asked for one. He didn’t want it. And I thought, ‘Is this marriage not going to go forward because I’m fighting for this and he isn’t?’”

“I wanted one,” she clarified. “I asked. He said, ‘No, that means you’re planning for divorce.’”

A representative for Abasolo did not immediately return PEOPLE’s repeated requests for comment.

As part of their divorce settlement in January, the former reality star claimed she “paid up more than I should have.”

However, Lindsay noted, “I have no problem that my ex asked for money. I made considerably more. I paid all the personal bills as far as mortgage, utilities, because he was building a business.” 

“That’s what you do. I never get credit for that. It’s like, ‘Oh, she’s a workaholic.” Well, I have to be. He’s building a business,” she said of the chiropractor. “Sometimes you’re up in a marriage, sometimes you’re down. That’s what you do. It’s a give and take. Of course, you’re not rewarded for that when it comes to the divorce, I mean that counts for nothing, but whatever.”

The television personality noted that she was “at an advantage” during the marriage, explaining, “So, I would have always given him money. To me, when it crosses the line of greed, that’s when you hear me start complaining. Why am I giving you an allowance?”

For Lindsay, the problems between the pair became evident shortly after her season of The Bachelorette, on which she met Abasolo on The Bachelorette in 2017.

Coming off the ABC dating show, she shared that Abasolo “made more than me.” 

“He had a condo in Miami. I didn’t own any type of real estate,” she recalled. “I mean I made good money as an attorney, but so did he, practicing 10-plus years as a chiropractor. He didn’t own his business, but he managed it… he did well for himself. I was attracted to those things. What I did not anticipate is that he would immediately leave his job right after the show was done.”

“I underestimated his desire for fame,” she added. “I underestimated what was important to him, what he really wanted.”

When asked if he was jealous of her fame, she said, “100%.”

Following her time as The Bachelorette and the pair tying the knot in 2019, she explained, “Things started to pop up for me, and for him they didn’t. And so that’s why people are like, ‘Why did you pay so much?’ It’s like, I made a lot of my money during the marriage, you know? So I don’t mind splitting 50/50.” 

However, she explained why she has “a huge problem with the spousal support.”

“You’re fully capable of working. You hold a license,” she claimed of Abasolo. “You’re getting a lot of money to get started, why do you also need an allowance?”

She also shed light on the pair’s divorce settlement, claiming that included “a buyout of spousal support.” She added, “I gave him one lump sum in January, another lump sum [in] January 2026.”

The couple’s settlement came one year after Abasolo filed for divorce in January 2024, citing irreconcilable differences.

According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the settlement indicated that Lindsay retained the couple’s home in North Hollywood while Abasolo kept their Miami condo. The chiropractor also kept a 2021 Honda Accord that was leased as well as his wedding band and a Breitling watch.

Similarly, Lindsay kept her wedding bands, engagement ring and a Breitling watch, as well as artwork by an artist named Jad Najjar and a 2023 Porsche Macan, per the documents.

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

She was ordered to pay Abasolo $500,000 as an equalization payment, though her previous spousal support payments were deducted from that total, bringing it to $460,229. Lindsay has until Jan. 7, 2026, to make the payment to her ex.

However, Lindsay claimed that Abasolo “served me last week,” adding, “Mind you, we’re settled. He wants to contest the piece of the retirement that he gets for me.”

“I was served on a Monday. By Friday, I’ve sent him a letter, explaining you’re not entitled to that,” she said, noting that his attorney agreed with her explanation.

“We’re done and you’re still trying to pull [money from me.] This is what I have a problem with,” she added. “This is where greed comes in.”

“I will say it does hurt my feelings at times when people are like, ‘You’re so stupid. How did you not get a prenup?’ And I think that’s very easy to say when you’re not in it…You just don’t think that the way things start, they’re going to end a totally different way. You just don’t think about it and it’s a hard lesson to learn,” she concluded.