Warning: this article contains spoilers about “Love Is Blind” season 7.
“Love Is Blind” season 7 stars Ashley Adionser and Tyler Francis immediately hit it off in the pods and got engaged in no time, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be knocking boots anytime soon.
The Netflix star admits that after 300 days of not having sex, she didn’t plan on compromising her choice to remain abstinent regardless of her connection with Tyler on the hit dating series.
“I was very adamant and I had reached 300 days by that point. So I thought it would be a little tough but I wasn’t nervous to tell him,” the reality star told the Daily News. “I wasn’t nervous because ‘Either you with it or you not.”’
Ashley says his response was very supportive because the pair were both seeking more depth in a relationship and sex wasn’t the “foundation.”
“In a normal scenario, I would say that maybe someone would maybe be a little jarred by that but the connection was built solely around our hearts and what we both wanted. I don’t think that sex was the initiation of that. It wasn’t the foundation.”
Tyler, who was smitten with Ashley after their first date, says he was committed to making it work because she made him “feel safe.”
“Ashley was my first date, Day 1, and she made me feel safe. I came in there saying ‘Hey I’m very nervous. This is awkward.’ And there was this sweet soul that was comforting through the wall and it was just like ‘Hey you got this, enjoy yourself. Have fun,’” Tyler tells the News. “It wasn’t even like she tried to take me for herself. She just was like, ‘You got it.’ And I was like, “Yup, it’s her.”
The two contestants were among the first couples to get engaged after bonding in the pods over similar values, interests and what they’re looking for in a spouse. But Tyler better stay loyal, as Ashley made it very clear cheating is her No. 1 dealbreaker.
“Like, I can’t. I forgave. I tried in my 20s. I’m too old for that. I’m not doing it,” she said.
Tyler can’t stand someone who is “inconsiderate or rude,” Ashley told TV Insider. “The way that they treat people is just how they’re going to treat you, your family, your friends, and your life together.”
Watch all new episodes of “Love Is Blind” season 7 on Netflix.