The flip side to meeting your husband on The Bachelorette? Your breakup will be just as public as your love story. At least, that's been the case for Rachel Lindsay, whose divorce was finalized in January. Now, just a few months later, Rachel is explaining why she feels her ex, Bryan Abasolo, shouldn't get spousal support—and clearing up one major misconception.

“I am truly tired of the narrative of, well, he's deserving of the money because he picked up and sacrificed his career for her,” Rachel said in a new episode of her podcast, Higher Learning. “I'm just gonna say this and I'm gonna say this once—not true.” She continued, “The reason I said that my ex is not deserving of alimony is because we both made sacrifices in the marriage and I shouldn't be punished because I was successful during that time that we were married and he wasn't.”

“Somebody who is fully capable of working, who is licensed in multiple states, who could go work for somebody or start their own business or could [be an] influencer or could use the platform that was given to them to leverage it into other things, should not be getting spousal support,” she said.

Rachel also pushed back on the claims that Bryan, a chiropractor, had ever quit his job or sacrificed business opportunities for her. “My ex did not move three times for me,” she said, adding that he initially moved to Dallas, where she worked as an attorney, following their engagement because he quit his job. She further claimed that when they moved together to Miami, she was the one leaving her career behind. “Nobody considers that,” she said. As for their 2020 move to Los Angeles? Rachel admitted that it was driven by her career, but said that he wanted to move with her.

To be clear, Rachel said she does believe that her ex was “entitled to some compensation,” and also believes that spousal support is warranted in certain situations, she takes issue with him receiving spousal support in addition to their division of assets. “What I don't agree with is the taking advantage of, just because you can, take advantage of an old system,” she said. “I think a bigger conversation that needs to be had is that the laws around alimony need to change in order to reflect modern times.”

Last year, Rachel was then ordered to pay a little over $13,000 a month to Bryan in spousal support as they hammered out their divorce agreement. Eventually, Rachel and Bryan settled their divorce in January of 2025, with Rachel ordered to pay Bryan a $500,000 (minus spousal support already paid) equalization payment. She payed half—$230,114.50—that month and will have to pay the remaining half by January of 2026.