Ashley and Tyler from 'Love Is Blind' made it to the altar — but they've been plagued with controversy off-screen

• "Love Is Blind" play 7 features a formed of singles from nan Washington, DC area.
• Ashley and Tyler, 2 professionals successful their 30s, are 1 of nan 7 couples to get engaged.
• Here's what we cognize astir wherever their narration stands today.

Warning: Spoilers up for nan "Love Is Blind" play 7 finale.

The "Love Is Blind" weddings are yet here.

In nan play 7 finale, which aired Wednesday, 34-year-old relationship head Tyler and 31-year-old trading head Ashley became 1 of only 2 couples to make it to nan altar. After getting engaged pinch remarkably small play successful nan pods, they were 1 of six pairs that producers chose to travel connected a post-engagement picnic to Mexico.

Early successful nan season, Ashley and Tyler had a comparatively dissonance-free storyline. However, it was analyzable later connected by Tyler's revelation successful section 9 that he had been a sperm philanthropist for a female friend and her woman — thing that hadn't travel up pre-engagement successful nan pods.

But this is "Love Is Blind," and overmuch of nan play happens extracurricular of nan millions of eyes (and successful turn, subscribers) that Netflix brings to each caller season.

News that Tyler had fathered children collapsed connected societal media earlier it was ever addressed connected nan show, and claims that Tyler was much than a distant sperm philanthropist to his children circulated arsenic well. Ultimately, the contention is still bully for Netflix's bottommost line — even if it's happening off-screen, it's keeping "Love Is Blind" successful nan conversation.

Given this still-evolving controversy, galore fans are wondering if Ashley and Tyler are still together aft nan events of nan finale. Here's what we know.

Ashley and Tyler enslaved successful nan pods and make it each nan measurement to nan altar

In section one, Ashley is enamored by Tyler's nerves connected their first date. They besides enslaved complete their shared emotion of cooking and food, their belief faith, and nan truth that they some utilized to thrust horses.

In nan aforesaid episode, Tyler opens up to Ashley astir really difficult his mother worked to raise him and his siblings aft his grandma died and his grandfather trim his mother off. As a result, he says, he wants to person a "big family" — someone pinch whom he could stock his love.

The mates celebrates Tyler's day connected a day successful section three. Tyler proposes to Ashley, and she accepts. Later successful that episode, they meet successful personification for nan first clip — and luckily, producers take them to return nan post-engagement travel to Mexico pinch 5 of nan different couples.

Unlike immoderate of nan different couples, Ashley and Tyler don't person immoderate important on-camera hostility while connected vacation. All successful all, nan first batch of episodes, which premiered connected October 2, leaves their narration successful a bully place.

In section eight, things proceed moving on arsenic Tyler gets Ashley's father's blessing. But things return a awesome move successful episodes 9 and 10: Cameras seizure Ashley and Tyler debriefing astir an off-screen speech successful which he revealed that he already fathered 3 children.

Tyler tells Ashley that he served arsenic a sperm philanthropist for a female friend and her wife, who wanted to person a child. He besides told her that nan children didn't cognize what he looked like, and said that he wouldn't beryllium upset if Ashley decided she didn't want to get joined because he'd initially kept this accusation from her.

"I'm not upset by you trying to thief a mates person kids. I deliberation that's admirable successful definite ways, but nan rumor comes successful pinch maine emotion for illustration I was not getting nan afloat image of you," Ashley says successful section nine. "And erstwhile you're not fixed nan afloat image of something, it's difficult to not mobility everything."

But nan mates patches things up, and Ashley tells Tyler successful section 11 that she still wants to wed him — though she warns him that immoderate akin revelations going guardant whitethorn put that successful jeopardy. Later successful that episode, they make bully connected 1 of Ashley's pre-marriage wishes: going skydiving pinch her fiancé.

In nan play 7 finale, retired now, Ashley and Tyler spell connected their respective bachelorette and bachelor parties, and (spoiler alert) get married. They extremity nan ceremonial by jumping nan broom — a wedding contented pinch roots successful American slavery, erstwhile Black slaves weren't capable to legally wed and jumped a broom instead. Today, immoderate Black Americans person reclaimed nan tradition, incorporating it into their weddings arsenic Ashley and Tyler did.

Ashley and Tyler are still connected connected societal media — but group are still raising questions astir Tyler's children

As of nan finale airdate, Tyler and Ashley are still pursuing each different connected Instagram. They've some posted astir nan finale, arsenic good arsenic their respective bachelor and bachelorette parties, connected Instagram, but haven't yet disclosed their narration position — apt because they're mandated to support that a concealed until nan reunion airs connected October 30.

Tyler has constricted who tin remark connected his Instagram posts, meaning that galore of them are from chap "Love Is Blind" castmates. But those that aren't are actively speculating astir nan off-screen play involving his children, which has go 1 of nan ascendant conversations online astir Ashley and Tyler's narration (and nan play arsenic a whole).

In early October, soon aft nan first batch of episodes premiered connected Netflix, allegations circulated online that Tyler had fathered 3 children, but lied to women that he'd dated astir it. Photos appearing to show Tyler posing pinch nan children, including 1 showing him wearing a garment that says "Dope dada raising dope kids" while holding 2 of them, circulated online.

Of course, Ashley and Tyler addressed his children — and nan truth that he didn't mention them successful nan pods — on nan show. But what he told Ashley appears to contradict what group are saying online: namely, that nan children don't cognize what he looks like.

Bri Thomas, a female who identified herself online arsenic nan mother of Tyler's children, said that Tyler, who she said was her champion friend astatine nan time, had served arsenic a sperm philanthropist for her and her wife. However, aft she and her woman separated, Bri said that Tyler became a co-parent to that child, and they later conceived twins people together. According to Bri, nan twins moreover person Tyler's past name. Bri said that she and Tyler didn't date, and she supported his determination to spell connected nan show. However, she said that Tyler hadn't seen nan children since September 30, 2023, nan time earlier he near for filming.

Tyler and Ashley person not officially addressed nan controversy. But aft personification accused him connected Instagram of "trying to delete your past," he told them to "just beryllium patient" and that he would "explain it each very soon."

At this point, we can't opportunity for judge if Tyler and Ashley are still married, aliases really things person played retired down nan scenes regarding his children. But it seems apt that it'll beryllium a awesome taxable of chat astatine nan upcoming "Love Is Blind" play 7 reunion.

The "Love Is Blind" play 7 reunion will aerial astatine 9 p.m. ET connected Wednesday, October 30 connected Netflix.