Rachel Lindsay Breaks Silence to Admit She’s Taking It ‘Day by Day’ amid ‘Difficult’ Divorce from Bryan Abasolo

Rachel Lindsay is still processing Bryan Abasolo’s decision to file for divorce.

The former Bachelor opened up about the end of her marriage at the beginning of Friday’s episode of her podcast Higher Education with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay.

“I didn’t think I would get emotional,” she said, crying. “First of all, I just want to say thank you to the people who reached out. I’m still trying to respond to people. You never know how big your circle is until you see all the people contacting you and loving you,” she said.

“Obviously it’s a tough time — if you read the headlines — and you’re probably wondering why I would even be working. But to be honest with you, I need to distract myself, and the best way to do that is to do something I love, and I do Higher Education.”

While Lindsay chose not to go into all the details, she promised, “I will eventually, but now is not the time, [I’m] I’m just trying to take it one day at a time.”

Lathan ended the conversation with a joke: “This is obviously a reaction to Texas losing in the college football playoff. I knew it would affect you.”

Rachel Lindsay says 2023 was ‘one of the hardest years of my life’ amid divorce from husband Bryan Abasolo

Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo in 2019. Dominik Bindl/Getty

PEOPLE has obtained documents confirming that Abasolo, 43, has filed for divorce from Lindsay, 38, citing “irreconcilable differences” and citing Dec. 31 as the date of their separation.

He then explained the decision on Instagram: “After more than 4 years of marriage, Rachel and I have made the difficult decision to separate and start over. My parents have been married forever and I am a family man, but sometimes loving yourself and your partner means that you have to let go. I wanted you to hear it from the source before the blogs start creating their own reality. Please respect the spaces of our family and friends as we figure out the next steps.”

Before her own statement, Lindsay reflected on 2023 in an Instagram post: “Definitely one of the hardest years of my life, but I’ve decided to focus on moments of gratitude and carry that energy into 2024 💛”

Timeline of Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo’s relationship

Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo in 2017.

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Lindsay and Abasolo met Bachelor 2017 and got married in 2019.

Although their relationship took place in the public eye, Lindsay set a public boundary and decided to stop sharing glimpses of her marriage online in the summer of 2022. “We met on a reality television show focused on finding love. The audience became interested in our story, our love and our future,” she wrote in a blog post.

“So naturally, the audience wants to know what we’re doing, if we’re doing well and what’s next for our future. They want the love story to continue playing for their public perception. But our contractual public story ended on August 7, 2017.”

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Weeks before news of the couple’s split broke, Lindsay admitted she and her husband live in “completely different places” during an appearance on Nick Viall’s show Viall files podcast.

Explaining how their different careers affect their relationship, Lindsay said on the December 21 episode: “Bryan is the only practitioner [and] he leaves the house at 8. He comes home at 9 o’clock, 9:30 [at night] sometimes. It’s just him.”

“Me, especially now that I’m not working ExtraI have a lot more free time … and then I’m back in the hustle and bustle of trying to find another job, so I go to events,” she continued. “So we’re just in two completely different places. ”

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