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Though she famously looked for a life partner onThe Bachelorette,Tayshia Adamsis happy to be “focusing on [her] career solo” for now.
Adams, 31, responded to a comment on herInstagramWednesday night that claimed she had taken “a detour from … wanting to be married and starting a family.”
Next to next to a photo of Adams, wearing a patterned purple and black dress, posing against a white brick that she captioned, “Slow Down, Grab the Wall…,” the commenter wrote that marriage and family are “not for everyone so it’s good that you realized your career is more important before you got married can you imagine how much more difficult that would have made things.”
Instead of ignoring the comment, Adams took the opportunity to share some thoughts with her 1.7 million followers on the platform.
She asked, “Did I take a detour or am I just living and enjoying my life in its current season?”
She continued, “I still want marriage and to start a family more than anything so what I BELIEVE you meant in referring to what I “realized” is actually - waiting to be in a healthy supportive relationship while simultaneously being a successful woman; a cohesive unit, not one or the other.”
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Adams first joinedBachelorNation as a contestant on season 23 ofThe Bachelor, finishing in the top three in 2019. She then joined the cast of the sixth season ofBachelor in Paradise, briefly dating fellow contestantJohn Paul Jones.
In 2020, Adams became the Bachelorette and got engaged toZac Clarkon season 16 ofThe BacheloretteafterClare Crawleyleft the show after less than two weeks with a ring fromDale Moss(with whom she split in January 2021).
Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark.David Becker/Getty
As for Adams and Clark, a rep for Adams confirmed to PEOPLE in November 2021 thatthe pair “are no longer a couple.”
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In Wednesday’s Instagram comment, Adams reminded her followers: “I think some of you fail to remember that I stated this at the beginning of my journey. I want to build an empire, I want to go after my dreams and I want my partner to be supportive of that as they follow their own dreams as well.”
Adams co-hostedKatie ThurstonandMichelle Young’s season ofThe BachelorettealongsideKaitlyn Bristowein 2021, but it was recently confirmed that neither of them will be returning to host thenext season.
source: people.com
