diff --git a/lib/readmore.dart b/lib/readmore.dart
index d237641..01904d6 100644
--- a/lib/readmore.dart
+++ b/lib/readmore.dart
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ class Annotation {
   });
 
   final RegExp regExp;
-  final TextSpan Function({required String text, required TextStyle textStyle})
-      spanBuilder;
+  final InlineSpan Function(
+      {required String text, required TextStyle textStyle}) spanBuilder;
 }
 
 class ReadMoreText extends StatefulWidget {
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ class ReadMoreTextState extends State<ReadMoreText> {
   final TapGestureRecognizer _recognizer = TapGestureRecognizer();
 
   ValueNotifier<bool>? _isCollapsed;
+
   ValueNotifier<bool> get _effectiveIsCollapsed =>
       widget.isCollapsed ?? (_isCollapsed ??= ValueNotifier(true));
 
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ class ReadMoreTextState extends State<ReadMoreText> {
         final TextSpan dataTextSpan;
         // Constructed by ReadMoreText.rich(...)
         if (widget.richData != null) {
-          assert(_isTextSpan(widget.richData!));
+          // assert(_isTextSpan(widget.richData!));
           dataTextSpan = TextSpan(
             style: effectiveTextStyle,
             children: [widget.richData!],
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ class ReadMoreTextState extends State<ReadMoreText> {
         final text = TextSpan(
           children: [
             if (preTextSpan != null) preTextSpan,
-            dataTextSpan,
+            _removeWidgetSpan(dataTextSpan),
             if (postTextSpan != null) postTextSpan,
           ],
         );
@@ -516,7 +517,7 @@ class ReadMoreTextState extends State<ReadMoreText> {
       return TextSpan(text: data, style: textStyle);
     }
 
-    final contents = <TextSpan>[];
+    final contents = <InlineSpan>[];
 
     data.splitMapJoin(
       regExp,
@@ -540,7 +541,7 @@ class ReadMoreTextState extends State<ReadMoreText> {
           textStyle: textStyle,
         );
 
-        assert(_isTextSpan(content));
+        // assert(_isTextSpan(content));
         contents.add(content);
 
         return '';
@@ -574,7 +575,8 @@ class ReadMoreTextState extends State<ReadMoreText> {
 
         final nextSpan = TextSpan(
           text: newText,
-          children: null, // remove potential children
+          children: null,
+          // remove potential children
           style: textSpan.style,
           recognizer: textSpan.recognizer,
           mouseCursor: textSpan.mouseCursor,
@@ -624,7 +626,8 @@ class ReadMoreTextState extends State<ReadMoreText> {
     final resultTextSpan = didTrim
         ? TextSpan(
             text: textSpan.text,
-            children: newChildren, // update children
+            children: newChildren,
+            // update children
             style: textSpan.style,
             recognizer: textSpan.recognizer,
             mouseCursor: textSpan.mouseCursor,
@@ -643,17 +646,15 @@ class ReadMoreTextState extends State<ReadMoreText> {
     );
   }
 
-  bool _isTextSpan(InlineSpan span) {
-    if (span is! TextSpan) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    final children = span.children;
-    if (children == null || children.isEmpty) {
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    return children.every(_isTextSpan);
+  InlineSpan _removeWidgetSpan(TextSpan span) {
+    return TextSpan(
+      children: [
+        ...?span.children
+            ?.where((e) => e is! WidgetSpan)
+            .map((e) => _removeWidgetSpan(e as TextSpan))
+      ],
+      style: span.style,
+    );
   }
 }