Those Michael Darby cheating rumors were finally brought to the table in last night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Potomac. Now, Ashley Darby is speaking out about the aftermath with her husband as a preview of next week’s episode reveals more details about their “unconventional marriage.”
For next week’s episode, Ashley is seen in this sneak preview detailing her unique marriage situation, potentially making those cheating rumors not as scandalous as the women believed them to be.
“My marriage has had its own identity, per se,” Ashley notes in the clip. “Michael and I have been in situations where we’ve been with other people before. For example, we were hanging out at the David Guetta concert and I found someone I was attracted to…” she trails off, leaving the women to wonder about the details until she finally shares that they had a threesome.
Ashley clarifies that the threeway in question was with another woman, and Karen also gives her two cents in her confessional, admitting that she had already “filled in the blanks” before.
Karen, however, asks if the couple is currently in the “monogamous” place at the moment, to which Ashley responds, “yes,” also adding that she doesn’t want “anything with anybody else.”
“So, if something like this happens again, where are you?” asks Wendy Osefo.
“We are done,” Ashley says.
In the September 13 episode, RHOP fans witnessed Candiace Dillard-Bassett finally telling Ashley about those texts she received from a “very good friend” regarding her husband, Michael, being caught at a strip club. Catching up with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live, Ashley explained what lead to Michael’s confession after Andy wondered if he had come clean “right away.”
“I actually saw the photo before I even saw Michael when we came back from the lake house,” Ashley revealed on the show. “When I came home, Michael was at a hockey game and when he came home, I had already seen it and … he had already given me a little build-up that he had something to tell me when I was driving back from the lake house and then it all erupted, obviously, when he came through that door.”
Ashley also gave more clarification regarding her surprising snooping behavior after she revealed on last night’s episode that she would often go through her husband’s texts and emails as well as sniff his underwear.
“Really that [peaked] when I was pregnant. I was super sensitive. I was very jealous,” she stated. “I had this really keen sense of smell where I could smell absolutely anything from, like, a mile away. So I was a little more insecure during my pregnancy.”
Andy went on to press Ashley about her new pregnancy with baby number two, wondering if she still may be concerned about her husband’s behavior.
“You know, I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t have a little bit of something in the back of my mind … but Michael has been the most supportive husband over these last few months,” she said. “He’s really gone out of his way to show me that he’s remorseful and that he wants to rebuild our marriage and rebuild our trust.”
WWHL host Andy also wondered about Ashley’s reaction to hearing the news from Candiace, considering their often bumpy past. Although Ashley felt that Candiace approached things “in the right way,” she does suspect that Candiace’s texts were not sent to her from a friend.
“I personally think that Candiace got this from someone on social media and then it translated to a text message because as this story unfolds she gives more information about how she knows this person and it’s just a little far-fetched for me,” she stated.
The Real Housewives of Potomac airs every Sunday at 9/8c on Bravo.