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\n Related: <\/span>‘RHOP’ Star Ashley Darby Mocks Costar Wendy Osefo\u2019s Felony Fraud Arrest<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tThe Real Housewives of Potomac\u2018s Ashley Darby reportedly took aim at costar Wendy Osefo following her felony fraud arrest. \u201cWe\u2019re making melodies, not felonies, if you know what I mean,\u201d Darby, 37, said while performing at Mr. Henry\u2019s in Washington, D.C., on Friday, October 10. \u201cI\u2019m just throwing it out there,\u201d she reportedly continued, per [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cToday was his funeral and I contemplated going, almost to have my own sense of closure, but I\u2019ve been traveling so much and I really wanted to be with my own kids this weekend,\u201d said Ashley, who shares sons Dean, 6, and Dylan, 4, with ex-husband Michael Darby<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cMy rationale was, why would I want to take time away from my own kids for someone who never made time for me?\u201d Ashley continued. \u201cI found out that I have siblings. All of the things I had no idea about my father, I learned about in his obituary. I learned he liked to garden, he taught himself how to play guitar, he was an avid fisherman \u2014 really, so many of the things that I also love to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ashley went on, \u201cIn the obituary, it said his greatest accomplishment was being a dad to his two sons. It stung a little bit. Whatever. It\u2019s interesting how you can mourn and have some sort of grieving \u2014 a unique form of grieving \u2014 for someone you have no relationship with, right? Just blood relations, but no emotional connection. That is so interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
The RHOP<\/em> original said she had hoped her father might reach out before his death. She said she had learned that he was recently placed in hospice care for cancer, which she said had spread through his whole body.<\/p>\n\n![\"RHOP's](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/RHOP-Ashley-Darby-Explains-Why-She-Skipped-Estranged-Father-Funeral.jpg?w=720&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Courtesy of Ashley Darby\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI guess what I ultimately surmise from this experience of my life, at 37, is really learning to close the door,\u201d she said. \u201cA door that was never opened, and will never be opened. I think I\u2019ve always held out some sort of hope that maybe, like, when my dad was in hospice, prior to him passing, maybe he\u2019d have a wave conscience to be like, \u2018Let me at least make amends.\u2019 It\u2019s just so weird.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy rationale was, why would I want to take time away from my own kids for someone who never made time for me?\u201d Ashley continued. \u201cI found out that I have siblings. All of the things I had no idea about my father, I learned about in his obituary. I learned he liked to garden, he taught himself how to play guitar, he was an avid fisherman \u2014 really, so many of the things that I also love to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ashley went on, \u201cIn the obituary, it said his greatest accomplishment was being a dad to his two sons. It stung a little bit. Whatever. It\u2019s interesting how you can mourn and have some sort of grieving \u2014 a unique form of grieving \u2014 for someone you have no relationship with, right? Just blood relations, but no emotional connection. That is so interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
The RHOP<\/em> original said she had hoped her father might reach out before his death. She said she had learned that he was recently placed in hospice care for cancer, which she said had spread through his whole body.<\/p>\n \u201cI guess what I ultimately surmise from this experience of my life, at 37, is really learning to close the door,\u201d she said. \u201cA door that was never opened, and will never be opened. I think I\u2019ve always held out some sort of hope that maybe, like, when my dad was in hospice, prior to him passing, maybe he\u2019d have a wave conscience to be like, \u2018Let me at least make amends.\u2019 It\u2019s just so weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>