Ashley Darby. Rich Fury/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Trying to make it work. Ashley Darby and her estranged husband, Michael Darby, have been coparenting since their April break up, however an insider completely tells Us Weekly that it hasn’t been going so nicely.
“Coparenting has been a disaster, quite frankly,” the supply says of the Real Housewives of Potomac star, 34, and the actual property agent, 63. “Michael was really strict initially about the kids filming and being on camera. He didn’t want them [to be] part of season 7.”
The estranged couple share sons Dean, 3, and Dylan, 19 months. The Bravo character introduced her break up from Michael in April after eight years of marriage.
“We have decided to separate,” the ZenGem founder stated in an announcement on the time. “We are aware that there will be many speculative views as to why we have made this decision. People will be quick to assume that the causes were too much intrusion by reality TV into the most personal parts of our lives, age gap issues, cultural problems, or child-rearing differences. Pieces of all these may have affected our pure love for each other, but no one reason is the root cause of our mutual decision to go our separate ways.”
The insider instructed Us that Ashley hasn’t but filed for divorce, however she desires to share custody along with her estranged partner regardless of their coparenting difficulties. “She’s not the type of person who would electively not let him see his kids,” the supply tells Us. “She would of course want their father to be present in their lives.”
Ashley and Michael Darby. Courtesy of Ashley Darby/Instagram
In the meantime, the truth star is “actively dating” once more. “She’s putting herself out there and is eager to meet someone who she can see a future with,” the insider explains. “She’s always looking for friends to set her up on dates.”
The yoga guru will not be, nonetheless, interested by courting somebody in the identical age bracket as her ex. “She’s looking for someone not twice her age,” the insider says of Ashley. She desires “someone age-appropriate. Someone established that is going to treat her nicely and is on her level.”
While Ashley is able to transfer on romantically, she’s nonetheless hooked up to Michael via property: the RHOP season 7 trailer revealed that the pair just lately purchased a home collectively.
“If I was going through a divorce, I would not be buying a house with somebody,” Ashley’s RHOP costar Wendy Osefo completely instructed Us earlier this month. “I wouldn’t live in the same block. I may not live on the same street or the same state, but that’s her and that’s her choice. And I think that Ashley does a good job of just being strong in the face of adversity, especially since at the end of the day, she’s a mom. And for me as a mom, that’s the priority. It’s interesting as you see everything evolve with Ashley’s story. But I think she does a really good job of keeping that peaceful home environment for her kids.”
The Real Housewives of Potomac airs on Bravo Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Diana Cooper
Source: www.usmagazine.com
