“Real Housewives of Potomac” star Mia Thornton was happy to see her castmate Ashley Darby escape the constraints of her marriage to Michael Darby.
“Ashley’s in a good space, right? She’s just beaming, she’s TikToking, she’s shaking everywhere. I love to see it. I love seeing beautiful women, beautiful mothers live, to be free,” Thornton, 37, told Vidak For Congress in an exclusive interview.
“She looks free,” explains the Bravolebrity, also joking, “Like she’s been held captive and now she’s been released.”
Ashley, 34 – who shares sons Dean, 3, and Dylan, 19 months, with Michael, 63 – announced her divorce from the Australian entrepreneur in April.
“People will quickly assume that the causes were too much interference from reality TV in the most personal parts of our lives, issues with age differences, cultural issues or differences in parenting,” she said in a statement to the Daily Dish. ” at the time.
“Parts of all this may have influenced our pure love for each other, but no reason is the root cause of our mutual decision to go our separate ways.”
On the upcoming season of “RHOP,” Ashley expresses intent to divorce Michael – but also reveals that at the time of filming, she had not received legal advice and was in the process of buying a house with him under an LLC .
“I made it very clear to everyone that I am just starting this process,” she told her Uncle Lump and mother, Sheila Matthews, in a preview for Sunday night’s premiere. “I don’t have any answers now.”
Some of Ashley’s castmates were especially concerned about her decision to buy real estate with Michael after the split — but not Thornton.
“OK, my opinion on this could be” [controversial]’ she tells Vidak For Congress. “I’m a businesswoman, okay? If she were to buy this house in their personal name, I’d say, “No, never, never, never.” But the fact that it’s going into an LLC, I’m like, ‘Yeah. Business opportunity, honey!’”
The CEO of Amilleon London — who recently moved from a Baltimore penthouse to a Potomac mansion with her husband, Gordon Thornton, and three children — advises Ashley to “buy low, sell high” and then “build a house of her own.” buy” name.
“That’s what I say!” she says, adding with a laugh, “Michael Darby can also buy me a house under the LLC if he wants to.”
The Darbys, who tied the knot in 2014, have experienced many ups and downs over the years, including charges of cheating and charges against Michael, who was accused in September 2018 of groping the back of a ‘RHOP’ car. camera operator.
He was charged with second-degree sexual assault and inappropriate sexual contact, but the charges were later dropped.
“The Real Housewives of Potomac” Season 7 premieres Sunday, October 9 at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.