Ashley Darby Almost Left ‘Housewives’ When She Became A Mom. She’s Glad She Stayed.

Ashley Darby Almost Left ‘Housewives’ When She Became A Mom. She’s Glad She Stayed.

The single-mom archetype has long been a staple of reality TV and dating shows in particular. But between the “mamacita” meme heard ’round the world in 2025 and the Bachelorette shakeup that made headline news earlier this year, she’s been scrutinized like never before. So what’s it really like to be a single woman and a mother on reality TV? Ashley Darby wasn’t a parent when she joined The Real Housewives of Potomac in 2016, but a decade later …