Ashley Darby pressed pause on #RHOP drama to hunt for a swoon-worthy suitor at Bravo’s Love Lodge, and shared all of the resort key-claiming deets with BOSSIP.
Becoming a member of Ashley for the lavish romantic getaway on the luxurious Grand Velas Boutique Lodge in Los Cabos, Mexico, are Shannon Storms Beador (The Actual Housewives of Orange County), (her homegirl) Gizelle Bryant (The Actual Housewives of Potomac), and Luann de Lesseps (The Actual Housewives Final Women Journey: RHONY Legacy).
Over eight episodes, the ladies will combine and mingle with a curated group of profitable bachelors, all in hopes of discovering their fortunately ever after, or at the very least a memorable connection. Contemporary off a really public breakup, Beador was excited to reenter the courting pool with an open thoughts, whereas Bryant, now an empty nester, was shifting her focus to like. On the time of filming, nonetheless, Ashley was getting ready for divorce and hoping to go away her “daddy points” behind. In the meantime, de Lesseps, who has weathered two divorces throughout her Actual Housewives tenure, hoped the third time’s the attraction.
As beforehand reported, actor and comic Joel Kim Booster would this group’s witty “Love Concierge,” serving to information their journey.
For Ashley, the chance was a dream come true and one thing she’d talked about for years at BravoCon alongside some fellow standout Bravolebrities.
“I’ve been pitching a love present since I bought separated,” she mentioned with fun to BOSSIP’s Managing Editor Dani Canada. “As quickly as I used to be a bit of little bit of a free hen, I used to be like, ‘Andy, please assist me discover love.’ I really like love exhibits. I watch Love Island. I watch Love Is Blind. I clearly can’t do any of these. So let’s make our personal.”
She continued,
“After we have been at BravoCon two years in the past, a bunch of us girls have been speaking about it. It was a significant subject of dialog. I talked about it with Sonja [Morgan] and Kenya [Moore]. All of us wished it to occur. And eventually, the powers that be heard us.”
All through Love Lodge, the ability lies with the ladies. Armed with keys to their lavish digs, they management who checks in and who checks out.
In keeping with Ashley, whereas it would look “enjoyable” for her to wield that energy, it was really annoying.
“Enjoyable is one phrase, nevertheless it was additionally a bit of nerve-wracking,” Darby admitted. “Even when we didn’t essentially really feel the strongest romantic connection, we nonetheless favored loads of the fellows as buddies. You didn’t need to harm anybody’s emotions.”
For Ashley, a number of elements impacted who she selected to entertain, together with chemistry and scent, which performed an even bigger function within the courting course of than she anticipated.
“I didn’t understand how necessary scent is to me till we have been at Love Lodge,” she informed BOSSIP. “Possibly as a result of there have been no different elements and I simply had first impressions. Scent is so necessary to me, not simply fragrance or cologne, however pheromones. You’ve bought to mesh.”
Ashley added that she doesn’t have a strict bodily “kind” in the case of courting a person, or perhaps a lady, however she has a couple of non-negotiables.
“Good tooth is a really massive factor. You’ll be able to’t have dangerous breath. Truthfully, I can forgive a busted mug earlier than I can forgive dangerous breath.”
Thankfully, Ashley had a trusted ally in fellow Potomac star Gizelle Bryant.
“Gizelle really is the perfect wing lady,” she shared about her GNA co-creator girlfriend. “After we exit, she’ll assist me, like, ‘Okay, let’s stand right here,’ or she’ll inform me what a man is taking a look at. She’ll be my ops — and it was so useful.”
Nonetheless, she is aware of the purple flags to observe for; inconsistency, unkindness to waitstaff, and even unfavorable speak about one’s personal mom are main deal-breakers.
Regardless of being a actuality TV veteran, Ashley informed BOSSIP that she was was pleasantly stunned that a lot of the suitors didn’t know who the Housewives have been.
“It was very refreshing,” she shared. “I’m excellent at studying when somebody has dangerous intentions, and I didn’t really feel that from most of them.”
She additionally warmly mirrored on the friendships shaped throughout filming.
“I turned so near these three ladies; Gizelle, Shannon, and Luann,” she mentioned. “To be put in positions the place we needed to have actual conversations about love and friendship was one thing I didn’t count on.”
When requested who else she’d like to see examine into the Love Lodge, she didn’t hesitate to vouch for a fellow Potomac champagne flute holder, a Georgia peach and two girls from Beverly Hills.
“I actually like the concept of Stacey [Rush] from our present. We all know her to be awkward and stiff, however I believe the suitable man may actually grease these joints actual good,” she mentioned with fun. “Porsha [Williams] deserves to search out actual, sincere, real love. I’d put Sutton [Stracke] and Garcelle [Beauvais] on there too.”
Armed with Housewife coronary heart, and humor, Ashley’s able to attraction her potential matches (and Bravo watchers) when Love Lodge opens its doorways at the moment.
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