RHOP star Ashley Darby biological father Chuck Boalch is not involved in her life. Ashley met Chuck for the first time in August 2019.
Darby is an entrepreneur who owned the Oz Restaurant and Bar in Arlington, Virginia, from 2015 to 2019. She is also a former Miss District of Columbia pageant winner who is married to a millionaire, Michael Darby.
The 34-year-old star hadn’t seen or spoken to her father for almost thirty years since he split from his wife. The only word Darby would get from her mother when she asked about her father was, “I rescued you from him.” Darby’s mother told her that her father was a little bit abusive to her as a baby. And it was good for her in the long term that he had left.
Darby always longed to meet her father, so she tried to establish contact with him but in vain. After three decades of waiting, she finally got the chance to meet her father on the Real Housewives Of Potomac episode in 2019.
When the moment that the reality star had envisioned all her life finally did happen, she felt like it was an out-of-body experience because it was almost too good to be true. Although, the meeting was nothing but sour.
Chuck Boalch Is The Biological Father Of Real Housewives of Potomac star Ashley Darby
Ashley Darby father Chuck Boalch is living in Atlanta, Georgia with his new family. Chuck and her mother Sheila Matthews got divorced when Darby was just a year old.
Darby was raised by her mother alone. Chuck never bothered to inquire about his first child, Ashley, nor did he try to establish contact. The 34-year-old told the media that her father blocked her on Facebook when she attempted to make contact requesting to meet him.
It was hurtful, but she couldn’t just let go. She had a nagging desire to meet her father and try to make things straight. Darby was attempting to start a family of her own. She wanted to clear everything out before she did that. She wanted her kids to have some answers about their grandparents if they ever inquired about them. Thus, she felt responsible for fostering those relationships.
Ashley met her father Chuck for the first time as an adult on an RHOP episode
In August 2019, Darby met her biological father on one of the episodes of The Real Housewives of Potomac for the first time after he had abandoned her as a child. When asked about the expectations of the meeting, Darby said she was looking for some sort of acknowledgment from her birth father.
All of Darby’s family members advised her against the meeting. Aunt Sheila herself had made many failed attempts to talk to her father since 2011. She even pointed out that Darby’s mother made a wise decision by keeping her away from Chuck.
Darby was hopeful that her father would at least accept her leaving the past behind. She took a trip to Atlanta, Georgia, on a Sunday episode of The Real Housewives of Potomac. It was an emotional trip for the star as she was looking to tie a loose string from her past.
Darby was accompanied by her mother, aunt Sheila, and uncle, Jim. This was also the first meeting of the RHOP star with her Aunt and Uncle in 12 years. They had only remained in contact over the phone. Darby opened up that her Uncle and Aunt were the only people from her father’s side with whom she still had correspondence.
The RHOP star added that it warms her heart to know that her aunt and uncle still make an effort to talk to her and care about her. Despite the fact that her father takes no notice of her at all.
They went to Chuck’s house to confront him. Cameras weren’t allowed on the property, so everything was recorded on the cell. For one, the conversation between the estranged family was short-lived and unpleasant.
When recalling the meeting, Darby said that her father, Chuck, opened his front door. Her aunt, Sheila, introduced Darby to her father. But before Darby could say anything, her father closed the door and locked it.
In an interview, Darby said she thinks much about her father. She added that she was tired of thinking about it. So, she wanted to meet him and close that chapter of her life once and for all.
Ashley has no contact with her father now
After the heart-crushing meeting with her father, Darby said it was pretty hurtful but then realized that she came out much stronger from that event. She told in an interview that although she was hurt, she stood strong as she hadn’t planned on how she would respond had he shown a positive gesture.
The experience of abject rejection from Darby’s father was hurtful but what was more difficult to get over was the fact that he has two sons with whom he had a good relationship. It made Darby realize that his father doesn’t have a problem showing affection; he consciously refused to acknowledge her family. This realization added insult to injury for the 34-year-old.
The 2019 meeting was the final pursuit from the three women to contact Chuck Boalch. After the grave response from the man, none have looked that way. Darby expressed that it was a big moment as it gave them the closure they needed from the man who was not open to them at all.
On 20 August 2019, Keeping It Real All Housewives – Bravo Television Real Housewives Series posted a photo of Chuck Boalch and Ashley Boalch Daby side by side on their Facebook page.
The Page wrote, “This is Chuck Boalch. He is Ashley Boalch Darby’s No Good Racist Deadbeat So Called Biological father. I feel very, so very and for my beautiful, intelligent girl Ashley. He doesn’t claim his daughter or want anything to do with her.”
It added, “Even though it hurts Ashley, Chuck is the one who is missing out. He has this drop-dead gorgeous daughter and a very beautiful new grandson that he chooses not to get to know or have a relationship with. One day he will pay dearly for what he has done to Ashely because god will see to it that he pays dearly.”
Ashley Darby Is The Star Of Real Housewives Of Potomac 2019
Ashley Darby joined the team of Real Housewives of Potomac in 2016. She was one of the youngest members of the show.
Real Housewives of Potomac is a reality show which aired for the first time in January 2016 on Bravo channel. Darby joined the show since its inception and has on a hundred and thirty-two episodes throughout seven seasons of the show.
The reality show follows several well-off women who are part of the exclusive society. The famous show is now in its seventh season.
The Real Housewives of Potomac star is married to Michael Darby, a millionaire, who is more than forty years senior in age than her. The couple has two sons together, 3-year-old Dean and a year-old Dylan.
Just recently, on the season premiere of The Real Housewives of Potomac, Darby confirmed that she was splitting from her partner Michael Darby after eight years of marriage. She admitted that she had been drifting apart and told Michael she wanted monogamy.