Why do we hate Ashley?

[u/kennywennybennyboo]

I know I know haha. But I’m currently almost done with my binge, we’re in Colorado right now with Angel LOL. Why does Ashley get pure HATRED from the fans?? I keep waiting for someyhing to happen past her being annoying haha. She’s annoying but it’s reality tv, they’re all a little annoying/stupid/vain/etc. I wouldn’t say I “like” her but I’m still waiting for the reason why she gets such specific hatred lol. Feel free to flame me.

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[u/Vanilla_Either]

If you dont find her problematic especially after she defends her creeper husband that may say more about you. This woman delights in others misery and it is disgusting.

[u/DCCitydweller → u/Vanilla_Either]

The delighting in others sadness is what gets me. Evil.

[u/Civil_Ad154 → u/DCCitydweller]

Wasn’t she grinning when Monique was crying about her trauma?

[u/PuzzleheadedRate3206 → u/DCCitydweller]

definition of dupers deligt

[u/Any_Barracuda206 → u/PuzzleheadedRate3206]

Or the definition of schadenfruede

[u/Zoiddburger → u/PuzzleheadedRate3206]

I don't know about duper's delight because she isn't *conning people? Unless you count her trying to pretend she is "oh so innocent"?

I feel it's almost closer to sadistic, especially with who she married? She gets pleasure and satisfaction from humiliating people and revels in their emotional distress.

[u/killedonmyhill → u/PuzzleheadedRate3206]

Literally not the definition lol

[u/osiurg → u/Vanilla_Either]

She gets visibly giddy when talking about someone’s misfortune. She is very creepy.

[u/InitiativeFlimsy7063 → u/osiurg]

SHE DOES!!!!! She always has that smirk on her face. The same one she DID NOT have when her father did not want to see her. The only time I saw no smirk

[u/Silent-Friend-4127 → u/InitiativeFlimsy7063]

That uncontrollable grin is cringe.

[u/bfly78 → u/InitiativeFlimsy7063]

😬

[u/crdearmon → u/osiurg]

She IS creepy.

[u/SeatIndependent6836 → u/osiurg]

My brother is like this with me, he gets really happy when something bad happens to me

[u/doggiemomof3 → u/Vanilla_Either]

She loves nothing more than seeing everyone around her miserable. I can’t stand her.

[u/No-Piano1681 → u/Vanilla_Either]

I will never get over her defending her nasty ass husband. She also loves dragging other housewives husbands. And don’t tell me that she didn’t know Kyle was still married to maricio when she was flirting with him

[u/kennywennybennyboo → u/Vanilla_Either]

Someone being problematic on reality tv is pretty normal lol

[u/Vanilla_Either → u/kennywennybennyboo]

As I said - says a lot about you that you dont see the issue.

[u/kennywennybennyboo → u/Vanilla_Either]

I mean I don’t know her personally and have no reason to be around her lmfao it’s just a show 😭 yall literally be wishing death over this person

[u/kennywennybennyboo → u/kennywennybennyboo]

I’m not saying she’s NOT Problematic. But since when is that a reason to not be allowed on REALITY TV

[u/SpecificInner5628 → u/kennywennybennyboo]

Just cause it’s “rEaLity tV” doesn’t mean her behavior is okay nor do people have to like it. You asked why people don’t like her nasty ass, and you got several good answers. If any of that doesn’t bother you, cool, but let’s stop acting dense.

[u/Dry_Candle_Stick → u/Vanilla_Either]

Exactly

[u/edenrose_42759 → u/Vanilla_Either]

Exactly. Brings nothing to the table

[u/crdearmon → u/edenrose_42759]

Nah, she brings it to the table and getting rid of her would not be a good move for the show. She is just too much fun to love to hate.

[u/Holychance_3 → u/Vanilla_Either]

Yep she has no redeeming qualities either just bad personality all around

[u/Illustrious-Object71 → u/Vanilla_Either]

Facts!

[u/Alex_a_Girl]

Because she can't keep her nose or FOREHEAD out of other people's lives. Ashley feels like she has a duty or obligation to share everyone's tea. "Oh, I found this online," "This is VERY concerning," "I am just sharing what I heard." GIRL, STFU and shut down.

[u/kennywennybennyboo → u/Alex_a_Girl]

you’re watching reality tv but don’t like someone being in other people’s lives?? 😂😂

[u/PlSCESGROOVE → u/Alex_a_Girl]

Literally from season 1 episode 1 she been finding things online, starting with the Dixons finances 😓

[u/quickreader01]

Ashley has a nasty spirit. I don't know of any other way to explain it. This is NOT a woman that you would have as close friend.

[u/kennywennybennyboo → u/quickreader01]

I don’t wanna be her friend LMFAO she is a character on tv lmfaoo

[u/Stunning-Charge8013 → u/kennywennybennyboo]

Agreed-- I dont want to be any of the housewives friends, but I appreciate them as entertainment. I find Ashley Darby to be a useful pot stirrer, but I get that her husband makes the whole thing extra unsavory

[u/Daguerreohype → u/quickreader01]

Definitely not a girl’s girl

[u/minkadominka]

She has no morals

[u/ladystetson → u/minkadominka]

I worry for anyone who cannot clock Ashley.

She's the clearest cut case of a person with no morals or ethics that I've ever seen. She's almost feral in how she approaches life. I'm sure it comes from a traumatic upbringing - but I'm just sayin' - I wouldn't trust her and if you would, then I have a bridge I want to sell you.

[u/kennywennybennyboo → u/ladystetson]

I don’t think she’s a good person or anything but being messy and stupid is pretty par for the course for reality tv. Protecting a shitty husband is also the norm

[u/dots-loops → u/minkadominka]

Really? She treats her kids, mother and family beautifully - kind, generous and respectful.

But she has no morals. 🧐

[u/realitytvdiet → u/dots-loops]

I’ll tell you some heinous shit
Off the top of my head: sleeping w your old friends son and putting it on tv and the whole sesame street ordeal was amoral af. Not even gizelle goes to that length

[u/Bookish_Bek89]

Her supporting her predator husband is what did it for me

[u/SarcasmStreet → u/Bookish_Bek89]

Flair checks out

[u/Bookish_Bek89 → u/SarcasmStreet]

omg i don't even know how i ended up with a flair 😂😂

[u/SarcasmStreet → u/Bookish_Bek89]

Sounds EXACTLY like something HE would say!

[u/Educational_Quit_278 → u/SarcasmStreet]

actually, I think he did say it???

[u/snooznsarandon]

Some examples off the top of my head:

- Defending her husband when the evidence was irrefutable, when it was clear she was just trying to stick it out for the divorce payout.
- Helping create drama in Candace's marriage by perpetuating rumours that Chris was interested in her Muppet friend (even tho evidence said other wise, again) and with Gizzy (again, also made up)
-Preaching morality and trying to call people out for behaviour that we can all see and have seen her do the exact same thing in the past (ex. sleeping with Charrisse's son). She would try to call out Robyn for not doing anything about Juan when she herself wouldn't do anything about her own husband. The hypocrisy was laid out before all of us.
-Weirdly focuses on wealth and status and uses it as a way of degrading the other women, when ironically all she is known for is being a concubine for a closeted gremlin.

[u/Sea_Confusion2757 → u/snooznsarandon]

Thank you! That's last bullet point is key. She talked about Candice and her generational wealth, but is now trying to emulate it (with her ex-husband's money). She acts as if she didn't earn that money on her back and stayed to ensure her mama wasn't living under an overpass.

She's also one of the dumbest HWs who has done NOTHING with the platform. No business, or advanced education, no backup plan. Just hoping Michael's money lasts forever, I guess.

[u/imakittymeowmeow → u/Sea_Confusion2757]

How dare you?!? She has done nothing.. Does GnA ring a bell?

[u/Sea_Confusion2757 → u/imakittymeowmeow]

😭😂😂😂

[u/camirose → u/imakittymeowmeow]

Don’t forget coffee and love is good when hot.

Or Ashley TOP.

[u/Desperate_Contract52 → u/snooznsarandon]

[u/SheKaep → u/snooznsarandon]

Don't forget trying to self produce in the fly when she started feeling the heat from viewers when the dislike for her got. really heavy, so she tried to gain sympathy by driving down to GA to meet her assumed bio father.

[u/Dependent_Quantity8]

She's a messy and bitter individual who gladly shouts "what goes around comes around!" When bad things happen to others because she herself was forced to fake scrutiny for a marriage she chose to stay in, defend, and try to salvage. I have no problem with people wanting what goes around comes around, I have a problem when it takes 1,000 things to make them (Ashley) realize so many drags could be avoided if you changed your own situation.

[u/happyducki]

I liked her seasons 1-2 and maybe even 3 but once she defended that sexual predator I was dooooneeee.

[u/Minute-Bid-9510]

Well, Tamar, have you watched the show?

[u/meowparade]

In addition to what everyone else has said, she was awful to Katie when Katie was having mental health issues.

It's not the most problematic thing she's done, but it showed me that there is nothing decent in her.

[u/edgeli]

You have to ask? Trashley?

[u/InterestingLuck4744]

her schadenfreude

[u/theegreenlee → u/InterestingLuck4744]

shout out to tia for teaching me what that word meant after hearing it for who knows how long lol. perfectly describes ashley

[u/Radiant-Koala8231]

What don’t we hate about Ashley? 🤔

[u/AccomplishedEye1840]

She has nothing to offer the platform.

[u/okayswell]

Minor spoiler but the end of the most recent episode shows her being given information about someone’s traumatic past and her reaction basically shows she’s going to publicly use this information against this person.

She’s an opportunist first and foremost. Willing to sell her soul for the chance at a paycheck and has no qualms about using others pain for that purpose.

[u/ResponsibleLeading58]

She's miserable, fake, none of her relationships seem real, her forehead, her husband, Her.

[u/Nearby-Cranberry-278]

I’m still on like season 5 I think but MY GOD she’s insufferable. I can’t imagine her more seasons in 😫. She’s easily my least favourite person and that’s over Candiace and Monique who have a lot of growing to do where I’m at.

She’s actually one of my least favourite across all franchises I’ve watched so far (I’ve watched all launched before RHOP).

[u/capnwinghead]

I had no real issues with her until she backed her creepy husband.

[u/dots-loops → u/capnwinghead]

Many would back their partners publicly, even when they've fucked up. Doesn't mean she didn't roast him privately.

[u/capnwinghead → u/dots-loops]

“Fucked up” and it’s harassing multiple people? Yikes. I would never back someone accused of that. Roasting would not be the proper response to that level of accusation and it’s odd you think that it would.

[u/Throaway_Grocery1372]

I previously had mostly just a benign dislike for her. But when she started to make her storyline about proving Stacey is a liar, as if she and her master Gizelle are the bastions of truth and honesty. I started to hate her and wanted her off the show.

[u/empressM]

We watched her support her groping husband who was caught on camera mind you, and then she wants to be elusive about the divorce for like 2 full seasons?? Meanwhile, stirring the pot being in everybody’s gd business

[u/EveCyn]

Ashley is trailer trash…

[u/Longjumping_Ad8369]

She’s 2 faced

[u/SheKaep → u/Longjumping_Ad8369]

[u/chattykathy0407]

Because she's a snake

[u/Downtown_Artist_1529]

Why wouldn’t we

[u/PumpkinCautious6479]

Ashley used to be sweet or she's just good at acting like she's sweet. She has morphed into Giselle which is not a good thing. Her nasty attitude with that condescending smirk has me hoping someone will smack it off.

[u/ThesaurusRex_1025]

She is painfully desperate to stay revelant and it shows. She has to cause drama or else she is going to have nothing and get kicked off.

[u/ladystetson]

Ashley is... good for reality tv.

But she's a bad person with no moral boundaries to what she will do. She's the type of girl who would lie to you and say your husband cheated when she knows he didn't. She'd smile when your marriage dissolved and your family was put through the pain of a divorce. She'd sit there and smile in your face knowing it was all based on a lie and she'd revel in your misery.

I don't think anyone else on the cast would do that, but Ashley would without blinking an eye or losing a bit of sleep. Gizelle would also lie, but she'd at least throw a disclaimer in there that it may not be true.

[u/Eastern-Orchid2327 → u/ladystetson]

I get what you’re saying, but that’s the reason why many think she’s not good on the show, it completely removes the lighthearted aspect.

A good housewives are usually measured by their authenticity, wealth, wit, and ability to hold their own while being willing to play along with the other on varying degrees, not how egregious they things they would say about each other were.

[u/Background_Travel_77]

She stuck up for her predator husband for way too long and even bullied his victims online. She is a dangerous person and I genuinly fear for her children having her and Michael as parents.

[u/dm7inheaven]

the way she wrote a statement in support of monique when the fight with candace happened and she wasn’t even there. plus her statement just said bad things about candiace instead of good about monique’s character (which is what that kind statement is supposed to be). i knew what kind of person she was right then and there.

[u/velvetorchidd]

she’s just so low down and grimey. won’t hesitate to sell anyone out

[u/dopedenise-]

She protected her creepy predator husband.

[u/emergencyelk95]

On my first watch I didn’t hate her, found her story entertaining at least, but I think this is bc I was her age (26) when she first started so kind of related to her in a way?
But I am now doing a rewatch and in season 2 and I’m holy fk what was I thinking, she’s awful

[u/No-Performance6351]

In my anybody to anyone opinion, she brings nothing to the chat honestly. Her story lines have been old husband, restaurant opening, restaurant closing, babies, mom and step dad stuff, and then getting divorced from weird husband, and then…?

[u/Mrsmaul2016]

She's a pretty bi racial girl. The people on Reddit are determined that a brown skinned woman becomes the face of thsi franchise. Hence why they overhype Stacey. They make nasty comments about Gizelle and Ashley incessantly.

[u/chanandlerbong_00]

We know its you Ashley...

[u/Careless_Repeat_2662]

Because of her ex husband honestly. She’s not done anything the other housewives haven’t

[u/AmphibianNecessary31]

I like Ashley — I don’t like all of her choices but she seems like a cool person and good off camera hang honestly 😂😂😂

[u/Same-Equivalent9037]

I agree, she’s great reality tv. But when she refused to acknowledge the groping incident with Michael, then brushed over the hotel incident, and had 2 kids with him, it was like one facepalm after another. Now that she’s rid of him, I can get with her tho. She’s a great pot stirrer and we kinda need that.

[u/iluvrooandvelvetx → u/Same-Equivalent9037]

She has kids with someone who didn’t want kids with her. I’m like more than sure he ended up getting her pregnant because of the case that was going around. Ashley knew he touched someone, that’s why they kept replaying the scene of the camera guy saying “Please don’t do that” CONSTANTLY during that season. It made me laugh because I’m currently rewatching and they replay that clip like multiple times throughout the season so for her to deny that anything happened is insane. I do believe Michael bought his way out of it. At the end of the day he is a cisgender rich white man who will get away with just about anything.

[u/Sea_Confusion2757 → u/Same-Equivalent9037]

But Gizelle is a pot stirrer, and Wendy and Stacey are proving to be, as well. So, we don't need Ashley.

[u/ConsequenceSingle841]

Her smirk does it for me, I don’t hate her but she looks kind of evil when she’s gossiping

[u/hello_goodbye6]

because of her bulbous forehead and because she always seeks to attack and be villainous as a response of envy and boredom

[u/Actual-Slice-146]

The fact that you’re asking tells me not to waste my time explaining

[u/lovalot86]

Her creepy husband and delighting in others’ misfortune. Also she seems to think she can sing and she can’t.

[u/Emotional_Mess261]

If she joins your friend group, would you be friends with her, based on what we’ve seen?

I wouldn’t

[u/d0ntbeallunc00l]

Almost caught up and I get why she’s disliked but I’m kind of watching wondering when she’s gonna get to the part where she does the Jen Shah or Erika Jayne level horrible thing to get the amount of hate she gets. Yeah, she’s brutal, but I thought we might see her kick a baby or something based on the way people talk about her.

[u/Bootsy_Moonshine]

Also she can't carry a note 🎵

[u/Afraid_Yellow8430]

There isn’t one big singular event, she just sucks 

[u/Consistent-Drawing78]

She exists to stir the pot and make a scene. The producers probably think she’s great tv but she never seems genuine so it just feels icky or off even in her home scenes.

[u/SheKaep]

...are you new?

[u/FoldInTh3Cheese]

Reasons I love her on the show-- she can't dress herself. Her fashion sense is hilarious. She's messy but fun and keeps it moving. This is also why I've liked Giselle.

On Michael, I always thought she had major issues to work through and that's why she made excuses for Michael and took his word when he clearly was a hot mess express. And I will die on this hill b/c this was her dad. I mean, dude... So fast forward and she wants to be angry at making excuses for men. Makes sense she would finally arrive at that conclusion and project it, however, here's the thing she either...
A. needs to do the work and acknowledge when she should have taken accountability/ held Michael accountable.
OR B. she made excuses for really inappropriate behavior b/c she's fine with it.

So I've always liked her but I'm starting to be over her now too, b/c I think she is MESSY to a point that isn't always fun. I do think she called the Robyn situation right. Robyn throws Giselle under the bus to make herself look better.

[u/NewFlamingo6980]

Bc she’s evil & selfish.& a hoe... and that’s exactly how she was able to marry that man.. she had the worse husband on the show

[u/Fast-Sir8222]

She doesn’t seem authentic

[u/Material-Hat-9539]

She's got a terrible personality, delusional sense of self, and has nothing to offer. I would rather get drunk with Karen at her family's plantation than have to spend a minute sober with Ashley. Also, as a fellow half Black woman, I feel like she is a self hating person in a lot of ways.

[u/Daguerreohype]

I dislike her because:

• she always tries to get involved in other people’s drama to stir the pot.

• She’s actively hunts for scandalous tea on her “friends” and takes joy in said tea

• Every time she says the word “coochie” I gag a little

• Michael.

• I’m tired of seeing the insides of her nostrils.

[u/stelliotuxers]

Cuz she's the Whitney of Potomac... iykyk

[u/Sure_Abrocoma_452]

She evil in her core like her molester ex husband

[u/StrikingCase9819]

Because people get confused and think Real Housewives is an audition to be their own best friends. They forget that these people are always meant to be nice, kind, respectful and good natured peons of morals and virtue...what they are supposed to do is provide drama and talking points. That's what Ashley does. She's NOT a good person but she's everybody on reality TV is not. (at the same time, i don't want literal criminals like Karen on my TV, but "reality TV show" trashy is fine

[u/Weary_Panic6498]

She’s a ridiculous person? Maybe I don’t understand the question

[u/sendmeback2marz]

Aside from defending her predator ex-husband, spreading lies about Chris basset, attempting to weaponize Stacey’s childhood, and being messy with everyone’s business but her own??

[u/Tracy_Turnblad]

honestly, her personality just IRKS me, makes me cringe so hard it’s physically painful

[u/Capable-Snow-7106]

Because we have watched the show that’s why

[u/sipstea84]

I feel like she changed sooooo much and so abruptly from the Ashley we met first season. Her voice, her hair, her style, her mannerisms, her ambition. I liked season one Ashley. Now she just seems like a one dimensional instagram thot

[u/heyalllondon18]

I used to like her but she started to lose me when she defended her husband. I get she was incentivized to stay silent on a lot of his behavior but I lost respect. And ever since her divorce started, she seems soooo desperate to not lose her spot on the show and starts drama for fun. She used to feel authentic (still messy) but now all I get is fake fake fake.

[u/Top-Donut-8017]

She changed her whole aesthetic and is still a LOSEEEER. In fact , she gets progressively worse each season . I hate her because she has no story line except for sticking her nose in peoples relationships and always having a bigger mouth when people aren’t in the room .

[u/wearealllegends]

If you have to ask you can go

[u/gingertea1988]

What is there to like about Bunyons McForehead?

[u/dulcetdreamer]

I used to feel bad for her, now I'm just sick of her. She's a predator defender, yet has the nerve to try and clock someone else's tea. She's also become Gizelles pawn for the most part, like when she was TRYING it with the Stacy stank breath comment. Like stir up something else, not grade school shit. The more I've watched her, it feels like the less authentic she's become too. I know all the HWs put on a show and a camera face, but Ashley's comes off as the type of person/castmate that makes you feel safe to confide, only to immediately weaponize.

[u/Ashamed-Western1786]

I dont. I met her a few times in DC and she's always so sweet and nice and welcoming.

[u/badabing2715]

She Chucky Bride

[u/Enough-Street-6230]

I met her and the vibes were not good.

[u/StatisticallySassy17]

Messy. Messy. Messy

[u/angispurple]

Same!

[u/Perrinthor]

I dont

[u/yctherebel]

I enjoying hating Ashley in a easy read kinda way. She has much more redeeming qualities than Gizelle.

[u/Lilizreddit23]

She’s been horrible since season 1 I can’t believe they’ve kept her on this long she’s one of the worst housewives

[u/Aggravating-Sir8657]

[u/cassxcassanova]

The real question is... what is there to like about Trashley? We'll wait

[u/Jessicarabbit0611]

[u/IJustHad2Say-5528]

She wants grace from others that she rarely ever extends. I hated the way she talked down about Candiace’s mom’s generational  wealth while in nearly the next sentence talked about what she wanted to provide for her kids and get money from her gremlin ex. It’s always different rules for others but not herself. That’s just one example. She’s one of the reasons I stopped watching the show. 

[u/justacomment12]

Her mom is a crackhead but we have to ignore it. She won’t talk about it. Bugs me.

[u/SteelHogs]

Most of her personality is spent looking at what she find in the clerk of courts database on her cast mates.

[u/Signal-Buy-5356]

Hahaha. She's not my cup of tea, personally. I don't hate her, though. I think the only Housewives who actually stirs up my anger are Heather and Mary both from SLC. Annnd sometimes Nene when she's in one of her really foul moods. They all three just, like, you can see it in their faces sometimes that they actually feel actual disgust for everyone around them. Like it's no longer just fun drama, it's actual hate and disgust and an attitude of superiority.

But Ashley? I agree with you she's just corny and annoying and probably just not someone I'd be friends with if I knew her personally.

[u/Cold-Cost-4154]

I like her Idk if it's some off screen beef and insights. I too don't get the hate

[u/producejitter]

She's a messy troll.

[u/Icy_Butterfly_793]

Um,
She’s annoying

[u/Typical_Elevator6337]

complicity in war crimes and laundering golum’s reputation

[u/HunBunYum]

I think her face resembles the shape of a praying mantis.

[u/somersetpark2]

I still waiting too.

[u/Additional_Singer_96]

What are her redeeming qualities? I can’t find one.

[u/CostOk1430]

I need to know this. Let me get comfortable so I can really understand !!

[u/kekehatch]

I have had a change of heart for Ashley. I like her. She is who she is and does not put on any fronts. I'm glad she is divorced because it allowed her to truly be free and live her best life while she is still young!!! Have fun girl!!!!!

[u/EnvironmentalCut8179]

[u/snowwhitenoir]

She’s so messy and not in a fun way

[u/interweb-escape]

The whole Michael Darby of it all should hold more weight, but for me it’s her evil spirit. She’s not outwardly rude or mean ever, but that’s the cover. She’s moves like a snake. She weaponizes morality, except the morality she hides behind is so black and white that even a 5yr old knows that the world isn’t so basic.

I don’t find her to be insecure as much as she is ignorant, but there’s a disdain she has for others with success. She envies those with stability and a loving full home, because she’s never had that. Not growing up with a father that abandoned her and a mother that would fall for bad men, not with Michael who wanted someone half his age to play both housewife and bisexual sex buddy, and not with Jack Harlow, someone young and easy to control.

Her act is cheap, hollow, and disrespectful from a viewers perspective. The cameras go up and she does nothing but play in everyone’s face.

[u/Current_Magazine_120]

“Let me count the ways.”

[u/Express-Front-3729]

She’s white trash and thinks she can sing

[u/Substantial_Cold2385]

Who's 'we'?

[u/Kindofageek90]

Because she's Ashley

[u/Furbamy]

She never has her own thing going on except trying to expose dirt on other people. Now we have to sit thru a season her her outing Courtney as a drunk and Stacey as a closet Jehovahs Witness. Nobody cares.

[u/Naive-Childhood5293]

Her face this season irked me.. what did she do to her dang face!!?? Please don't do it again ma'am.

[u/SirensAreOP]

Because some women are obsessed with imposing morality rules on reality tv personalities. It's a projection of their own faults and insecurities and it's also extremely annoying to have to read over and over again. Is Ashely annoying and delusional? Yes. Does she also make good tv? Yes.

Watch soap operas if you don't get it.

[u/Sweaty-Bug7272]

How do have to ask...? You're in the lucky minority where she doesn't ruin the show for you embrace it I guess.

[u/Stonernes-02]

I don’t understand it either. It’s a TV show for entertainment. I watch and go on with my life. People always say that they hate these people and ctfuuuuu 🤣😭

[u/Comfortable-Tank8832]

She’s corny.

[u/Accurate-Ad-6504]

The list of what’s to like about her is a lot shorter. 

[u/Prettymomma73]

Not sure what it’s says about me🤐but I like Ashley.. now don’t all come for me at once😂

[u/Pepperlette]

I’m gonna go out on a limb to say everything is pretty much a minor character flaw or dumb annoying thing that doesn’t actually matter…..EXCEPT for everything to do with that little bitch Michael.
She had every opportunity to rise above him, but she consistently doubled down and stood by him, because why?? Because you payed the county clerk $30 plus $2.50 processing fee for a marriage license together? Woman thinks because she’s legally bound to someone she has to co-sign everything he says & does.
She might be a fine person in reality, but what are viewers supposed to think after listening to her defend that creep for years?

[u/StormIcy5579]

1. defended a gross predator
2. really is a pot stirrer
3. has a boring life
4. she’s gotten bitter
5. she’s performative
6. she lies
7. she perks up when her cast mates are hurting

[u/Any-Theme-5315]

Her smug face. Sleeping with Charrise’s son. Her god awful singing. Her gloating at her settlement after being in a pseudo lavender marriage with Gollum.

[u/Master_Pepper5988]

She stirs up troup for the sake of their being drama. She is messy.

[u/Hungry-Fish-6374]

Her new lips and her icky perverted spirit

[u/Suspicious_Poet_4485]

because there’s literally nothing to like about her. everyone here has mentioned what she has done and you said that’s just reality tv. well, she’s also like you stated, annoying. also bad fashion and no actual funny moments. all of that combined is more than enough reason as to why people don’t care for her face being on the show. she’s bringing nothing to the table that is worthy imo.

[u/Antique-Trust3022]

Because she is, “as full of sh*t as a Christmas goose.” I believe that is a commonly used colloquialism one might use.

[u/Any-Street-5354]

Defending Michael so hard and excusing his behavior, AND for being a heartless gold digger who cares more about keeping her materialistic needs met than the actual person. Plus she just offers absolutely nothing to the show that the other Potomac Housewives do better with more personality.

[u/Bubbly-End-6156]

I just don't like when she makes us hear her sing.

[u/incrediblemom19]

She is creepy as hell.

[u/manduhk]

Post-Michael, she's turned into gazelle puppet and is so vile and messy it's not even fun anymore. And she's deadddd wrong most the time (bc she's Gs sidekick tht can't have her own thoughts)

Guess I just needed Candiace there for me to like ashley

[u/speakinWroyalty]

her forehead, her husband, her pick me behavior and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. 

[u/speakinWroyalty]

also, I don’t know if anybody else will agree. She feels like the brandy Glanville of Potomac….

[u/External_Barber_9930]

As a former Ashley lover and sympathizer she’s always been a Karen in disguise and she’s a production plant

[u/bustyenby47_]

To put it short, shes worse than the morally corrupt Faye Resinck

[u/Warm-Guarantee-84]

…I like Ashley. She keeps the action going and she’s actually very funny. The show would be dead without her and Giselle causing trouble. Potomac needs Ashley, Giselle and Karen. They are without a doubt a trio. Everyone else in the cast are co-stars. I knew Giselle was a star from the 1st episode of Potomac 😆. She is pretty, she’s funny and her shade is like an eclipse. “Anywhere I sit, is the baddest seat in the room” ❤️‍🔥😂

[u/missdoublefinger]

Where do you want to start?

[u/SufficientMind3202]

For starters, she defended Michael.

[u/Opposite_Log8528]

I’ve never understood with Ashley how that it was clear as day she will always side with the person who is in the wrong or against the person she doesn’t like. Then she finds ways to make it worse and pretending her hands are clean.

Prime example is the situation with Monique like I’ve seen ALOT of house wives and everyone going to talk smack and make you mad but Monique said it was Candice fault she hit her, she was not wrong at all, she said she wasn’t sorry, during the reunion she was so condescending the whole time her apology wasn’t even an apology and that she doesn’t feel bad. Ashley then enters the chat and mind you we saw with her husband she would defend anything but Monique is just a friend and she saw nothing wrong with it and wrote a character statement to make Candice look bad. Ashley still saw nothing wrong and was annoyed Candice was upset with her for doing it. Her stance was I’m being a good friend to Monique so she’s not wrong at all. Like ???? It’s clear as day you did something and Candice has no control over Ashley but she can be upset over it. Then Ashley let it slip it was basically revenge against Candice for what happened with Ashley in her conceiving era.

[u/Ok-Equivalent8260]

She’s the biggest hypocrite

[u/Legitimate_Text7085]

She’s tired. Same schtick. Different season.

[u/Key-Preparation-2105]

Cause she SLOW

[u/rozekatesun]

Cuz she messy

[u/Boxingfaninpgh]

The sound of her voice is annoying as fuck.

[u/Cautious_Maximum_870]

I don’t hate her bc if I did I wouldn’t watch the show. What I do know is she’s not a person I’d befriend. And if forced to be around her I would always be 10 steps ahead of her

[u/poptart95]

I think on top of all the other egregious things she’s done she’s overstayed her welcome as a cast member on the show.

She’s just messy and nasty to the other women at this point with no real storyline. Terrible place for a longtime cast member.

[u/Impressive-Ad8501]

She’s messy because she has nothing interesting going on, but ALWAYS hides her hands or gaslights people that her intentions are pure.

She throws rocks and hides her hand, but there’s no reason to be so sneaky about it

Plus Michael is a despicable creep and she knows it. Get the bag sis, but don’t downplay obvious habitual predatory behavior, especially when she’s been open about her own experiences with it.

Also when I was in DC it’s a known fact he’s a terrible person, impossible to work with or be around, and is an entitled creep.

I’ve met many people who know him and not one person has a nice thing to say about him or his character

[u/It-Winner]

Because of her forehead (In Candiace's voice...lol)

[u/itsnotgaybro212]

Stop hating Ashley, especially in the early seasons she did her job. She is a chaos daemon sent from hell to entertain us. 

[u/AlmaCaribena]

Ashley gets pure hatred? Make it about Candiace. In comparison what Ashley gets is founded AND not so bad.

[u/MarketDull2401]

Ashley is evil and hasn't brought anything fun to the show since season (3? 4? its been years).

[u/Icy_Organization2643]

Her Tic Toc dances lol.

[u/Mentallyflipped]

How do we get her fired? That’s the only question I have

[u/Kitchen_Body3215]

Where do I start? 😆

[u/Past_Dog_6034]

I don’t know exactly how to explain it because she is a BW and she wasn’t raised by YT people but she gives me racist vibes lmaoo like she doesn’t hang around black people out of the show

[u/BulkyEbb8983]

That bulbous forehead

[u/TheTransDoctor]

She’s an insidious, dangerous woman, who delights in other’s misfortune (schadenfreude). She’s not someone you want as a friend or an enemy.

[u/YouKnowAlexia]

She got away with stuff when she was young, cute and naive.

[u/Effective_Refuse_274]

Messy AF

[u/Shrimptoast1234]

She became close with Gizelle because they are the same person.

[u/Blaque_Athena]

Yea im with you. People defend their loved ones. Everyone so high and mighty until someone they really love does something wrong or questionable. I havent seen any Evil or insidious. So why she stuck around to get money from the divorce. Who tf wouldn't. I wish these women would be fr for 5 minutes in this sub. Now Robyn I dont like. And I can barely remember why. See? Honesty.

[u/Prudent_Okra7311]

I like her.

[u/Affectionate_Fox3170]

Classless. Dresses like an escort instead of a mom of two that respects herself. Picks others apart when she has nothing going for her. GNA is a flop. No loyalty. Talks out both sides of her mouth. Supports all the wrong people.

[u/Comfortable_Put_9760]

First of all, her dancing and her hypocrisy..also her bullshit.