Ashley Darby is confirming what Housewives fans have suspected all season: her fight with Candiace Dillard Bassett got cut from“The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th.”In an interview with Page Six’s“Virtual Reali-Tea,”Darby said the two went at it while filming in Atlanta, with years of unresolved issues finally boiling over.“She and I really got to scrapping,”she said. She also called it“just like old times.”
Here’s the redeeming part. The fight didn’t end the relationship. Darby said the two cooled off, and after Dillard Bassett showed her photos of her son Jett, they talked like normal. That’s the kind of full-circle moment that never makes the highlight reel because it doesn’t fit the drama package.
The timing is interesting too. Dolores Catania has claimed that a separate fight, between Erin Lichy and Dorinda Medley, got removed from the season finale. Two reported cut fights in one season. It also lands as Dillard Bassett’s“RHOP”exit faces new scrutiny, since Andy Cohen kept refusing to call it a voluntary departure when asked in March 2024. So what else is sitting in the vault, and what would it take to get it out? If you got one cut scene released from any Housewives season, which would you pick?
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