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Ashley Darby recently shared intriguing details about her brief romantic encounter with Jackson Jordan, the 27-year-old son of former Real Housewives of Potomac cast member Charrisse Jackson-Jordan.
In the December 21 episode of The Real Housewives of Potomac, Darby confessed to Charrisse—who appeared on the show during its first three seasons and again in the seventh and eighth seasons—that she and Jackson shared a kiss. This happened when he offered her a ride home from his mother’s Crab Boil event in 2023.
“When we arrived at my place, Jackson came inside to use the bathroom,” Darby explained in the episode. “As he handed me my key, he grasped my hand, pulling me closer. It was a side of him I hadn’t seen before.”
Darby further elaborated on the encounter during a recent appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live. Speaking with host Andy Cohen, she described feeling a surge of “electricity” when their hands touched that night.
Reflecting on the age difference, Darby, who is a decade older than Jackson, admitted, “He’s still young. I didn’t expect to be attracted to someone younger like that.”
The RHOP star shared that Jackson “asked” her to keep their romance a secret, which was why she kept it from her friend for so long. But now that the cat’s out of the bag, Darby seemed to have no problem sharing all of the dirty details.
“Was there more than a kiss?” Cohen asked, to which Darby sheepishly replied, “Um … well … maybe,” noting that they had hooked up “more than one time.”
The craziest part, however, was that they were meeting up at Charrisse’s house since Jackson had “just moved back” in with his mom.
“I thought that Charrisse would see me on her security cam and we would get busted,” Darby said. “That’s what I really thought was gonna happen.”
While Darby and Jackson have kept in touch since she last ran into him, the reality star confessed on WWHL that she is back to dating her on-again off-again situationship, Josh Gudenburr, after breaking up with him on-camera in RHOP Season 10. “I just can’t quit him. He’s a good guy,” Darby said. “He’s a very good time.”
Watch What Happens Live airs Sunday through Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.
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