The Real Housewives of Potomac’s Ashley Darby revealed that her estranged father has died.

The reality star, 37, shared the news in a series of videos posted to her Instagram Stories on Sunday, October 12, explaining why she chose not to attend his funeral, which took place on Sunday.

As Ashley has documented on RHOP over the past nine seasons, she was raised solely by her mother, Sheila Matthews, and didn’t know her father, who she said abandoned her at age 1. She tried to make contact with him during a season 4 episode, but he refused to meet with her.

“Last week, while I was in New York … my mom informed me my father had passed away,” Ashley said in the first of four videos posted Sunday.

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“Today was his funeral

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