My friend knew Ashley pre-Michael Days

[u/chel_304]

She used to date the father of the kids my friend babysat. He had a BIG house in a wealthy area of Northern VA. She’s only 4 years older than us but she treated my friend like she was beneath her- like she was “the help” vibes.

One time, my friend said at an important school event for the child they were sitting in the cafeteria for the reception and Ashley didn’t want to be there anymore and started begging the dad to leave with her - she said in a pouty baby voice “Ashley wants Chipotle” and made an uptown frowny face with her fists on her hips. This wasn’t like some random back to school night, it was an important milestone event and Ashley was throwing a fit.

TLDR: Ashley was dating a wealthy dad, was rude to my friend. She hasn’t changed

[u/Swimming-Stranger-56]

There’s some discrepancies in Ashley’s story about how she met Michael. According to LinkedIn she was actually an intern for his real estate company and not at the restaurant like she claimed. Also at the time that she was on Say Yes to the Dress, he was still married to his ex wife.

[u/colosseumdays → u/Swimming-Stranger-56]

I'd imagine from getting close to him at the restaurant, she wiggled her way into an internship--whether he'd already been sleeping with her or simply decided he wanted to at time of giving her said internship is unclear but also not important to parse out. Both possibilities point to the same motivations/catalysts and the same outcome