E1050 - Ashley Darby Talks RHOP, Variety's Ramin Setoodeh, RHOSLC, Traitors Trailer & Christmas Shopping

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Nick Viall

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4 • 24.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Welcome back to The Viall Files: Reality Recap!

Today, we're joined by Potomac diva Ashley Darby! She stops by to dish on what's still to come this season on RHOP, how she really feels about Stacey, and even teases a possible revived love interest. Later, Co-Editor-in-Chief at Variety and Actors on Actors executive producer Ramin Setoodeh joins us to talk all things Actors on Actors, plus some early Oscar buzz. And of course, we're recapping the latest episode of RHOSLC, Christmas shopping, and more.

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0:00.0	Holiday shopping stressing you out? Well, Nellie and I rely on Amazon's AI shopping assistant
0:05.1	Rufus to find the perfect gift for everyone on our list. Just tell Rufus who you're shopping
0:10.7	for and it suggests great options while keeping your budget in mind. It's especially helpful
0:15.9	since Amazon was just named the lowest price U.S. online retailer for nine straight years, with prices up to 14% lower than competitors.
0:24.5	Visit Amazon.com and look for the Rufus icon for smarter, more affordable holiday shopping.
0:30.7	Our favorite part of the holidays is spending time with our family from baking cookies, decorating the house, and walking around the neighborhood.
0:37.4	Everyone seems to be in the holiday spirit. And there's nothing that gets us in the spirit more
0:41.4	than a Starbucks holiday beverage. Now that we have River, I'm really trying to create
0:45.4	memories and traditions that she will carry on throughout her life. And something that I'm
0:50.2	really loving doing, we did it last year. And obviously, we're going to do it again this year.
1:12.6	But it's going to Starbucks, getting a holiday drink, and then driving through the neighborhoods and looking at all the Christmas lights on all the houses and seeing all the houses decorated and like the blowups and everyone's front yard and like sipping on our warm, hot. I look forward to that. Holiday drink. Also back in my sales days when I worked from home, I'd always go to a Starbucks and work because I wanted to get out of the house. And definitely during the holiday season, I get my peppermint mocha. And you just kind of see people coming in, like different, you kind of feel the holiday energy with people coming in during Christmas time. It was always just really enjoyable. I really had to get out of the house when I was
1:27.6	stuck out home working. Well, the peppermint mocha is a Starbucks signature espresso combined with
1:32.3	steam mount, mocha sauce, and peppermint flavored syrup is topped with whipped cream and dark
1:36.7	chocolate curls. What more could you ask for? Delicious. It's honestly how I learned to drink coffee.
1:41.9	This is my first Starbucks drink ever. Yeah. We used to when I worked there, we would put Restredo shots in it, and we would like mod it a bit. Well, it was a white chocolate mocha, and then during the holiday season, I transferred over to the peppermint. There's no better feeling than when the cups turn red at Starbucks. I know. That is so true. Another favorite of mine is the caramel brulee latte. That one is so good. Yeah. That's my favorite. The caramel brulee is Starbucks signature espresso. It's topped with whipped cream and caramel brulee topping. Rediscover the little moments of joy that make the holidays brighter at Starbucks. Step into the warmth of the season with a visit to Starbucks, where every sip makes the
2:19.6	holidays feel a little bit more special.
2:21.5	Well, don't forget, together is the best place to be.
2:23.5	Connect over your holiday favorites at Starbucks.
2:28.5	You're crazy.
2:29.3	You're crazy. What's going on everybody?
2:42.4	Welcome back to another episode of the Vile Files Reality Recap Edition.
2:47.8	I'm your host, Nick, joined by my marvelous, bodacious.
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