Aspyn Ovard and her ex-husband, Parker Ferris, got into a heated argument over their daughter’s terminal cancer diagnosis in “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County,” which premiered on Hulu on Thursday.
During a tense therapy scene filmed for the Hulu spinoff’s premiere episode, Ovard — who shares three daughters with Ferris — got into a screaming match with her ex over the stipulations of their parenting agreement.
“You are mad that our f–king life ended!” Ovard yelled. “You are so mad and grieving so hard that our life with our children is over.”
Ovard, 30, then went on to accuse Ferris, 31, of “nitpicking” her parenting style to distract himself from the heartbreak of their daughter’s terminal cancer diagnosis.
“You grasp onto anything that you can to distract yourself from the grief of the fact that our daughter is going to die!” Ovard said. “You know that’s true.”
In her confessional, the breakout reality star tearfully shared that one of their three daughters was diagnosed with terminal cancer over three years ago, though she didn’t name which child is sick.
“At the hospital, we were like, ‘It has to be fine,’” she recalled of the moment they received the unimaginable news. “You can’t fathom they’re actually gonna tell you that your baby has cancer, and that it’s terminal and she could be gone in a month.”
Back in their therapy session, Ovard — who is currently in a throuple with Bri Davis and her husband, Billy Davis — told Ferris she was trying to “make as much money as possible” so neither of them has to work when they are mourning their daughter.
“You know that I will always take care of you because I always have!” she exclaimed.
Ovard and Ferris were high school sweethearts who got married in October 2015.
They share daughters Cove, 7, Lola, 5, and Elle, 2.
Ovard filed for divorce in April 2024 after nearly nine years of marriage, and on the same day she announced the birth of their third child.
In the show, she attributed the downfall of their relationship to finding out that Ferris had been secretly drinking alcohol behind her back for years. Ovard said her father was an alcoholic, and, until that point, she thought she and Ferris were on the same page when it came to abstaining from drinking.
The content creator also said their marriage wouldn’t have survived their daughter’s devastating diagnosis.
“We weren’t even going to make it through before this happened,” she explained. “It’s just so toxic and hard and through all of it I feel like I still just tried to take care of him because I know how hard he’s grieving.”
While the former couple did not share specific details about their daughter’s diagnosis, they revealed in a later episode that doctors have called her a “walking miracle.”
Following another “stable scan,” Ovard said it’s “unusual for a child with this kind of cancer to have this much time.”
The entire first season of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” is currently streaming on Hulu.
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