Dara Huang is already over the drama on Ladies of London: The New Reign just two episodes into the season.
Amid swirling rumors, along with accusations that she’d disparaged longtime friend Myka Meier behind her back, Dara had seen enough for her to decide to seemingly leave the show — on camera, no less — by the end of Episode 2.
Dara had given the first sign of her impending departure when she stepped away during a dinner she was hosting for the cast. Though cameras kept their distance, a hot mic picked up the audio of her initial comments.
“I don’t think I’m made for this, babe,” Dara said. “I’m not made for this. This is not me. Like, I love Myka, but she doesn’t have, like, my experience of being thrown under a bus. I did say those things…”
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Soon, however, Dara returned to the table and declared her hopes for everyone to “have an amazing dinner and just move on.” When the tense chatter continued, though, Dara eventually called “cut” three times, before addressing the group directly.
“Um, I think I need to probably step out of, I think, being on this TV show,” Dara announced. “I’m really sorry to disappoint everybody, but I just– I don’t think this is for me, you know? This is not for me.”
Just prior to her heading to the exit, the American architect added, “I’m kind of done with dinner. I just want to go home now. I don’t really feel like there’s anything more to discuss.”
That’s when an onscreen graphic appeared, stating, “Dara decided to leave the friend group.”
Inside Dara Huang’s drama on Ladies of London: The New Reign
The drama surrounding Dara had been twofold, from the beginning. First, Kimi Murdoch brought up the madam rumor that she had heard from castmates Martha Sitwell and Margo Stilley.
Following denials from both her and Myka on the matter, a producer asked Dara for her thoughts on the speculation, during Episode 2.
“Like, is it a big deal? No,” she insisted in a confessional. “I think Myka’s certainly more sensitive than I am. The truth is: People will formulate more opinions about a public figure. Myka doesn’t have a public persona yet, so for her, it was probably a bigger deal than it was for me.”
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On the subject of Myka, Missè Beqiri also revealed that Dara had privately dissed her friend of 24 years, allegedly referring to her as everything from “cringe” to “tacky.” When Missè confronted Dara at the dinner party for putting her in a “s–tty position,” she denied having said anything negative about Myka.
“Myka’s my sister,” Dara declared, despite having described their dynamic as being not “that close” in the premiere. Later on, she doubled down that she “didn’t say those things” about Myka, but a clip from five minutes earlier, meanwhile, showed Dara saying, “I did say those things.”
How the Ladies of London: The New Reign cast reacted to Dara Huang leaving
Following Dara’s abrupt departure, there appeared to be no love lost for some of the Ladies of London cast members.
“You can’t leave when you’re not getting your own way,” Lady Emma Thynn, for one, remarked to a producer. “That’s, like, what children do on a bad day.”
Mark-Francis Vandelli, for his part, clapped back in a confessional, “Just leave. It’s OK. There’s no need to cut anything. You’ve already been cut.”
Finally, Myka, who had already explained why she believed Missè over Dara, had a decidedly more emotional reaction to her close friend’s unexpected exit.
“I have cried more times about Dara than I’ve ever cried about anything in my life,” Myka shared in a separate interview setup. “I feel like I lost a family member, I lost a friend, I lost trust. My friendship with Dara is not ever going to be what it was.”
As the rest of the group forges ahead, get details on what to expect from the Ladies of London: The New Reign cast this season.
