Real Housewives star SNUBS A-lister after mistaking her for a regular fan
So it's hardly a surprise that the 68-year-old's bad manners were on full display when a 'fan' recently approached her at a party to say hi.
However, the reality star was later stunned to discover that the fan in question was none other than Hollywood actress Emma Roberts.
Singer then made a beeline back to Roberts after her daughter Avery urged her to fix the situation.
In a video posted to social media, Singer says, 'So guess who I ran into!'
She then pulls Roberts into frame and continues, 'She wanted to say hi to me and I said, "NOT now!"'
Roberts added, 'I'm a big fan and she said, "Get away! NO!"'
The American Horror Story actress then put her palm out to imitate Singer, implying that Singer had put her hand in her face while dismissing her.
Avery then told her mother, 'You need to go fix it because you have no idea who you just shooed away!'
After chastising Singer, Avery then went over to Roberts and apologized on her mom's behalf.
Roberts then chimed in again and said, 'And now we're BFFs. All of us!'
The actress is known for being a huge Real Housewives fan and has even been seen hanging out with Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay.
Last year, Singer admitted that she 'never liked being famous' and was much happier since leaving RHONY.
Singer was an original member of the Bravo reality series, which premiered in 2008, but was let go when the show got a reboot in 2021.
Ramona was stunned to discover that the fan in question was none other than Hollywood actress Emma Roberts
'I never liked being famous. Isn't there a saying, "fame isn't what it's all cracked up to be?"' the Real Housewives alum told Us Weekly.
'I don't think I was really famous, but I guess I was sort of,' she added.
While speaking to the outlet, the former Turtle Time podcast host also shared that she sympathized with major celebrities like Brad Pitt who were always photographed wherever they went.
She explained that she and ex-husband Mario Singer were captured on camera while they were taking a vacation many years ago.
'I was on vacation once with my ex-husband, and [people] were in the trees, taking photos,' Singer recalled.
'I don't think fame is great, but I guess you have to get famous to be successful in entertainment.'
However, interestingly enough, this is not the first time that Singer has shared this sentiment about her time in the spotlight.
'I haven't been on TV in two years now and I'm more relaxed now, I'm happier,' Singer told DailyMail.com in March 2023.
'I don't have to deal with negative things being put out there that isn't true,' she added.
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Scattered across Ashley Roberts's body are a series of intricate, finely drawn tattoos. Dandelion seeds run up one arm, as if blown there by the breeze. But nowhere among them can I see the symbol of the Pussycat Dolls — a heart with 'PCD' inside. Being a member of the group defined Roberts's life for a decade. They came to be considered one of the world's most successful girl bands, but by the end left her in pieces. Led by frontwoman and main singer Nicole Scherzinger, the Dolls conquered the world between 2001 and 2010. They sold 40 million singles and 15 million albums. Their stage act, depending on your perspective, epitomised booty-shaking female empowerment or the oversexualisation of women through explicit dance routines and lyrics. When the group reunited for a performance on The X Factor: Celebrity in 2019, in the lead-up to an announced 36-date comeback world tour in 2020 (it never materialised due to Covid), there were complaints to Ofcom. 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We are meeting because Roberts has written a book, Breathwork: Techniques for Better Mental, Emotional and Physical Health, which seems to have taken her by surprise. It is about the power of learning how to breathe properly and how to self-soothe. She's aware of how woo-woo it sounds, voicing what most of us think: 'Who the hell has time to stop and do breathing exercises?' Apparently, 45 per cent of us — and about 67 per cent of men — would prefer to give themselves an electric shock than sit for 15 minutes a day quietly with their own thoughts. 'I get it,' she says. But there can be no better example than Roberts of a life transformed by its practice. Interwoven with the exercises is the story of what happened to Roberts before, during and after becoming a Pussycat Doll. She has had — until discovering breathwork — an almost lifelong dependence on the benzodiazepine Xanax. It started during high school but even as a small child she self-soothed with NyQuil (like Night Nurse in the UK), before moving on to the antidepressant Lexapro, then finding Xanax. 'I was so young and I didn't have the knowledge I have now. I think A led to B led to C. Xanax is addictive. For me, for decades I was just leaning on what I could get to help me crash out. My brain just wouldn't shut off and my anxiety was too intense. It was, 'I want to sleep; I need to sleep,' and I was willing to take whatever would help me.' Cut to life as a global pop star, which began when she joined the Pussycat Dolls in 2003 when she was 22. She was discovered in LA, as a dancer, by the group's founder, Robin Antin. By 2005, their album PCD was multiplatinum, with global hits such as Don't Cha and Buttons selling many millions. 'I remember being on stage in New York with the crowd singing back the lyrics and thinking, 'Oh, this is really happening.' It was a fast, extreme rocket ship. 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Eventually, Roberts was admitted to hospital. The Pussycat Dolls were in London. Even at this point, she remembers worrying only about her place in the band. She initially resisted medical advice to have an emergency MRI — thinking, there's no time — but it was suspected that she'd had a brain aneurysm. It was, in fact, extreme stress, exhaustion and burnout. 'I remember saying [in the hospital], 'I need to get on a flight to Germany. I've got a show to do. You gotta give me something.' That was the mentality. I was having extreme headaches, being sick. They found viral arthritis in my knee. I couldn't do anything really. But that was my drive. And then when I finally got out of the Dolls [in 2010], I had eczema all over my legs, shingles across my face and a stomach ulcer. An acupuncturist told me then, 'If you don't scream, your body's gonna scream for you.' It was a manifestation of 'go, go, go' for years or 'grind, grind, grind', an accumulation of being on the road at a time when nobody really spoke up about anything. There was also this feeling that we could be replaced in some way. But also there was my own drive, growing up as a dance competitor. So it was a combination of the two.' In the book Roberts refers to 'trauma experiences'. Eight years after the Dolls disbanded, and after she had lost her father, Pat, to suicide following his own lifelong battle with mental illness, she resorted to eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy, a type of psychotherapy used to heal trauma after distressing life events. She was not the only Doll who had therapy. How bad was it? Roberts is diplomatic, saying, 'There was just so much going on, so many different levels.' In explosive tweets, one former temporary band member — Kaya Jones — launched an attack on the treatment of the group by music execs and Antin, who refuted the charges. 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It was more that I was on edge, constantly feeling guilty and worried I was about to do something wrong. There was a sense of surveillance and constant judgment.' Two years ago she met her present partner, George Rollinson, an artist and tattooist. He is 25 to her 43. 'I was having my hot girl summer. I was 41, I was finally feeling fabulous, the best I've felt in my life, comfortable in my body, just being free and enjoying myself. In the beginning, we were just having fun and I was thinking. 'Well, this is not going to go anywhere because you're too young.' But then I thought, 'You are the most emotionally intelligent, most transparent, most kind guy. I feel like I'm in the healthiest relationship ever. I've finally got there, you know?' Her early blueprint of male behaviour was her beloved father, but she says from an early age her nervous system was affected by his up and down moods. Some days he was a 'goofy big child'; at other times she worried about him surviving. Her parents separated when she was 14. At 16, her brother, Jayce, was diagnosed with a severe mental illness after years of misdiagnosis. 'We didn't necessarily think anything of it until he got a bit older and things started to shift a lot.' Jayce lives in a psychiatric institution in the US. 'When I visit my brother, I get a real awakening of the freedom we all have. I've sort of dedicated [the rest] of my life to making sure I live it, because my brother doesn't get to make that choice.' Pat Roberts died in 2018. 'He couldn't take it any more. He'd had enough. I'd watched him struggle my whole life and it's something you think you are prepared for, that [suicide] could be a possibility, but you never really prepare yourself.' Roberts had ruled out parenthood herself early on, even as a child. 'I was very clear that the cycle would end with me,' she says, referring to the Roberts family's apparent genetic predisposition to mental illness. And now? 'There's still a huge part of me that doesn't want to take that risk [of passing on mental illness]. I love travelling and I love furry animals and I'd probably be really happy having five dogs running around and jumping on my face.' There is something so joyful and optimistic about Ashley Roberts. Her social media is full of funny little skits. When the Dolls broke up for good she found a life coach, took acting lessons in LA, learnt improv and revisited cities and countries that she had only experienced via hotel rooms. She went to an ashram in California and dedicated a month of her life to doing something new (swimming with sharks, skydiving, riding a motorbike). In 2012 she appeared on I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! without really understanding what it was. 'Snakes and rats, that's not my vibe. But I was like, 'F*** it, I'll have stories to tell,' ' she explains. It turned out to be a great career move. 'It changed the trajectory of my life. I slept the best I've ever slept. To this day, I don't know why.' The British public loved her and she made it to the final. There were also rumours that Dec, before his marriage to his former manager, was smitten with her. She would go on to have a spell on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2013-6), the duo picking up that Roberts didn't remotely take herself seriously. 'They're great boys,' she says. 'Amazing humans. I loved working with them.' The world of UK entertainment adopted her and, after a period of living partly in LA and London, she moved here full time. Strictly Come Dancing was mooted in 2017 but was delayed until 2018. Her father had intended to fly over to watch her, but missed seeing her dance. 'I felt like I could honour him,' Roberts says. She danced with her partner, Pasha Kovalev, on Remembrance Sunday weekend, and dedicated the routine to her father. The judges were reduced to tears. Even now, bereaved people come up to her in the street to thank her. A year after Strictly, while working at Heart, she was also in the West End musical Waitress. So why would she even have contemplated embarking on a 36-date world tour in a band that had destroyed her health? 'I'm a woman now,' she says. 'I feel more connected to my body. I was like, 'I'm gonna enjoy this.' And I always loved the feeling of being on stage with an audience.' Despite everything, there are no regrets. 'It all had to happen. It was outrageous, brilliant, exhausting, challenging, tough. It was everything.' The tattoos prove it, from 'KA' — kick ass — on a finger to 'love and transformation' on her left foot. 'Now I'm in a space where I have the tools. I know I am not alone having difficult things to cope with. I just want to share what I've learnt. Maybe it will help other people.' Breathwork: Techniques for Better Mental, Emotional and Physical Health by Ashley Roberts (Leap, £20) is published on July 17. To order a copy go to or call 020 3176 2935. 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