{"id":961915,"date":"2026-11-12T15:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/961915\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T15:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:12:17","slug":"slomwoc-star-aspyn-ovards-daughter-diagnosed-with-terminal-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/961915\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SLOMW:OC&#8217; star Aspyn Ovard&#8217;s daughter diagnosed with terminal cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Breakout reality star Aspyn Ovard made the heartbreaking announcement that her young daughter is battling terminal cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The content creator tearfully discloses the news in the first episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/slomw-orange-county-cast-dishes-on-jen-divorce-bobbi-althoffs-season-1-feud-with-mccall-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hulu\u2019s \u201cSecret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County,\u201d<\/a> which premiered Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything happened just so out of nowhere,\u201d she says in a confessional. \u201cOne day she was OK and the next day she wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aspyn Ovard shared her daughter\u2019s terminal cancer diagnosis in the premiere episode of \u201cThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County.\u201d Instagram\/aspynovard<\/p>\n<p>Ovard said she and her ex-husband, Parker Ferris, learned of the diagnosis more than three years ago, but did not disclose which of her three young children is the one who\u2019s sick.  Instagram\/parkerferris<\/p>\n<p>In the episode, Ovard \u2014 who has three daughters and did not specify which one is sick \u2014 opens up about the moment she and her ex-husband, Parker Ferris, received the devastating news that every parent dreads. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the hospital, we were like, \u2018It has to be fine,&#8217;\u201d she recalls. \u201cYou can\u2019t fathom they\u2019re actually gonna tell you that your baby has cancer, and that it\u2019s terminal and she could be gone in a month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The YouTuber, who is now <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/11\/09\/entertainment\/how-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-orange-county-star-aspyn-ovard-got-into-a-full-fledged-throuple\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">openly in a throuple with a married couple<\/a>, adds they have been living in fear of losing their daughter for \u201cover three years\u201d now.<\/p>\n<p>Ovard, pictured with one of her kids in a 2024 Instagram post, was told her daughter could be \u201cgone in a month.\u201d Instagram\/aspynovard<\/p>\n<p>Ovard did not share which of her three daughters was sick. (Pictured above: one of Ovard\u2019s daughters in a May 2026 Instagram post.) Instaram\/aspynovard<\/p>\n<p>While Ovard shares that her daughter recently had \u201canother stable scan\u201d in a later episode, she also says it\u2019s \u201cunusual for a child with this kind of cancer to have this much time,\u201d but does not provide further details on the diagnosis. <\/p>\n<p>Ovard, 30, and Ferris, 31, met in high school. He proposed in 2015 when Ovard was 19 and he was 20. <\/p>\n<p>They share daughters Cove, 7, Lola, 5, and Elle, 2.<\/p>\n<p>Ovard and Ferris \u2014 seen in happier times in December 2022 \u2014 were high school sweethearts and got engaged in 2015.  Instagram\/parkerferris<\/p>\n<p>After filing for divorce in 2024, Ovard began dating married couple Bri and Billy Davis. The trio are seen above in an October Instagram post.  Instagram\/aspynovard<\/p>\n<p>The reality star <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/04\/02\/parents\/youtuber-aspyn-ovard-files-for-divorce-from-husband-parker-ferris-announces-birth-of-baby-no-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">filed for divorce<\/a> in April 2024 after learning that Ferris had been secretly drinking alcohol behind her back for years. She submitted the paperwork on the same day that she announced she had given birth to baby No. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Ovard strongly opposes drinking because her father struggled with \u2014 and, eventually, died from \u2014 alcoholism.<\/p>\n<p>In her confessional, she admits her marriage was \u201cnowhere near in a place\u201d to survive their daughter\u2019s cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>The YouTuber ended her marriage after finding out Ferris, seen with two of their daughters last month, was drinking alcohol behind her back. Instagram\/parkerferris<\/p>\n<p>Ovard (pictured above with her daughter in a 2024 Instagram post) is strongly against drinking because her father died from alcoholism. Instagram\/aspynovard<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStay one step ahead with all the exclusive tea on your favorite reality TV stars!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Virtual Reali-Tea with Danny and Evan, our must-read newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t even going to make it through before this happened,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s 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\u2019s grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a tense therapy scene, Ovard tells her ex-husband that she is \u201ctrying to make as much money as possible\u201d so neither of them has to work when they are \u201cgrieving like no human should.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Episode 2, Ovard says she refrains from talking about her daughter with the other women in the \u201cMormon Wives\u201d spinoff cast \u2014 many of whom are <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/11\/05\/parents\/pregnant-jen-affleck-ex-zac-celebrate-daughters-birthday-hours-after-shock-divorce-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also parents<\/a> \u2014 because it\u2019s \u201ctriggering and traumatizing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ovard said her marriage would not have survived their daughter\u2019s diagnosis. (Pictured: one of Ovard\u2019s daughters) Instaram\/aspynovard<\/p>\n<p>Ovard said she refrains from talking about her daughter\u2019s diagnosis with the other women on the show (pictured) because it\u2019s \u201ctriggering and traumatizing.\u201d Disney<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve set boundaries from the beginning,\u201d she explains. \u201cIf I make an effort to put myself out there and do things and be around people, I just want to be distracted and I want to feel as normal as I can because I don\u2019t ever get to feel that way anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County\u201d Season 1 is currently streaming on Hulu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breakout reality star Aspyn Ovard made the heartbreaking announcement that her young daughter is battling terminal cancer. 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