With The Valley’s key player checked into rehab, it’s up to the rest of the cast to bring some drama to Season 2. Leave it to Danny Booko, with his seemingly perfect marriage and idyllic family, to be the one who has to apologize for his actions.
On the April 29 episode, Danny apologized to both Jasmine Goode and her girlfriend, Melissa Corelli. Danny made the couple uncomfortable after a night of heavy drinking, and revisited the situation after his castmates expressed concern about his alcohol intake.
Danny Booko was called out for inappropriately touching The Valley co-stars
Jason Caperna and Jesse Lally shared their concerns about Danny over lunch. Jesse asked, “What’s happening with Danny and alcohol?” Jason replied, “He’s been good. I think he’s gotten drunk like twice this year. It’s just that, when he gets drunk, the whole town knows about it.”
Jesse opined in a confessional interview that Danny “can’t control his drinking.” “He has three young kids,” he added. “He doesn’t go out every night. And he doesn’t do happy hour after the office. He goes out and he goes hard. The only problem is he goes hard and then he makes poor decisions when he’s in that state.”
During the conversation, Jason praised Danny for being “on his best behavior” in recent months. He then alluded to the “rock bottom” moment with Jasmine and Melissa during a Halloween party. He’s in good company with Jax Taylor hitting his own personal rock bottom and checking into rehab.
“Not too long ago, Jasmine was in a situation where Danny was blackout drunk and was really inappropriate,” the lawyer said in a confessional interview. “Danny approached Jasmine and put his hand on her thigh. He said, ‘Get daddy a drink,’ referring to himself as ‘daddy.’ And then when she went to go get ‘daddy’ and some other people a drink as well, he approached Jasmine’s girlfriend Melissa and grabbed her butt.”
Danny apologized to Jasmine
Bravo also included a flashback in which Jasmine confronted Danny about the incident. She told him, “You were inappropriate with me and her. I was like, ‘This is weird.'”
“That was completely out of my character. I am so sorry,” Danny profusely apologized.
However, Jason doesn’t feel that the situation, at its core, was resolved. He’s seen Danny go a step further with this latest incident than in the past.
“I wasn’t shocked that he did it, I guess,” he explained, “You know, I guess I was shocked, because there’s no way around it. Even though he’s had situations in the past where he’s gotten really drunk and done things, this was a step further.”
Danny and his wife Nia Booko are expecting their fourth child together.
Catch The Valley Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo and Hayu in the UK and Ireland.
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