Paige DeSorbo hints at the reason behind Craig Conover’s breakup

The “Summer House” and “Southern Charm” stars, who first met during the inaugural season of Bravo’s “Winter House,” were together for three years before parting ways.

The breakup appears to have been a mutual decision, as DeSorbo shared on the latest episode of her “Giggly Squad” podcast, released on Monday, December 30, that she and Conover “decided not to be together anymore.”

While Craig Conover has yet to publicly address the split, Paige DeSorbo has hinted at the changes they both went through during their time as a couple.

DeSorbo told the podcast co-host that she “wasn’t expecting it.”

“It’s weird, it’s very weird. Obviously, when we first started dating, you didn’t think about, ‘What’s going to happen? Are we going to get married, right? You’re just kind of like in this relationship,'” she said.

The Bravo star did not reveal the reason for the breakup, but it appears that the matter was amicable. “Not to sound old-fashioned, this is not a situation where I have a 50-part series of Who the Hell Was I Dating?” she joked. “It couldn’t be more opposite.”

DeSorbo added: “I have so much love and respect for Craig. I think he’s one of the best people I’ve ever met in my entire life. I’ll always be his biggest fan and want the best for him and he truly will.” Get the best because it’s the best, but still, I think it was the right decision for both of us to move forward with our lives and the direction we didn’t impose on our lives.

DeSorbo suggested that the split was a result of the personal changes they both went through during their time together.

“As you get older, I started dating Craig when I was 29 and I’m 32 now,” she said on the podcast. “I feel like, for women, your 30s are a big transition. You change a lot and you grow a lot. And so does he.”

“It’s very sad,” she continued emotionally. “I know I said I would never cry on the internet, but it’s okay if I cry on the pod. I feel like it’s okay.”

She also did not specify when they broke up but confirmed that it had nothing to do with the premieres of their Bravo shows.

She added: “I love him, and I think he loves me.” “I think we’ll stay friends. No one did anything. It wasn’t a bad thing. I think we’ve been really mature and saying what we want and what we don’t want, and I think that’s a very powerful thing to be able to express how you feel in real time and what you want for your future.” “

“He’s definitely the best friend I’ve ever had, I can really say that,” DeSorbo said. “He was a great friend, he did everything right, he never made me feel insecure or anything like that, so it’s a lot harder when you don’t “Anyone does anything that causes anger, and that’s hard.”

“I don’t know where that came from, because we’re together every week,” the “Southern Charm” star said at the time. “So, no, Paige and I didn’t break up. We’re still together.”

DeSorbo and Conover have maintained a long-distance relationship, with DeSorbo based in New York City and Conover living in Charleston, South Carolina. In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly In September, Conover shared how the couple managed the challenges of the breakup.

“It’s really about not letting the unknown of the future ruin our happiness today. This was a decision we had to make, and some people may not be able to do it, and sometimes it’s stressful and difficult not being able to have a plan,” he said at the time. .

“But really, we don’t need that now. “With our ability to travel and technology, we’re very fortunate to be able to spend half our time in New York and the other half in Charleston,” he added. “They are great places to live.” …I think finding the right person is the hard part, and then figuring out the rest will come in time.