Paige DeSorbo has no problem with her boyfriend Craig Conover‘s former “sexting buddy” joining the cast of Southern Charm.
On Thursday night’s (Dec. 12) episode of Watch What Happens Live, Conover revealed the Summer House star’s reaction to finding out that Molly O’Connell would be coming on for the show’s tenth season.
“She handled it about as well as you could,” Conover told host Andy Cohen.
“I was a little panicked when I found out that she was joining our cast, but I was open and honest and Paige made fun of me,” he continued. “She said, ‘Aw, you’re little sexting buddy is gonna be joining you.’”
Madison LeCroy introduced O’Connell to the world in the Season 10 premiere, where she opened up about her flirtatious friendship with Conover. While the Sewing Down South founder described her as an “online friend,” O’Connell cut right to the chase as she admitted they used to sext “naughty videos” to one another.
Conover, for his part, first met DeSorbo when he attended Kyle Cooke‘s birthday party in Season 4 of Summer House, but it wasn’t until 2021 that they officially started dating.
When DECIDER chatted with Conover following the Southern Charm Season 10 premiere, he gave an update on their relationship.
“We’re doing great,” he said. “We’ve been together for three years and we’ve had to figure out a lot of stuff. I think, in TV, people have short memories, so they’re like, ‘They’re just happy now. It must be easy.’ It’s like, ‘Well, no, we’re just like any other couple out there.’ And I think that’s why sometimes fans and viewers are a little disappointed that they don’t get that next chapter right away. But it’s because we’re trying to make it, you know, last and work.”
Conover added that they “like representing long-distance relationships on television,” noting that they “love” splitting their time between New York City and Charleston.
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