Craig dove into why their breakup was "confusing" on the Southern Charm reunion.
Craig Conover is revealing more about the last days of his relationship with Summer House’s Paige DeSorbo on the Southern Charm Season 10 finale, including a shocking claim about a potential wedding.
Although Paige announced their split at the end of 2024, the Sewing Down South founder has since said that though she called him to end it after Thanksgiving, they remained in limbo through December. At the Season 10 reunion, Craig gave more details about the breakup.
Craig Conover on what happened to his engagement ring for Paige DeSorbo
“After Watch What Happens Live [on December 12], I went to her apartment to just be like, ‘So what’s happening?’” Craig said in Episode 16. “And she was like, ‘I probably am making the worst mistake of my life, but I need to go find myself.’”
Craig shared during Episode 15’s finale he’d taken the step of buying an engagement ring for Paige.
“And then I asked her like, ‘Well, what do you want me to do with your ring?’ She was like, ‘Well, keep it. Maybe we’ll get married at BravoCon,’” Craig claimed at the reunion.
“Maybe we’ll get married at BravoCon?” Andy Cohen clarified, as the Southern Charm cast seemed shocked.
“That seems like a lot of mixed signals,” Molly O’Connell chimed in.
Craig claims his breakup with Paige was "confusing"
Craig insisted he didn’t see any red flags a breakup was coming when they were together.
“I will say that when we were together in private is what I based our relationship off of. And there weren’t signs,” Craig said at the reunion.
When Paige broke up with him during a phone call after Thanksgiving, Craig admitted he was in denial.
“To be fair, she broke up with me on the phone call by saying, ‘I think we need to break up.’ I’m saying, I didn’t receive it like that,” Craig clarified.
He also disagreed with how Paige has portrayed their split on her podcast and in public.
“It was confusing because she said, ‘We’ve chosen to break up.’ It was ‘mutual’ and all this stuff. And I was like, ‘There was nothing mutual about it,’” he said.
Craig and Paige’s breakup took everyone by surprise, including actor John Hamm, who expressed how upset he was about it as Andy hosted CNN’s New Year’s Eve show. But Craig took issue with how Paige responded to Jon Hamm's remarks.
“She commented on it and was like, ‘I’ve watched this a million times — like it’s amazing.’ And it’s just like, ‘God, we’re so different.’ How are you finding fun in this?” he said during the reunion.
Craig claimed he thinks Paige is now a different person since they ended their three-year relationship.
“To me, the person that she’s kind of been since the breakup isn’t the person that I remember dating,” he said. “You know, she’s fighting with people in the comments. She’s starting to say mean stuff about me based on what the internet is saying. And I’m just like, ‘I didn’t do anything to you.’ Sure, I wasn’t the perfect boyfriend, and I had a lot of s—t that I had to work out, but I’m like, it’s been an interesting breakup, to say the least.”
Andy asks Craig if Paige broke up with him for another man
In mid-January, Paige made headlines when she went to a Philadelphia Eagles game and fans speculated she was on a date with sports executive Joe D’Amelio. Paige has since denied the rumors, and Andy asked Craig point blank during the Southern Charm reunion if Paige broke up with him for another man.
“I asked her, ‘Please just tell me if you’re with another guy. Like, put me out of my misery,’” Craig said. “And she said, ‘Craig, I’m not talking to or dating anyone.’”
Andy asked Craig why he didn’t “beg her” to get back together.
“Because I knew you shouldn’t be with someone you have to beg to be with,” Craig answered. “I just wish she would have been honest from the beginning and none of this would be happening.”
Read more on why Paige confided in a Summer House producer that Craig made her “feel icky” about herself.
