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Southern Charm wrapped its 11th season on Bravo this past March.
Unsurprisingly, the hit series was renewed for a 12th season, and taping has already wrapped on it.
Recently, star Craig Conover, who has been a staple on the show since it began, sat down on the B*tch Bible podcast.
When the topic of his dating life came up, Craig, 37, confirmed he is “not dating anyone.”
“I don’t have anyone to text or message on Instagram right now,” he added.
He also noted he would be open to dating someone from the Bravo world again, as he “enjoyed it.”
“I like dating a coworker,” he explained. “I think there’s a huge camaraderie and a lot of time spent at your job, no matter what it is.”
Following his split from longtime girlfriend Paige DeSorbo, of Summer House, Craig dated his co-star, Charley Manley.
He noted he didn’t feel any competition from both being in the spotlight (likely in regard to his relationship with Paige), but he admitted he thinks it “affected a lot of people around us.”
“You have to ask yourself that a lot, like… well, did we sacrifice… did I sacrifice a relationship for TV? Like, did TV cost me everything? But you’re like, ‘We wouldn’t have met if it wasn’t for TV!’” he added.
The topic of Thomas Ravenel also came up, as Craig revealed his former co-star shockingly showed up during a scene they were filming.
After multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct were made against Thomas, he departed the show in 2018.
While Craig shared that Thomas, 64, “lives two hours away in Aiken, which is like horse country,” he stated that he showed up to Patricia Altschul‘s last year and “knocked on the door.”
“It might have been the all-guys dinner, but we were there,” he stated. “And I was like, ‘Let him in, let him in, let him in. Please let him in, please let him in.’ And the crew was like, ‘Guys, we can’t do, like’… they’re trying to get a hold of people, you know, in New York.”
He reiterated that production was saying they didn’t think they were “allowed” to have Thomas come in, but he really wanted them to let him.
Craig noted that he would have liked that moment for TV, as it wasn’t planned and Thomas just showed up.
To date, Bravo has not given a premiere date for season 12 of Southern Charm.
