Craig Conover has addressed his breakup with Paige DeSorbo.
The “Southern Charm” star, 35, made a video on his Instagram Tales on Tuesday and at last spoke about their surprising break up.
“This has all been very, very unexpected to say the least,” mentioned Conover. “But I guess life has to — I gotta start living again, whatever that looks like, whatever my new normal looks like, I have to start.”
“Right before the holidays, I was very shocked,” he added concerning the breakup. “It’s okay. It takes two people to be in a relationship. You can’t control other people, you can only control how you react to it.”
“Remember to be kind to Paige, and me, and yourselves, and all of that good stuff,” he went on. “I’m still processing everything, which is normal. Three year relationship. It’s your best friend who you talk to all day, every day, and then they’re just gone.”
Conover concluded, “One day I’ll be able to talk more on it. But right now I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind messages. It has been really nice to read them and it’s just life.”
The Bravolebrities have been collectively for 3 years and lately sparked engagement rumors simply weeks earlier than DeSorbo introduced they’d determined to go their separate methods.
The “Summer House” star, 32, broke the information on her “Giggly Squad” podcast with co-host Hannah Berner on Monday, Dec. 30, noting she and Conover “have decided to no longer be together.”
“It’s weird, it’s very weird. I wasn’t expecting this,” DeSorbo shared. “Obviously, when we first started dating, you don’t think, ‘Oh, what will happen? Will we get married, will we not?’ You’re just kind of like in this relationship.”
“Not to sound traditional and old-fashioned, this is not a situation where I have, like, a 50-part series of ‘Who the f–k was I dating?’” she joked of the TikTok development. “Could not be more opposite of that.”
DeSorbo went on to say that she has “so much love and respect for Craig.”
“I think he is one of the best people I have ever met in my entire life. I will remain the biggest fan of him and want the best for him and he truly will get the best because he is the best. But with that said, I think it was just the right decision for both of us moving forward in our lives and the direction in our lives that we didn’t force.”
She additionally mentioned that “no one did anything,” elaborating of the break up, “It wasn’t a bad thing. I think we both were just being really mature and saying what we want and what we didn’t want, and I think that’s extremely powerful to be able to voice how you’re feeling in real time and what you want for your future.”
Their breakup got here following weeks of social media rumors concerning the pair getting engaged over the vacations.
Conover, who lives in Charleston, S.C., usually talked about his need for marriage and youngsters with New York-based DeSorbo, who at all times made it clear that she wasn’t in a rush to stroll down the aisle.
Final yr, he addressed the space between them.
“I think there was so much pressure from the outside world. I love what we have now. My home base is Charleston and hers is New York, but if it was a Venn diagram, we cross over. We’re always together, we’re just in one place and the other,” he beforehand instructed Individuals. “I think I’ve settled into a more sustainable flow of this is what works for us and let’s just enjoy it instead of rushing into the next step.”
Conover and DeSorbo usually appeared on one another’s Bravo exhibits; nonetheless, the “Summer House” Season 9 trailer appeared to indicate there was bother brewing in paradise, together with scenes the place DeSorbo and her co-star Ciara have been speaking about Conover’s “hater energy.”
DeSorbo was additionally seen crying in mattress whereas saying she was dropping “everything.”
Regardless of the drama, her co-stars Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke swore that DeSorbo and Conover have been extra strong than ever at Fan Fest this fall.
