Paige DeSorbo, Craig Conover.Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
Paige DeSorbois setting the record straight.
TheSummer Housestar, 28, made an appearance on Dear Media’sNot Skinny But Not Fatpodcast, where she addressed rumors that she’s been seeingSouthern Charm’sCraig Conover.
“Craig and I are a thousand percent not dating,” she said.
Speculation about a possible romance first began to swirl after the Bravo stars were spotted spending time together in Charleston, South Carolina earlier this month after wrapping theSummer Houseseason 5 reunion. But DeSorbo said running into Conover, 32, was simply a happy coincidence.
“I planned this trip actually, because my brother and his girlfriend were going away for her birthday and they were going to go to Miami. Then they were like, ‘You know what? Let’s go to Charleston. Like, everything’s fully open,'” she said. “And it just happened to land on the weekend of our reunion.”
DeSorbo’sSummer HousecostarCiara Milleraccompanied her on the trip, and they met up with Conover and hisSouthern CharmcostarAusten Kroll.
“Ciara was in New York and I was like, ‘Hey, do you want to get on a flight with me, like, Saturday morning and go to Charleston?’ And she was like, ‘Um, yes,'” DeSorbo said. “So Austen wasn’t even there Saturday night, and … of course Craig is very accommodating. When he found out we were coming, he was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m planning the whole weekend.’ And we hung out with him the whole time.”
Earlier this year, DeSorbo, Conover, Miller and Kroll were amongst the Bravo stars who got together to film the upcomingspinoffWinter Housein Vermont. And while DeSorbo said she has nothing but love for Conover, she stressed that it’s strictly platonic love.
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“Craig and I have known each other for years,” she said. “We’ve always gotten along. We’ve always been friends. We have, like, very similar personalities. We are not romantically involved or anything, but we are very good friends.”
She continued: “We were drunk the whole time [in Charleston]. People saw whatever they saw, but like, it wasn’t — it was blown way out of proportion. And like, a lot of people were coming up to us, ‘cause they think it was just the fact that the four of us were all together that it looked like, ‘Oh my God! They’re, like, dating.’ But there were so many other friends around us and we just happened to be blackout drunk every single night.”
DeSorbo echoed similar sentiments about her friendship with Conover during an appearance onComments By Celebs’Comments By Bravopodcast, saying she’s enjoying being single after hersplit from Perry Rahbar last fall.
Conover, meanwhile, introduced his girlfriendNatalie Hegnaueron the most recent season ofSouther Charm, though it’s unclear if they’re still together.
TheSummer Houseseason finale airs Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo. A premiere date forWinter Househas not yet been announced.
source: people.com
