Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover are going their separate ways.
The “Summer House” star, 32, shared the “very sad” news on Monday’s episode of her “Giggly Squad” podcast that she and Conover have broken up after three years of dating.
“Craig and I have decided to no longer be together,” she told listeners at the start of the episode.
DeSorbo said it was not a dramatic split, though, explaining she still has “so much love and respect” for the “Southern Charm” star and thinks he is “one of the best people I’ve ever met.”
“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 that our lives are going in that we didn’t foresee.”
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She went on to add, “I love him. I think he loves me. I think we will remain friends. No one did anything. It wasn’t like a bad thing. I think we both were just being really mature in 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.”
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But DeSorbo denied speculation that Bravo may have asked the two to delay their breakup announcement, saying “no one can tell me what to do” and that “the network has power, but they don’t have that much power.” She said they “were still together” when rumors previously spread that they had broken up.
DeSorbo and Conover confirmed they were dating in 2021 after starring together on the Bravo reality series “Winter House,” a spin-off of “Summer House.”
“We built a friendship and got to know each other first, and it all happened naturally,” Conover told People in 2021. “You see the foundation of our relationship start to form on the show.”
Conover also told People in 2021 that they “both had a crush on each other from three years ago” after he appeared in an episode of “Summer House.”
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Reflecting on the relationship on her podcast, DeSorbo praised Conover as the “best boyfriend I’ve ever had” and said he “truly helped me grow so much” while they were together.
“I am a different person than when I started dating him,” she said. “I truly do feel more mature, more confident, all of these things, and that’s definitely a tribute to him.”
