The New Year started with a bang when Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover announced their split. The two Bravolebs had been dating for three years, but it always felt like the Sewing Down South founder liked the Summer House star a bit more. Their breakup wasn’t the messiest we’ve seen, but a hopeful friendship didn’t form either. Now, as the months have passed, Paige is speaking more openly about what led her to decide to end her relationship with Craig.
Paige DeSorbo is saying the hard things about her breakup from Craig Conover
Paige has always been a woman of conviction. Whether it has been standing up to Kyle Cooke as she pointed out his mid-life crisis or supporting her girlfriends, the New Yorker has never struggled to say the hard things that most people would shy away from. The same can be said about her breakup with Craig. While the announcement of their demise was pleasant enough, the new season of Summer House is showing just how anxious she was with Craig. Paige spoke with Vulture as she enlightened fans about her process.
“Honestly, I don’t know if it was platonic or anything more, but there were multiple times in our relationship where I gave him so much grace. Like, should I have broken up with him a year and a half ago when I saw him texting hearts to a girl? Probably. But again, I loved him and I wanted to marry him,” she shared. Paige noted that it felt like a majority of fans thought she “was gonna come to my senses at some point and be a wife and a mom.” She revealed some told her things like, “You’ll get to a certain age where you have to get married.”
Paige DeSorbo shared her intense anxiety before her breakup during Summer House
During the most recent episode of Summer House, Paige broke down to her best friend, Ciara Miller. The fashionista revealed, “I feel guilty that I’m not more happy. I’m like, ‘I wished for everything I have.’ I’ve literally manifested the apartment I live in, manifested having a boyfriend who’s obsessed with me. And I love my career. So, then, why am I the most anxious I’ve ever been in my entire life when I have everything I want?” The 32-year-old’s anxiety plagued her for days. And fans saw her leave the house in an Uber the next morning. She told Ciara, “I just get overwhelmed. I haven’t had a day off. I just feel like I’m spreading myself so thin. And I feel like Craig is going to freak out on me. I’m just nervous Craig’s gonna be like, ‘You’re such a f*cking b*tch.’ I’m just so f*cking anxious.”
Paige’s anxiety hit a chord with viewers, most of whom empathized with her internal battle. Paige added, “I get that his feelings are valid too. He can be like, ‘You’re so busy, what about me?’ But also, sometimes I feel like he dumbs down how busy I am or I’m being a bad person if my relationship isn’t the number one thing in my life or that I’m not putting it first. I always feel like I’m doing the wrong thing. I get nervous that me and Craig are gonna break up. And it’s going to be like, ‘He’s so much better off without her. She deserves what she gets.'” In the end, Paige had to choose her happiness.
Paige DeSorbo isn’t standing for Patricia Altschul’s mean girl narrative post-breakup
Paige continues to stand strong in her decision. She told the outlet she chose to break up with Craig rather than “get divorced in year two of being married.” However, Paige is still dealing with negativity from those around her and in the Bravoverse. The matriarch of Southern Charm, Patricia Altschul, hasn’t been the kindest. In January, Pat spoke out on Watch What Happens Live, claiming “all of Craig’s girlfriends [were] mean to him.”
At the reunion, Pat doubled down. She stated, “I took a lot of criticism for saying that because people said, ‘Oh, you know, you’re not a career-oriented, independent woman,’ which is totally incorrect. I’ve always worked. But my point was that it was dismissive and bordered on being rude. It was the way she said it.” Paige clapped back in her interview, claiming more should question Craig’s behavior. “Do we ever ask the reverse question of, like, ‘What did he do for two women to have the same exact reaction?’” Paige pondered.
Summer House is available to stream on Peacock and Hayu in the UK and Ireland.
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