Paige DeSorbo claimed that ex-boyfriend Craig Conover “tried to make” one of her career milestones about him before they called it quits.
After episode 6 of Summer House season 9 aired on Wednesday, March 19, Paige, 32, reflected on a conversation she had with Craig, 36, in the episode during the Summer House After Show. Fans previously watched Craig insist that he and Paige had to make their relationship a priority as she prepared to head out on her “Giggly Squad” podcast tour.
After costars Ciara Miller and Amanda Batula insisted that Paige was supportive of Craig’s career accomplishments, the podcast host opened up about her mindset during the conversation in question.
“I think obviously when you’re in it, you can’t see it the way you see it when you’re out of it or the way your friends see it. And I think I loved him so much that I tolerated it too much,” Paige said. “And now that I’m out of it and I look back on things, I’m like, ‘Oh, wait. Anytime I had, like, a career milestone, he found a way to, like, make it about him.’”
After Paige made the claim, a clip from Summer House showed Craig telling her that she would always “choose work” over their relationship. “If we were married and we had kids, like you can’t choose work all the time,” he added.
Paige went on to claim that Craig had a habit of making everything about him during their relationship. “Anytime there was something and it was like for me … It was my friend’s wedding or a family wedding, he would find a way to, like, make it about him and make me have a bad time,” she continued. “It was just embarrassing.”
“So that’s something that I look back on now and I’m like, ‘Oh wow, I really was very blinded.’ I had to, like, do a lot of damage control while I was the one performing and, like, about to go out on stage, so like when I started having panic attacks this fall while I was doing ‘Giggly Squad,’ he just thought it was because I worked too much,” she continued.
After Paige confirmed that Craig never thought he contributed to her stress, she shared that he made her watch a documentary about how touring heavily impacted the home lives of the ABBA band members.
Paige confirmed that she and Craig called it quits after three years of dating in December 2024. “Craig and I have decided to no longer be together. I love him, I think he loves me. I think we will remain friends. No one did anything. It wasn’t a bad thing,” she said during her “Giggly Squad” podcast. “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.”
While the split initially seemed amicable, the troubles in their final months as a couple have been documented on season 10 of Southern Charm and season 9 of Summer House.
During the February 13 episode of Southern Charm, Craig admitted that Paige had “priorities” in her life that made him feel like he was put on the back burner.
“It’s an insecurity that I have dealt with because Paige is so busy,” Craig told costar Shep Rose. “Her career is one of her biggest priorities and I had to learn how to exist in that world.”
