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\n Related: <\/span>\u2018Southern Charm\u2019 Cast Says Craig Judges From His ‘Ivory Tower,’ Has a Temper<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tCraig Conover found himself in the hot seat during part 2 of the Southern Charm season 10 reunion after his castmates called him out for his temper. \u201cYou\u2019re from, like, an ivory tower, man, sometimes of, like, superiority,\u201d Austen Kroll claimed during the Thursday, April 3, episode of the Bravo series. Craig, 36, argued that [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cI wish I could sit down and ask him [why he is still upset], if I\u2019m being honest,\u201d Venita said on a December 2025 appearance on the \u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat<\/a>\u201d podcast. \u201cLike, \u2018Hey, why are you so mad at me?\u2019 You don\u2019t know to this day. I just assume it\u2019s always the Paige stuff \u2014 and if that\u2019s it then we have got to move on from that.\u201d<\/p>\nScroll down for a complete timeline of Venita and Craig\u2019s feud \u2014 and everything they\u2019ve said about where they stand:<\/p>\n
Venita Aspen Sparks Drama Picking Paige DeSorbo Over Craig Conover<\/h2>\n
In March 2025, Venita appeared on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen<\/em> and revealed she contacted Paige after her split from Craig<\/a> in late 2024. \u201cI have a closer relationship with Paige than I do [with] Craig.\u201d<\/p>\nVenita later revealed that her connection to Paige is because of their mutual friend, Summer House<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Ciara Miller<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cCiara and I are very close. That means I was close with Paige, not super, super close, but close enough,\u201d Venita explained on a December 2025 appearance on the \u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat<\/a>\u201d podcast. \u201cObviously I\u2019m gonna stand up for Paige, take her side. I see her more. I talk to her more.\u201d<\/p>\nVenita claimed, \u201cCraig never really made any effort to be my friend. So it\u2019s like, why am I now supposed to just be like, \u2018Oh yeah, you\u2019re right.\u2019 I don\u2019t talk to you. I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s just weird.\u201d<\/p>\n
Craig Conover Declares He\u2019s Not Friends With Venita Aspen on Live TV<\/h2>\n\n![\"Inside](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Inside-Southern-Charm-Star-Venita-Aspen-Feud-With-Craig-Conover-GettyImages-2001801522.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Craig Conover, Paige DeSorbo.<\/span> Udo Salters\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAfter Venita went on WWHL<\/em> in March 2025 and backed Paige in Craig\u2019s breakup \u2014 and also claimed he was \u201cmilking\u201d their split \u2014 Craig clapped back.<\/p>\n\u201cIf I\u2019m being honest, I won\u2019t be associated with her because as I get older, my [friendship] circle gets tighter and tighter,\u201d Craig told Andy Cohen<\/strong> on his March 2025 WWHL<\/em> appearance.<\/p>\nHe alleged, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t about being on Paige\u2019s side, you can be Paige\u2019s friend,\u201d adding that he believes Venita \u201cregurgitated\u201d gossip about him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not friends with her. I wish her well, but no one\u2019s entitled to my friendship, and she definitely isn\u2019t anymore,\u201d Craig declared.<\/p>\n
Venita Aspen Responds to Craig Conover\u2019s \u2018WWHL\u2019 Declaration<\/h2>\n
Venita told Deadline<\/em><\/a> in April 2025 that she was \u201cdisappointed\u201d after learning Craig no longer wanted to be \u201cassociated\u201d with her.<\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t operate like that from a friendship level, even if it\u2019s a new friend, an old friend, or a friend that I\u2019ve had back and forth with,\u201d she explained. \u201cI think that I would have preferred him to be the quarterback that he is and lead his teammates in whatever direction he wanted us to go versus deeming people who go against whatever he wants unworthy of friendship. We don\u2019t talk, so what was I supposed to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Venita Aspen and Craig Conover Keep Their Distance at BravoCon<\/h2>\n
Venita claimed in November 2025 that Craig \u201cwon\u2019t even look in my direction\u201d as the pair attended events at BravoCon<\/a> in Las Vegas for Southern Charm<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cI wouldn\u2019t look at someone else either, with greasy hair like that, it\u2019s fine. Sorry, I did it,\u201d Venita cheekily told Us Weekly<\/em><\/a> at the time. \u201cOther than that, I liked his outfit last night [at The Bravos]. I just was not feeling [the] hair. He had a beautiful bow tie on, but the hair.\u201d<\/p>\nSeason 11 of \u2018Southern Charm\u2019 Gives Insight Into Venita Aspen and Craig Conover\u2019s Dynamic<\/h2>\n
During the season 11 premiere, which aired in November 2025<\/a>, Venita and Craig were not friends. While they both attended costar Madison LeCroy<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s baby shower, neither one wanted to mend fences.<\/p>\n\u201cI am absolutely terrified of Craig\u2019s temper. I\u2019ve seen Craig yell at Naomie [Olindo]<\/strong>. I saw him yell at Leva [Bonaparte]<\/strong>. I\u2019ve seen him yell at JT [Thomas]<\/strong>,\u201d Venita told the cameras. \u201cCraig is a certified a**hole so he\u2019s not someone I\u2019m willing to go bat to bat with.\u201d<\/p>\nCraig, meanwhile, told pal Rodrigo Reyes, \u201cI don\u2019t like her. I don\u2019t f*** with her,\u201d refusing to discuss their issues at the shower.<\/p>\n
Ciara Miller Defends Venita Aspen<\/h2>\n\n![\"Inside](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Inside-Southern-Charm-Star-Venita-Aspen-Feud-With-Craig-Conover-GettyImages-2250835011.jpg?w=1000&quality=40&strip=all\")
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\n Venita Aspen, Ciara Miller.<\/span> Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images for Target<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAs season 11 of Southern Charm<\/em> began airing, Venita received some backlash for not being her usual charming and appeasing self.<\/p>\n\u201cImagine being the only Black girl on a predominantly white cast in the SOUTH,\u201d Ciara wrote via the comments section<\/a> on a December 2025 TikTok video about Venita\u2019s story arc on Southern Charm<\/em>. \u201cNo one ever sees Venita\u2019s side.\u201d<\/p>\nAfter the TikToker mused, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Venita took Craig saying that [he didn\u2019t want to associate with her] as him trying to push her off the show or ice her out from the group and that\u2019s the actual issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ciara seemingly confirmed the user\u2019s suspicions, claiming in the comments section, \u201cIf a main cast \u2018refuses\u2019 to film with another main cast member; that\u2019s code for trying to push them out. So yes, your entire analysis of [this] situation is correct.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor some \u2018odd\u2019 reason, Black women\/people are held to such an insanely high standard, we are rewarded less grace, and we must always be the bigger person in every situation, wronged or not,\u201d Ciara further alleged. \u201cWhile our white counterparts can be as diabolical and disgusting and still remain fan favorites and don\u2019t have to encounter 1\/4 of the hate that we get simple for existing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Venita, meanwhile, opened up about Ciara\u2019s claim that Craig was in fact trying to get her off the show, claiming on a December 2025 episode of the \u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat\u201d podcast that Craig \u201cliterally was refusing to film with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat means I don\u2019t have a job. That means I can\u2019t hang out with my friends. That means I don\u2019t have a platform to show up to, like, I would lose so many things,\u201d Venita said, noting she was getting \u201cchoked up\u201d just thinking about it.<\/p>\n
Salley Carson Friction Explained<\/h2>\n\n![\"Inside](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Inside-Southern-Charm-Star-Venita-Aspen-Feud-With-Craig-Conover-NUP_207610_00873.jpg?w=1000&quality=78&strip=all\")
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\n Craig Conover, Salley Carson.<\/span> Michael SeRine\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAt the start of season 11 of Southern Charm<\/em>, Salley Carson<\/strong> and Venita were \u201cthick as thieves,\u201d according to Venita. However, fans quickly saw their friendship hit some turbulence<\/a> as Salley pursued a romance with Craig amid his drama with Venita.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was just like, \u2018OK, I\u2019ve seen her, like, date a couple people\u2019. And I was just like, \u2018I don\u2019t want her to fall for someone that I know is \u2026 a bad egg,\u2019\u201d Venita told \u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat\u201d podcast host Amanda Hirsch in December 2025 when asked why she was so against Salley hooking up with Craig. \u201cI was upset that she was wanting to go after a man that, like, was so happy to go [and] publicly be like, \u2018I could never be friends with someone like that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Venita explained, \u201cAt the end of the day, unfortunately, I was just like, whatever. I\u2019m just gonna ignore that. I still don\u2019t want this girl to be hurt by somebody that doesn\u2019t deserve her time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Salley, for her part, started to see cracks in her and Venita\u2019s friendship on the show when she continually picked spending time with Craig over her friend. Even still, the women appear to have remained in one another\u2019s lives at the time this article was published.<\/p>\n
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Scroll down for a complete timeline of Venita and Craig\u2019s feud \u2014 and everything they\u2019ve said about where they stand:<\/p>\n
Venita Aspen Sparks Drama Picking Paige DeSorbo Over Craig Conover<\/h2>\n
In March 2025, Venita appeared on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen<\/em> and revealed she contacted Paige after her split from Craig<\/a> in late 2024. \u201cI have a closer relationship with Paige than I do [with] Craig.\u201d<\/p>\n Venita later revealed that her connection to Paige is because of their mutual friend, Summer House<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Ciara Miller<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cCiara and I are very close. That means I was close with Paige, not super, super close, but close enough,\u201d Venita explained on a December 2025 appearance on the \u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat<\/a>\u201d podcast. \u201cObviously I\u2019m gonna stand up for Paige, take her side. I see her more. I talk to her more.\u201d<\/p>\n Venita claimed, \u201cCraig never really made any effort to be my friend. So it\u2019s like, why am I now supposed to just be like, \u2018Oh yeah, you\u2019re right.\u2019 I don\u2019t talk to you. I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s just weird.\u201d<\/p>\n After Venita went on WWHL<\/em> in March 2025 and backed Paige in Craig\u2019s breakup \u2014 and also claimed he was \u201cmilking\u201d their split \u2014 Craig clapped back.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I\u2019m being honest, I won\u2019t be associated with her because as I get older, my [friendship] circle gets tighter and tighter,\u201d Craig told Andy Cohen<\/strong> on his March 2025 WWHL<\/em> appearance.<\/p>\n He alleged, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t about being on Paige\u2019s side, you can be Paige\u2019s friend,\u201d adding that he believes Venita \u201cregurgitated\u201d gossip about him.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not friends with her. I wish her well, but no one\u2019s entitled to my friendship, and she definitely isn\u2019t anymore,\u201d Craig declared.<\/p>\n Venita told Deadline<\/em><\/a> in April 2025 that she was \u201cdisappointed\u201d after learning Craig no longer wanted to be \u201cassociated\u201d with her.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t operate like that from a friendship level, even if it\u2019s a new friend, an old friend, or a friend that I\u2019ve had back and forth with,\u201d she explained. \u201cI think that I would have preferred him to be the quarterback that he is and lead his teammates in whatever direction he wanted us to go versus deeming people who go against whatever he wants unworthy of friendship. We don\u2019t talk, so what was I supposed to do?\u201d<\/p>\n Venita claimed in November 2025 that Craig \u201cwon\u2019t even look in my direction\u201d as the pair attended events at BravoCon<\/a> in Las Vegas for Southern Charm<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t look at someone else either, with greasy hair like that, it\u2019s fine. Sorry, I did it,\u201d Venita cheekily told Us Weekly<\/em><\/a> at the time. \u201cOther than that, I liked his outfit last night [at The Bravos]. I just was not feeling [the] hair. He had a beautiful bow tie on, but the hair.\u201d<\/p>\n During the season 11 premiere, which aired in November 2025<\/a>, Venita and Craig were not friends. While they both attended costar Madison LeCroy<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s baby shower, neither one wanted to mend fences.<\/p>\n \u201cI am absolutely terrified of Craig\u2019s temper. I\u2019ve seen Craig yell at Naomie [Olindo]<\/strong>. I saw him yell at Leva [Bonaparte]<\/strong>. I\u2019ve seen him yell at JT [Thomas]<\/strong>,\u201d Venita told the cameras. \u201cCraig is a certified a**hole so he\u2019s not someone I\u2019m willing to go bat to bat with.\u201d<\/p>\n Craig, meanwhile, told pal Rodrigo Reyes, \u201cI don\u2019t like her. I don\u2019t f*** with her,\u201d refusing to discuss their issues at the shower.<\/p>\n As season 11 of Southern Charm<\/em> began airing, Venita received some backlash for not being her usual charming and appeasing self.<\/p>\n \u201cImagine being the only Black girl on a predominantly white cast in the SOUTH,\u201d Ciara wrote via the comments section<\/a> on a December 2025 TikTok video about Venita\u2019s story arc on Southern Charm<\/em>. \u201cNo one ever sees Venita\u2019s side.\u201d<\/p>\n After the TikToker mused, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Venita took Craig saying that [he didn\u2019t want to associate with her] as him trying to push her off the show or ice her out from the group and that\u2019s the actual issue.\u201d<\/p>\n Ciara seemingly confirmed the user\u2019s suspicions, claiming in the comments section, \u201cIf a main cast \u2018refuses\u2019 to film with another main cast member; that\u2019s code for trying to push them out. So yes, your entire analysis of [this] situation is correct.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFor some \u2018odd\u2019 reason, Black women\/people are held to such an insanely high standard, we are rewarded less grace, and we must always be the bigger person in every situation, wronged or not,\u201d Ciara further alleged. \u201cWhile our white counterparts can be as diabolical and disgusting and still remain fan favorites and don\u2019t have to encounter 1\/4 of the hate that we get simple for existing.\u201d<\/p>\n Venita, meanwhile, opened up about Ciara\u2019s claim that Craig was in fact trying to get her off the show, claiming on a December 2025 episode of the \u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat\u201d podcast that Craig \u201cliterally was refusing to film with me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat means I don\u2019t have a job. That means I can\u2019t hang out with my friends. That means I don\u2019t have a platform to show up to, like, I would lose so many things,\u201d Venita said, noting she was getting \u201cchoked up\u201d just thinking about it.<\/p>\n At the start of season 11 of Southern Charm<\/em>, Salley Carson<\/strong> and Venita were \u201cthick as thieves,\u201d according to Venita. However, fans quickly saw their friendship hit some turbulence<\/a> as Salley pursued a romance with Craig amid his drama with Venita.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was just like, \u2018OK, I\u2019ve seen her, like, date a couple people\u2019. And I was just like, \u2018I don\u2019t want her to fall for someone that I know is \u2026 a bad egg,\u2019\u201d Venita told \u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat\u201d podcast host Amanda Hirsch in December 2025 when asked why she was so against Salley hooking up with Craig. \u201cI was upset that she was wanting to go after a man that, like, was so happy to go [and] publicly be like, \u2018I could never be friends with someone like that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Venita explained, \u201cAt the end of the day, unfortunately, I was just like, whatever. I\u2019m just gonna ignore that. I still don\u2019t want this girl to be hurt by somebody that doesn\u2019t deserve her time.\u201d<\/p>\n Salley, for her part, started to see cracks in her and Venita\u2019s friendship on the show when she continually picked spending time with Craig over her friend. Even still, the women appear to have remained in one another\u2019s lives at the time this article was published.<\/p>\nCraig Conover Declares He\u2019s Not Friends With Venita Aspen on Live TV<\/h2>\n
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\n Craig Conover, Paige DeSorbo.<\/span> Udo Salters\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nVenita Aspen Responds to Craig Conover\u2019s \u2018WWHL\u2019 Declaration<\/h2>\n
Venita Aspen and Craig Conover Keep Their Distance at BravoCon<\/h2>\n
Season 11 of \u2018Southern Charm\u2019 Gives Insight Into Venita Aspen and Craig Conover\u2019s Dynamic<\/h2>\n
Ciara Miller Defends Venita Aspen<\/h2>\n
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\n Venita Aspen, Ciara Miller.<\/span> Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images for Target<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSalley Carson Friction Explained<\/h2>\n
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