Craig Conover Addresses Paige DeSorbo Breakup on ‘WWHL’

Craig Conover is weighing in after his ex Paige DeSorbo shared more insight into their breakup.

The Southern Charm star, 35, was asked about Paige’s claims she “never cheated physically or emotionally” during his appearance on the Thursday, February 6, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.

Andy asked Craig whether he “cosigned” Paige’s comments regarding the rumors of infidelity. In response, Craig neither confirmed or denied as he tried to distance himself from the narrative publicly playing out.

“I don’t want to be involved,” Craig replied. “I got broken up with. I’m the ex-boyfriend, moving on with my life. I’m not going to get sucked into the mud with them. Her cast… like commenting on how I am grieving and that I’m sorry that I’m not reading reddit everyday, getting on there and defending her. Like, I never said you cheated, so I’m not a part of this.”

Craig also weighed in on Paige’s remarks that he had a responsibility to defend her publicly following their split.

“I didn’t tell her what to say [about their breakup on her podcast, “Giggly Squad.”]. I got a text and she said, ‘I’m announcing it on my podcast.’ And then she said it was mutual, which it wasn’t, I didn’t know about it, she called me and told me,” he said.

Craig continued: “It’s been a whirlwind but I’ve been sitting in it, listening to people be like, ‘Love isn’t enough.’ Guess what? Love is enough and I hate that I’m being drawn into that. If two people love each other, you’ll make it work. For all the long-distance people watching… like we didn’t want different things, she just wanted other people and that’s fine. She didn’t want those things with me anymore and I’m not mad at her for that but I don’t like this ‘love isn’t enough’ thing because you’ll make it work.”

Craig has remained relatively tight-lipped since Paige, 32, confirmed in December 2024 that the pair called it quits after three years together. During an episode of her “Giggly Squad” podcast at the time, Paige noted that “no one did anything” to prompt the breakup and expressed hope that she and Craig would “remain friends.”

She continued, “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. … I think it is the right decision for both of us.”

Craig broke his silence on the split shortly after the new year. “Sorry about the delay, this has all been very, very unexpected to say the least,” he said in an Instagram Story video last month. “But I guess I gotta start living again, whatever that looks like. Whatever my new normal looks like — I have to start.”

Craig added that he was “very shocked” by the breakup, which he said happened “right before the holidays.” He told fans that he was “still processing everything” and thanked them for the “kind messages,” hinting, “One day I’ll be able to talk more on it.”

Soon after Craig’s comments made headlines, Paige was spotted spending time with a man at a Philadelphia Eagles game. Theories also swirled online that she moved on with Saturday Night Live star Marcello Hernandez, which she swiftly denied.

While Paige reiterated her single status, Craig’s Southern Charm costar Austen Kroll added fuel to the fan theories during his own WWHL appearance on January 30. Austen, 37, claimed that the rumors about Paige dating someone new were “substantiated” and that Craig had “fully come to terms” with it. Paige clapped back at Austen’s accusations via social media before taking to “Giggly Squad” once again to break down the timeline of her and Craig’s split.

“Let me say this here and now: I did not move on with some new guy. I’m single. I don’t have a new boyfriend. I did not cheat not on my ex-boyfriend,” she said on Monday, February 3, insisting that she “never physically cheated” or “emotionally cheated” on Craig.

Paige added that she “didn’t want to do a back-and-forth” in the public eye while healing from the split. “But since no one’s sticking up for me on the other side … perpetuating even more rumors, I will say that Craig and I broke up Thanksgiving weekend. OK? That’s at the end of November,” she said.

Paige gave Craig permission to act “as if we were still together” while promoting season 10 of Southern Charm — weeks before Paige confirmed their split, Craig shut down breakup rumors in December 2024 — but Paige eventually realized it was time to share the truth.

“I saw that my ex-boyfriend was on a trip presenting himself as single,” she said Monday. “And I said, ‘Oh, here we go, We’re ready to announce.’ I then texted [him] whilst he was on this trip and said I’m going to say something on ‘Giggly Squad’ and we can both start moving forward. It’s been a full month now. My text went unanswered. … Once he goes on a trip and [is] being single, I said, ‘OK, well I can’t deceive the public any longer.’”