Paige DeSorbo Breaks Silence on ‘Rumors’ Craig Conover and Ex Naomie Olindo Hooked Up in Las Vegas
03.05.2022 - 21:37
/ usmagazine.com
A hint at what’s to come on Southern Charm? Paige DeSorbo was finally asked about speculation Craig Conover got cozy with ex-girlfriend Naomie Olindo after she moved back to Charleston last year.
“How did it feel to learn that rumors that Craig was hooking up with Naomie while hooking up with you? Do you think that’s why Craig took so long to commit?” Andy Cohen asked the Summer House star, 29, on the Monday, May 2, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, reading a viewer question.
Whether she intended to or not, DeSorbo seemingly confirmed the fan speculation — but insisted it didn’t bother her.
“OK, I’m going to be totally honest. I feel like if you’re gonna hook up with your ex-girlfriend, you should do it in Vegas,” she replied, offering a new detail to the story that Cohen didn’t include. “And so, when I heard those rumors, I wasn’t that mad. Just because I was in New York, doing whatever I wanted and he didn’t hear about my rumors. So I was like, ‘OK, let’s keep this on the forefront.’”
Conover, 33, and Olindo, 29, called it quits in 2017 after dating on and off during seasons 3 and 4 of Southern Charm. While she moved on with Metul Shah, news broke in July 2021 that he allegedly cheated on her. Olindo subsequently moved back to Charleston and returned to Southern Charm after quitting to move to New York City with the doctor.
The What’s Wrong With My Sewing? author, meanwhile, has been linked to DeSorbo since May 2021. After hooking up throughout the summer, the Winter House costars made their relationship official that fall.
“She’s been really happy. I think she’s relieved in a weird way,” Conover said of Olindo on WWHL in October 2021 of her split from Shah. “And she’s happy to be back in Charleston and