Southern Charm’s Naomie Olindo Refers to Hookup With Ex Craig Conover as ‘Temporary Comfort’
usmagazine.comAll eyes are on Naomie Olindo and Craig Conover when Southern Charm returns for season 8 after the exes hooked up before the cameras started rolling.“I was surprised at how much emphasis was put on it in the episode because I think other people made it a much bigger deal than it was to me and Craig,” Naomie, 29, exclusively tells Us Weekly ahead of the season 8 premiere. “It was sort of like a time and place thing where it’s like, ‘OK, I know you, I trust you, we were both like fresh off breakups.’ This is a really long time ago now, but it was never like, ‘Oh, we need to get back together, blah, blah.’ It was just like a comfort thing — a very temporary comfort thing.”Last month, Craig’s current girlfriend, Paige DeSorbo, confirmed rumors that the Sewing Down South creator slept with his ex-girlfriend in Las Vegas before the Winter House costars were exclusive.“I think the world of Paige, I think she’s great,” Naomie continued to Us. “I think they seem very happy together and I am so happy for him and I was surprised to see people, like, trying to pin me in Paige against each other, because it really doesn’t have to be like that.
I think that any, like, misunderstandings that you’ll see throughout the season were so unnecessary because of people in other people’s ears and stuff.
I think if you just left it to me and Paige, like, we would be great friends.”The L’Abeye designer dated Craig on and off during seasons 3 and 4 of Southern Charm, calling it quits in 2017.
Naomie hooked up with Craig following her messy split from Metul Shah in July 2021. Paige and the What’s Wrong With My Sewing?
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