After chatting with Lindsay Hubbard and Kyle Cooke about Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover’s breakup on the May 21 episode of Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen made a bold declaration about their respective shows: “There is a serious feud between the Summer House crew and the Southern Charm people.”
Lindsay agreed, joking, “It’s like the Cold War of Bravo.”
Kyle, however, pointed out that he’s actually on good terms with several of the Charm-ers, including Austen Kroll and Shep Rose. “I’m still good with Austen, and I was just with Shep at Upfronts,” he said. “I text with Austen all the time.”
Craig is, of course, a different story.
Are Kyle Cooke and Craig Conover still feuding?
The two haven’t been on good terms ever since Craig invested in the sparking cocktail Spritz Society (a competitor to Kyle’s Loverboy) in April 2024. Most recently, Craig apparently unfollowed Kyle as well as his wife Amanda Batula, in addition to not responding to either of them when they reached out after his split from Paige. As Kyle put it on WWHL, “It’s unfortunate, but for Craig to just go and unfollow everybody and not respond to my text when I checked in on him, I’m just like, ‘Dude, what grade are you in?'”
As for what Kyle texted Craig, he shared on WWHL that the message apparently read, “Hey, I know we had a rough year, but I’m here for you. I’m so sorry. I was rooting for you.”
“It was like the nicest thing I could possibly say,” Kyle added.
Craig, for his part, previously said that he has “nothing but respect” for Kyle as well as the Loverboy brand. “I will always be a Loverboy fan. But guess what? I’m all the way down in Charleston, and I’m on a different show and we’re going to have Spritz down there now,” he told Page Six in May 2024.
Is Lindsay Hubbard friends with Craig Conover?
Lindsay shed new light on her current dynamic with Craig while discussing how she’s grown closer to Paige on WWHL. “I have a great relationship with Paige. We talk all the time, and I’m not saying it was Craig’s fault that we didn’t talk before, but…” she said. “Craig yelled at me in the middle of Summer House one too many times.”
Lindsay Hubbard and Kyle Cooke weigh in on different aspects of Paige and Craig’s split
Elsewhere on WWHL, Andy asked Lindsay and Kyle for their thoughts on “Craig not defending Paige from the cheating rumors” she encountered after their split.
“I think that was messed up,” Lindsay responded. “I mean, even after Carl [Radke] and I broke up, I defended him early on being like, ‘There’s no way this guy would have cheated on me.’ So, he could have at least said something.”
Kyle agreed, stating, “Yeah, he fueled the fire.”
The Summer House-mates also gave their take on Craig’s claim that he bought Paige an engagement ring before they broke up.
“You can’t go a year without showing the ring to anybody,” Kyle argued. “I know all of his friends — no one’s seen the ring. So, I mean, do the math.”
“This guy would have shown somebody a picture at some point,” Lindsay added in agreement.
Craig, for his part, said on WWHL in March that he had returned the ring in question that same day. Andy reminded Kyle and Lindsay of this, but they remained unconvinced.
What does Andy Cohen think about Paige and Craig’s split?
In January, Andy said he was “very sad” to hear about Paige and Craig’s breakup. “Everybody loved them,” he explained. “Who’s the first couple of Bravo now? I mean, they really were the first couple of Bravo. Everyone was rooting for them. I don’t know.”
More recently, in April, Andy said it’s been eye-opening to hear Paige talk about her and Craig’s relationship issues throughout Summer House Season 9. “With all of the discourse about Paige and Craig, it is really interesting now to see Paige’s POV. Craig was like ‘I was blindsided. I was blindsided.’ And when you watch Paige all summer long, she’s like, ‘I’m not…’ She’s anxious,” Andy explained on his SiriusXM show, Andy Cohen Live. “
For more on the Hamptons crew, watch the drama-filled trailer for the Summer House Season 9 reunion.
