Steven McBee Jr.’s budding relationship has received a very important co-sign.
Just weeks after going official with influencer Allie Eklund, The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys cast member offered more insight into Allie’s dynamic with his loved one. Steven told The Daily Dish that his new girlfriend got along quite well with his tight-knit family, but she was especially close with his mother, Kristi McBee.
“Things have been great. It has been such a good experience dating someone that brings so much peace to my life and is integrated with my family so well,” he said during BravoCon 2025. “So it’s been really, really fun. My mom probably loves her more than I do already. My mom is like, ‘I’ve got a new best friend.’ They text more than Allie and I do.”
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Kristi McBee’s tense dynamic with Steven McBee Jr.’s ex, Calah Jackson
Steven confirmed his relationship with Allie via Instagram on November 3, nearly a year after he and Calah Jackson called it quits. It’s no secret that Steven and Calah’s on-again, off-again romance caused a lot of tension and heated exchanges within his family — so much so that Kristi described the relationship as “toxic.”
“I would do anything to get her out of his life,” Kristi said in a Season 2, Episode 5 confessional. “I don’t do well with someone playing victim all the time, and that’s what she does. The last thing I want to see is my son in an unhealthy, toxic relationship.”
Is Steven McBee Jr. ready for marriage and kids?
Although he’s only been dating Allie for less than a month, Steven said he’s already thinking long-term. He explained to The Daily Dish that his outlook on marriage and kids has changed in recent months, as his brothers, Jesse McBee and Cole McBee, had already started families.
“You know, I am fresh into a new relationship, and things look really, really good for Allie and I,” he said. “I think seeing my brothers have their babies, it has definitely caused me to have a new perspective on life and realize, hey, you know, there are some things, namely family and kids, that are so important that I don’t wanna miss out on anymore. So I think it could be in the very near future.”
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Steven McBee Jr. shares how he and his girlfriend, Allie Eklund, met
So, how did Steven end up meeting his new lady? The Missouri rancher confirmed he had slid into her Instagram DMs but didn’t get a response until their mutual friend William Van Orsdel gave him an “A+ referral and assist.”
“It took me a couple of months and several DMs to reach out and set up a date,” he told The Daily Dish. “It was so much fun. It was the best night ever.”
Get more details about Steven’s dating life, including his connection with Southern Charm’s Salley Carson.
— Additional reporting by Stephanie Gomulka
