Craig Has Modified Since Courting Paige

A pal’s perspective! Southern Appeal star Leva Bonaparte thinks her pal Craig Conover isn’t fairly the identical individual he was earlier than he began courting Paige DeSorbo.

“Completely,” the Bravo character, 43, completely instructed Us Weekly on Tuesday, September 27, when requested if she thinks the Stitching Down South founder, 33, has modified in any respect throughout his romance with the Summer season Home star, 29. “I feel he’s modified. His style’s loads higher!”

The restaurateur added that Craig “likes to please the individual that he’s courting, and he likes to maintain that individual pleased.”

The “Giggly Squad” podcast host and the Pillow Speak writer confirmed their romance in September 2021 after months of hypothesis about their relationship. “We did get a bit of drunk on the wedding ceremony and threw a Story up there from the photograph sales space,” Paige instructed Us one month later. “[But] I’m simply ready [for] the suitable surroundings to occur to snap [an official] pic.”

Craig beforehand dated his Southern Appeal costar Naomie Olindo, however the duo referred to as it quits in 2017 after lower than three years collectively. Leva, for her half, continues to be tremendous shut with the L’Abeye founder, 30, which has led to some awkward moments on the Bravo sequence. In an unique clip from the Thursday, September 29, season finale, Leva questioned Craig’s determination to seat Naomie at a unique desk throughout a Christmas social gathering.

After Naomie defined the scenario to Leva, the Bourbon N’ Bubbles proprietor couldn’t conceal her annoyance. “I don’t even know why I’m pals with some individuals,” Leva stated in the course of the clip, seemingly referring to Craig and his buddies. “So f—king poisonous.”

Leva hinted to Us that she thinks a few of Craig’s selections are influenced by his need to attenuate potential battle with Paige.

“I do suppose that she is searching for Craig, however she doesn’t all the time have the context, you already know what I imply?” the businesswoman defined on Tuesday. “And I do suppose that he tries to maintain her pleased, however Craig doesn’t wanna harm emotions. So, he doesn’t all the time say, like, ‘Hey, it makes Paige sad if I am going to lunch with you, Naomie.’ That’s all you need to say, Craig.”

General, Leva wasn’t proud of the way in which Craig handled Naomie all through season 8. “I feel Craig will not be the most effective at speaking when it’s his personal emotions,” the Republic DMG proprietor instructed Us. “He generally is a nice mediator and he’s nice at recommendation, however when it comes all the way down to him, it’s like he couldn’t simply say, ‘That is how I really feel, these are my boundaries.’ And as a substitute it might come out [as him] screaming at Naomie, and poor Naomie doesn’t deserve that.”

In keeping with Leva, the stress hits a breaking level in the course of the season finale. “There was loads of stuff occurring, and sadly if you’re actually that shut, loads of it may possibly even occur off-camera,” she instructed Us. “[With the] finale, you’ll begin to see, like, the fruits of some issues.”

The season 8 finale of Southern Appeal airs on Bravo Thursday, September 29, at 9 p.m. ET.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi