Salley Carson set the record straight on her recent night out with Craig Conover. The “Southern Charm” co-stars were spotted out together after Conover’s breakup with Paige DeSorbo was made public, but Carson said it was not as it seemed.
Carson was asked about the outing during a February 27 appearance on “Watch What Happens Live.” where she claimed it was not a “date.”
“It was not just the two of us there,” she told host Andy Cohen. “There was a close friend of his and then his assistant Jack.”
After host Andy Cohen asked if there was “ a possibility” that Carson and Conover could become a thing, she replied, “You know, I’m just getting to know him as a friend right now.”
Carson also told The Daily Dish in a February 2025 interview, “It was not a date, we had other people there with us. Craig are good friends, and we’re becoming even closer friends now.”
“You know, I’m still getting to know him,” she added. “So I can’t say if I would ever see him as [someone with] potential, but he’s hot as [expletive]. So, the door is open.”
Craig Conover & Salley Carson Dined With Friends at Nobu in NYC
The Conover/Carson sighting took place in early February in New York City, per @BravoBreakingNews.
At the time, Conover was in the Big Apple for an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live.” While he was there, a tipster wrote to the gossip site Deux Moi, “[Salley] Carson and Craig Conover in NYC at Nobu having dinner.”
On February 9, “Southern Charm” co-star Jarrett “JT” Thomas commented on the post with, “Makes sense.”
The friendly dinner date came two months after Conover’s high-profile split from DeSorbo.
During filming for the 10th season of “Southern Charm” Carson was dating fitness trainer Andrew Dietz. But during a Q&A on her Instagram stories on January 19, she told fans she was no longer dating Dietz. It is unclear when the two split.
Craig Conover & Salley Carson Have Both Talked About Their ‘Type’
Carson previously noted that Dietz was not her “usual type.” In a confessional during the “Southern Charm” season 10 episode “Making a Splash,” she explained, “I’m typically with a businessman, I feel like. You know, really aggressive? But Andrew wants to communicate everything and talk so soft. I don’t know. I love that my type’s changing.”
Speaking with The Daily Dish, Carson hinted that Conover’s longtime pal Austen Kroll may be more her type. “I think me and Austen’s personality are very much more in sync than me and Craig’s, but Austen has a girlfriend, and I love his girlfriend. Respectfully,” she said.
As for Conover, it sounds as though he hopes to find a woman who has some flexibility in her schedule. He also said he’d want to date someone for a couple of years before marriage and kids come into play.
During an appearance on the “Tamron Hall Show” in February 2025 he said, “I wanna meet someone and travel the world, and I wanna build a relationship with them before we bring kids into it.”
Conover also said he wants to raise his future family in Charleston, South Carolina after dating New York-based DeSorbo for three years. “You know, I love New York City, [but] I want to live at the beach and have a backyard, you know, a garden,” The “Southern Charm” star told Hall. “I go back to my house in Charleston and I’m like ‘This is where I want to raise kids.’”
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Single ‘Southern Charm’ Star Explains ‘Date’ With Craig Conover