July 9, 2025
‘Southern Charm’ Cast Defends Austen Kroll From Craig Conover At Reunion: EXCLUSIVE


Tensions are running higher than ever between Craig Conover and Austen Kroll.

TODAY.com has an exclusive clip from Part 2 of Bravoโ€™s โ€œSouthern Charmโ€ Season 10 reunion that shows the two best friends fighting and questioning their relationship โ€” again.

โ€œMadison (LeCroy) said it to me the other day, and it hit me like a ton of bricks, she was like, โ€˜The bottom line is that Craig does not respect you,โ€™โ€ Austen said during the reunion episode, as his fellow cast members and Andy Cohen listened in.

When Andy asked Craig if he does respect Austen, Craig replied, โ€œYes. But itโ€™s just, for some reason, seeing Austen drink makes me mad.โ€

โ€œI know it does,โ€ Austen responded.

Rodrigo Reyes took Austenโ€™s side at this point, saying it seems โ€œweird for (Craig) to be so judgmental.โ€

โ€œLike, anybody here would go and have a drink,โ€ he added.

โ€œHe feels like you think that youโ€™re better than him,โ€ Leva Bonaparte chimed in.

Craig has opened up in recent years about his struggles with alcohol addiction.

โ€œI havenโ€™t drank liquor in two years but I had to make a massive change this summer,โ€ he said during last seasonโ€™s reunion, per US Weekly. โ€œIโ€™m an addict to that stuff.โ€

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There’s never a dull moment at a Bravo reunion.Clifton Prescod / Bravo

Earlier in Season 10, Craig said he struggled to hang out with Austen while also avoiding drinking.

โ€œI was like, โ€˜F— me, like, trying not to be an alcoholic is now affecting my friendship with Austen.โ€™ Thatโ€™s where I was coming from,โ€ he said. โ€œI have tears in my eyes because itโ€™s real. I was in the trenches by myself trying to better my life.โ€

At the time, Austen apologized to Craig for โ€œnot understandingโ€ what he was going through.

In the latest reunion episode, though, the longtime friends didnโ€™t seem to reach the same place of understanding.

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Austen and Craig exchanged charged words.Clifton Prescod / Bravo

โ€œYouโ€™re from, like, an ivory tower, man, sometimes, of superiority,โ€ Austen said.

โ€œSee, this stuff makes me not want to hang out with him,โ€ Craig replied.

Craig said that Austen saying he has a superior attitude is โ€œf—–d up, and if he thinks that, then we donโ€™t need to hang anymore.โ€

โ€œBecause if you think that I look down on you, you know that thatโ€™s not my character,โ€ he added.

Venita Aspen came to Austenโ€™s defense here.

โ€œYou just said that to your best friend who is trying to open up his heart to you,โ€ she said to Craig. โ€œThat is so rude.โ€

โ€œThatโ€™s how I feel,โ€ Craig answered. โ€œLike, if you think that I think Iโ€™m better than you, then you shouldnโ€™t be friends with me.โ€

Austen then told his friend heโ€™s been โ€œbattlingโ€ with these feelings for a while.

โ€œItโ€™s what Iโ€™m trying to tell you. Why continue on if Iโ€™m just going to get, like, backhanded for stepping out of line or something?โ€ he said. โ€œItโ€™s a crazy concept I donโ€™t have with anybody else.โ€

Things appear to have been less than perfect between the friends for some time now.ย 

In January, Craig said he wanted to take a โ€œstep backโ€ from the podcast they have co-hosted since 2021, โ€œPillows and Beer.โ€

โ€œWith the podcast, he wouldnโ€™t show up or heโ€™d be hungover. Just miserable,โ€ Craig said of Austen in a January episode of “Southern Charm,” according to US Weekly.

โ€œMaybe Iโ€™m outgrowing the (arrangement) we had before,โ€ he added.

Part 2 of the โ€œSouthern Charmโ€ reunion will air Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo and streams the next day on Peacock.

Note: Bravo and Peacock are part of TODAYโ€™s parent company, NBCUniversal.



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