Paige DeSorbo Doubles Down on Claims Craig Texted Other Girls Pre-Split: ‘I Gave Him So Much Grace’

Paige DeSorbo is doubling down on her claims that ex-boyfriend Craig Conover was texting other women before they called it quits.

“Honestly, I don’t know if it was platonic or anything more,” DeSorbo, 32, told Vulture in an interview published on Wednesday, April 16. “But there were multiple times in our relationship where I gave him so much grace.”

The Summer House star mused, “Should I have broken up with him a year and a half ago when I saw him texting hearts to a girl? Probably.”

DeSorbo claimed she didn’t cut ties with Conover, 36, sooner because of their love. “I loved him, and I wanted to marry him,” she recalled.

DeSorbo and Conover began dating in 2021 after they grew close on season 1 of Winter House. The pair let fans into their relationship for three years, popping up on Summer House and Southern Charm.

DeSorbo announced in December 2024 that she and Conover had parted ways. She later revealed she broke up with the Sewing Down South founder after spending Thanksgiving together with her family.

In the wake of their split, both DeSorbo and Conover traded public jabs. DeSorbo was accused of cheating on Conover —he denied starting the rumors — which she shut down in February.

That same month, a super tease of Summer House season 9 was released. In the preview, DeSorbo alleged she “caught” Conover “texting two bitches in the course of our relationship.”

Conover addressed the accusation during a February appearance on the Tamron Hall show, denying he was unfaithful.

“That wasn’t part of our breakup. That was filmed later on,” Conover explained. “I think it was a retaliatory scene.” (Us Weekly confirmed in March that Conover had moved on with model Natalie Buffett.)

During the season 10 Southern Charm finale, which filmed in January and aired in March, Conover claimed that DeSorbo said she needed to “find” herself. “She’s like, ‘I have to take control of my life again and we need to break up,’” he alleged in the episode.

Since their split, DeSorbo and Conover’s respective castmates have seemingly picked sides and stayed loyal to their costars.

In February, Ciara Miller exclusively told Us that there’d been “a lot of misogyny” online geared toward DeSorbo after she outlined her “boundaries” and ambitions outside of her relationship with Conover.

“We’re not gonna sit here and act like Craig is just like the ultimate peach,” Miller, 29, quipped. “I’m sorry, but she did a lot of work to get him to this point where he’s at now.”

She continued, “And whether he’ll give her credit or not — the Craig that we know now is not the Craig, you know, that we were dealing with three years ago.”

Miller once again had DeSorbo’s back during their joint interview with Vulture, confessing, “I will say — and you can kill me or not, but she saved a lot of face in the beginning.”

Miller’s comment was directed at DeSorbo’s choice to remain kind on camera toward Conover and in interviews despite their now-messy split. “She did him favors that I was like, you probably shouldn’t,” Miller added.

Their fellow Summer House bestie Amanda Batula agreed, saying, “I think a lot of us have protected Craig. He’s lucky.”

Miller noted that there’s no longer anything holding back DeSorbo and her friends from speaking their truth about Conover. “And now all bets are off,” Miller concluded.

Summer House airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET.