Craig Conover had frozen his sperm months before splitting from Paige DeSorbo, which she called “the craziest thing in the world” at the time.
The television personality, 35, opened up about wanting to start a family in the future with her now ex, 32, during the latest episode of Bravo’s Southern Charm on Thursday.
Earlier this week Monday, DeSorbo confirmed that both she and Conover had broken up after three years of dating, but did not reveal the reasoning behind the shocking split.
While speaking with his friends Austen Kroll and Shep Rose, Craig expressed, “I would be remiss if I didn’t say that becoming a father is probably, whatever it’s called, when it has to happen in my future,” according to People.
The episode then cut to a flashback as he told his plans to freeze his sperm to Paige, who responded, ‘What the fuck?’ That’s like the craziest thing in the world.
Conover later explained in a confessional, “The version of life that I saw myself living is not the one that I’m living, which is like this stable home that I grew up in.”
Craig Conover, 35, had frozen his sperm months before splitting from Paige DeSorbo, 32, which she had called “the craziest thing in the world” at the time; seen in September 2024 in Nashville
‘Every night, at dinner time, my mother, my father and my brother were there. And I loved that.”
He continued, “But I think if you find the right person and he happens to be a feisty Italian from New York, things won’t always go the way you planned.”
Both he and DeSorbo wanted to wait three to four years to possibly start a family, and Austen questioned Craig who had come up with the specific timeline.
‘He did, and then it made sense to me. Without any influence from Paige, yeah, I would say, okay, you date for a while, then you get married, and then you have kids.
The TV personality added: “We’re going to do it someday, but why don’t we try to make as much money as possible now?”
Conover later emphasized that she wanted to start a family in the future, but Austen later told cameras, “I’m not entirely convinced that Craig wants exactly what Paige wants.”
The reveal in the new episode comes shortly after Paige announced that both she and Craig broke up during their Laughter Team Podcast on Mondays.
“Craig and I have decided to no longer be together,” the Summer House star said, emotionally adding that it was “weird” to talk publicly about the breakup.
On Monday earlier this week, DeSorbo confirmed that both she and Conover had broken up after three years of dating, but did not reveal the reasoning behind the shocking split; seen in 2022 in Santa Monica
He continued, “But I think if you find the right person and he happens to be a feisty Italian from New York, things won’t always go the way you planned.”
However, the reality star expressed: ‘I love him. I think he loves me. I think we will remain friends. Nobody did anything. It wasn’t bad at all.’
Of the split, DeSorbo shared, “I think we were both being very mature and saying what we wanted and what we didn’t want.” And I think it’s extremely powerful to be able to express how you feel in real time and what you want for your future.”
Paige chose not to explain what had caused the couple to go their separate ways, but she did share positive words about her ex.
‘He’s definitely the best boyfriend I’ve ever had. I can really say that. He was a great boyfriend.’
“And he did everything right, and he never made me feel insecure or anything, so it’s almost harder when no one has done anything to be angry about, and that’s hard.”
At the end of last December, weeks before Paige confirmed their breakup, Craig had revealed that both he and DeSorbo had plans to get married.
During an interview with People, He claimed that he had stopped drinking to “become a better husband and father.”
‘We are playing for the long term. It would be easy to look for instant gratification, but the foundation we are building is so that one day we will die together, not just so that it is fun.”
At the end of last December, weeks before Paige confirmed their breakup, Craig had revealed that both he and DeSorbo had plans to get married; seen in February 2024 in New York
Conover then added at the time, “We know we’re going to get married someday and when that happens it’ll be a lot of fun, but whenever that happens, who knows?”
On Thursday, Paige broke her silence to dismiss cheating allegations as the reason behind their split.
She responded to a TikTok video of podcaster Up and Adamtitled ‘Paige DeSorbo Allegedly Caught Cheating on Craig Conover?’
In the video, Up and Adam repeated unfounded accusations that Paige had cheated on Craig with an anonymous “internet personality.”
Responding to the video in the comments section, Paige simply wrote, “See you in court.”
In other TikTok comments, which were captured by the blogger. bravo queensPaige wrote, “I’m obsessed with all this fan fiction.”
She added in another comment: ‘Why should I build a brand with a man? I’M THE LAUGHTER TEAM!’
On Thursday, Paige broke her silence to dismiss cheating allegations as the reason behind their split; seen in February 2024 in Santa Monica
Amid the breakup, Craig celebrated New Year’s Eve on Tuesday with Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson in Aspen.
Besides, two moi He also shut down the cheating rumors, calling them “absolutely false.”
The reality TV couple first met in the Hamptons while filming Bravo’s Summer House and later forged a deeper bond on the spinoff series Winter House.
Their chemistry had fans buzzing for months before they finally confirmed their romance on Instagram in October 2021, ending speculation.
Amid the breakup, Craig celebrated New Year’s Eve on Tuesday with Paulina Gretzky and Dustin Johnson during a party in Aspen.