Paige DeSorbo Details Anxiety, Sadness She Had Dating Ex Craig Conover
Paige DeSorbo wasn't exactly charmed by her relationship with Craig Conover in the months before their breakup.
The Summer House star got brutally honest about potentially wanting out of their three-year relationship during the Bravo series' April 16 episode.
"I've said to him so many times, 'If this is not what you want...'" the Giggly Squad podcast cohost told costar Ciara Miller, who interrupted with, "But you're putting it on him. Because it's so much easier to give the other person the out than to really dig deep and determine if that's what you want."
A seemingly defeated Paige added, "I just want to run away and change my name."
Plus, Craig previously voicing concerns that her months-long Giggly Squad live tour might put a strain on their relationship only made her feel bad about her increasingly busy career.
"I feel guilty that I'm not more happy," the 32-year-old admitted to her BFF. "I'm like, 'I wished for everything I have.' I've literally manifested the apartment I live in, manifested having a boyfriend who's obsessed with me, I love my career. So, then, why am I the most anxious I've ever been in my entire life when I have everything I want?"
But after opening up about her reservations concerning their future together on camera, Paige felt even worse and was still an emotional mess the next day.
"I just get overwhelmed," she told Ciara in tears after a rough night contemplating her feelings about the Southern Charm star. "I haven't had a day off. I just feel like I'm spreading myself so thin. I feel like Craig is going to freak out on me. I'm just nervous Craig's gonna be like, 'You're such a f--king b---h.' I'm just so f--king anxious."
In the end, Paige—who ended her romance with the Charleston native in November—felt like she was being forced to choose between her relationship and professional success.
"I get that his feelings are valid too," the influencer continued. "He can be like, 'You're so busy, what about me?' But also, sometimes I feel like he dumbs down how busy I am or I'm being a bad person if my relationship isn't the number one thing in my life or that I'm not putting it first. I always feel like I'm doing the wrong thing. I get nervous that me and Craig are gonna break up and it's going to be like, 'He's so much better off without her. She deserves what she gets.'"
Paige tearfully added, "I get nervous that everything I have will go away."
See Paige and Craig's breakup play out when Summer House airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on Bravo. In the meantime, keep reading to look back at Craig and Paige's relationship timeline.
Winter House co-stars Craig Conover and Paige DeSorbo started casually seeing each other in summer 2021 before becoming a couple that fall. As Craig told E! News, "We openly dated around until it just got to the point where, you know, you like one person so much that you don't want to do that anymore."
Craig joined Paige for a photobooth session as they celebrated her Summer House co-stars Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula saying "I do" on September 25.
Paige and Craig dressed up as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee à la Hulu's Pam and Tommy for Halloween.
The couple that goes all out for Halloween together, stays together.
Craig made his debut on Paige's Instagram grid on December 19 with this cute pic captioned, "Sew in love."
Paige began making appearances on Craig's Instagram around the same time.
The couple is currently "having a lot of fun and spending more time with each other," Craig recently told E! News, "and just happy."
Dressed to the nines, Paige and Craig got cozy on their Jan. 2022 trip.
Back in New York later that month, the couple spent the night on the town.
Craig joined Paige for an Instagram Live shopping event on Valentine's Day.
The couple headed out West for a fun double date with former Vanderpump Rules stars Stassi Schroeder and Beau Clark.
Nothing like a night out in the Bravo Clubhouse!
The couple paid Andy Cohen another visit in March.
"Getting 'the shot' is a full time job," Paige captioned this sweet Instagram pic of herself and Craig at a friend's wedding, along with candids of them perfecting their pose.
Excited to share his southern charm with his girlfriend, Craig shared pics from his fun beach day with Paige on Instagram, posing with pillows from his home decor company, Sewing Down South.
The happy couple took a stroll along the beach in Charleston, South Carolina.
Paige and Craig got all glammed up for the MTV Movie & TV Awards on June 5, 2022.
The lovebirds snack on their favorite bites from Panera while announcing the chain's revamped menu in March 2024.
Amid online speculation that the couple had broken up, Craig shut down the breakup rumors.
"I don't know where that came from, because we're together, like, every week," he told E! News in December 2024. "So, no, Paige and I are not broken up. We're still together."
Following months of split speculation, Paige announced over the 2024 holidays that she and Craig had officially split after three years of dating.
“No one did anything. It wasn’t a bad thing,” Paige said during her Dec. 30 Giggly Squad podcast episode. “I think we both were just being really mature and saying what we want and what we didn’t want, and I think that’s extremely powerful to be able to voice how you’re feeling in real time and what you want for your future.”
The influencer also shot down rumors of cheating between her and the Southern Charm star and insisted the parting of ways was amicable.
“I think he is one of the best people I’ve met in my entire life,” Paige continued. “I will remain the biggest fan of him and want the best for him, and he truly will get the best because he is the best.”
Over a week after the breakup news went public, Craig shared his side of the story.
"This has all been very, very unexpected, to say the least," Craig said in a video shared to Instagram Jan. 7. "I was very shocked and it's ok, it takes two people to be in a relationship. You can't control other people you can only control how you react to it."
That said, Craig also wants everyone to extend grace to his now-ex.
"I'm still processing everything, which is normal, I mean, three-year relationship, it's your best friend who you talk to all day, every day and then they're just gone," he noted. "So one day I'll be able to talk more on it but right now I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind messages."
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