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Cameran Eubanks suggested that Nick Viall’s wife, Natalie Joy, owes Austen Kroll a “sincere apology” after her awkward questions about his sister’s tragic passing. Cameran then defended the Southern Charm star and his family.
Last week on The Viall Files, Natalie asked Austen several bizarre questions about his late sister, who passed away at age nine after tragically falling off a cliff during a hike. Austen, who was there when the accident happened, seemed visibly uncomfortable while answering Natalie’s questions. At one point, she even asked, “Where – what was this cliff?”
On January 8, Cameran commented on a Page Six post about the interview.
“I hope a sincere apology will be issued,” wrote Cameran on Instagram. “Austen and his family are some of the kindest people I know.”
In the interview last week, Natalie broached the subject with a seemingly strange segue.
“Quickly jumping out of Southern Charm — I’m sure we’re gonna jump right back into it — but going into your childhood, I didn’t know this about your sister passing at nine,” she said at the time.
“Okay, we are switching gears,” Austen responded, as his leg began shaking.
“Sorry. And you obviously don’t have to answer if you don’t [want]. My question is, how old were you when that happened?” she went on.
“Seven,” he said.
“You were seven?” asked Natalie.
“Yeah,” Austen answered.
“How did your family — because you’re obviously so close to your family today, your parents and Katie — how did your family keep you all together during that time?” she continued, referring to his other sister.
“The year-and-a-half period between my older sister passing and my younger sister being born was truly like the dark ages for our family,” he explained. “But I was seven, eight, didn’t know what my family — my parents — were going through. Yeah. Which, you know, turns out was a very torturous period for them.”
At one point, Natalie asked, “Were you there when she fell?”
“Yeah,” he said.
“You were?” she continued.
“Yeah,” Austen answered.
“Where — what was this cliff?” she asked.