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Venita Aspen offered an update on her romance with Carl Radke on Wednesday night’s Watch What Happens Live.
After sparking rumors of a potential romance with the 40-year-old Summer House cast member at BravoCon in November, the 32-year-old Southern Charm star confirmed whether they were still in touch, reacted to Craig Conover, 36, suggesting he’d get back with Paige DeSorbo, 33, and explained her and Craig’s falling out while also admitting to feeling vindicated by Craig cutting things off with Salley Carson, 30, and responding to hypocrisy allegations.
“We’re taking it one day at a time, going out on dates and trying to get to know each other better,” Venita shared on the January 14 episode of WWHL. “[Carl is] very intentional, and he’s a really hard worker, and it’s really attractive. [He’s] very kind. He’s tall, has a great smile.”
While Venita added that she did not have plans to see Carl during her trip to New York City, since she was “in and out, unfortunately,” she noted that she was not interested in a “situationship.”
“I’m not that type of girl. I’m trying to see if [a relationship] can be there,” she explained.
Of her own show, Venita said that Craig was “living in a dream world” if he thought Paige was “even available to be taken back by him.”
As for Craig being the only one who tried to save her in the pool, despite their past drama, Venita admitted that she didn’t take the action into consideration.
“It says a lot about someone who can allow [someone] to do one thing one time and let [it] carry them throughout their entire lives. Just because he did one good thing, that means every single time I forgive him for his bad doings?” she asked.
Then, when host Andy Cohen, 57, pointed out that Craig “saved [her] from drowning,” Venita argued that she’d always been the one to make an effort with her co-star.
“I do understand. But then I also was the only one reaching out to make things right, even though I was the one kind of pushing his buttons, and he still didn’t want to take the offer … and I’m doing all the work,” she stated.
Since encouraging Salley to steer clear of Craig, informing her friend that he’d use her and lose her, Venita has faced claims of hypocrisy due to her own refusal to listen to her co-stars about former flame Jarrett “JT” Thomas, 40.
“The difference is that I took what they had to say into consideration. I didn’t just dismiss them,” she clarified.
Venita then confirmed she felt vindicated when Salley told Madison LeCroy, 35, that she had been right about Craig.
“1,000 percent I feel vindicated,” she declared.
Also on the live broadcast, Venita admitted to feeling romantic vibes with Whitner Slagsvol during the party prep on Wednesday’s Southern Charm.
“I did, and you know what, I’m mad at [Rodrigo Reyes] because when I was like, ‘Go tell him I think he’s cute,’ he positioned [Charley Manley] instead of me,” she shared.
Later, on the WWHL: After Show, Venita reacted to Salley’s claim that she’d been a better friend to her, which she made on an episode of the talk show last week.
“Did that answer your question? The silence?” Venita asked after a long pause. “Maybe they’re not used to it, but that’s the type of friend I am. I’m gonna tell it to you straight and just be like, ‘Listen, this is what I think you should be doing, what you shouldn’t be doing,’ especially if you’re asking my opinion … Do I need to scale it back?”
Southern Charm season 11 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.