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Charley Manley confirmed her relationship with Southern Hospitality cast member Justin Assada during Wednesday night’s episode of the Southern Charm reunion.
Just over a week after it was reported that the 28-year-old had been dating her fellow Bravolebrity since September 2025, following her short-lived romance with Craig Conover, 36, Charley spoke of her relationship with Justin, 29.
“I am [dating]. He’s from Boston. He works at a club,” Charley shared on the March 25 episode, as Salley Carson, 31, added, “He’s on Southern Hospitality.”
“It’s Justin Assada, yeah,” Charley confirmed.
Then, after Andy Cohen, 57, asked Craig if he knew Justin, who joined Southern Hospitality during its fourth season, Craig revealed, “Yeah, I always say hi to him when he comes in the bar.”
Craig then alluded to an alleged overlap in Charley’s relationships.
“[Austen Kroll] had to tell me in Vegas because Charley and I were still, like, hanging out, and finally, Austen sat me down in Vegas. He was like, ‘Dude, whatever she’s telling you that she’s not talking to someone, I met him.’ He’s like, ‘He’s real. She brought him to the bar and said, ‘I’m in love!”” Craig stated.
“I never said I was not talking to anyone!” Charley interjected.
Still, Craig pressed on, telling her, “I gave you a lot of chances to tell me you were talking to someone else, and you actually never did. And then Salley was like, ‘Craig, you need to know that she’s talking to two other guys.’ And then I asked you. You took my hand, and you said, ‘I’m not talking to anyone else.'”
“That did not happen. I swear to God that did not happen,” Charley replied. “We were not together. We went on two dates.”
According to Craig, he and Charley may have only gone on a couple of dates “on camera,” but they spent a lot of time together that fans didn’t see on Southern Charm.
“I was strung on. I was love-bombed,” he alleged. “You made it seem to me like we were gonna make it out of filming … Up until Mexico, the way that you talked to me made it sound like you had feelings for me because, like, I really thought that we had like, real feelings. I really thought we were something more.”