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Allie Eklund stepped out with Austen Kroll in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, months after her messy split from The McBee Dynasty cast member Steven McBee Jr.
As Steven, 33, faced drama with Austen’s former hookup buddy, Salley Carson, 31, who has since moved on with Summer House‘s Kyle Cooke, 43, Allie and Austen enjoyed a meal at Perla’s seafood restaurant, where they reportedly spent over an hour “smiling, laughing, and locked in deep conversation.”
According to a July 30 report from TMZ, who shared a photo from the outing, Allie, 29, and Austen, 39, looked comfortable together but didn’t showcase any noticeable PDA.
‘McBee Dynasty’ Star Allie Eklund Spotted With ‘Southern Charm’ Star Austen Kroll https://t.co/RhMx4VZUS8
— TMZ (@TMZ) July 30, 2026
As the outlet explained, Allie and the Southern Charm star, who met at BravoCon in 2025, were not on a date. Instead, they were simply catching up during Austen’s visit to town.
Allie and Austen’s lunch meeting comes just days after Steven, who claimed Allie cheated on him (which she denied), confirmed a past romance with Salley.
“I think the world of Salley,” he shared on the July 20 episode of Page Six’s Virtual Reali-Tea. “We had a lot of fun together in the few weeks that we were hanging out. She actually came up to the farm. There was an event in Hamilton, Missouri, with Craig Conover. I had a blast with her, and she was great with my family, too.”
Steven went on to say that he and Salley were “very, very different people in the way that [they] live [their] lives.”
“It doesn’t make one right or the other. It’s just we are very different people,” he added.
Meanwhile, on Sex Unlocked, Salley told a different story, revealing that she had a bad time when she traveled to Missouri to visit with Steven, and actually had to have Craig, 37, rescue her.
“Craig helped me escape … Like, I flew out to see him. First time I’d done it. I was terrified,” she recalled. “I wanted to leave so bad, and Craig happened to be there … in Missouri … I was like, ‘Craig, I just want to go home.’ He rescued me. He’s like, ‘Let’s get you the f*ck out of here.’”
The McBee Dynasty season three airs Mondays at 9/8c on Bravo.