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Salley Carson appeared on Watch What Happens Live on Wednesday, where she spoke of her interaction with Craig Conover, revealing whether she made a move on him after his split from Paige DeSorbo.
While also addressing Venita Aspen‘s reaction to her relationship with Craig, 36, teasing a potential romance with Austen Kroll, 38, and confirming if she considered dating Shep Rose, 45, the 30-year-old Southern Charm star seemingly shaded newbie Whitner Slagsvol, 36, and explained why she appeared to allude to something happening with Craig in his hot tub.
“I don’t think I was, like, alluding to anything happening. But maybe I wanted something to happen. I’m in a hot tub til 4 a.m. Who doesn’t want something to happen?” Salley asked on the January 7 episode of WWHL.
As for why Craig didn’t make a move, Salley admitted she wasn’t sure.
“I really don’t know. This was weird vibes … There was one night where he almost stayed the night, but … We texted a little bit. I never went back,” she revealed, adding that she didn’t make a move herself because “Craig never gave those vibes to make a move on.”
After noting that she was surprised by Craig admitting he’d get back with Paige, 33, Salley denied she was waiting for them to break up so she could pursue him.
“Absolutely not. We just hung out a lot, like the three of [us], me, [Charley Manley], and Craig, honestly, every day, and I mean someone was bound to catch feelings, but Craig was never on my radar,” she insisted.
Regarding Venita, 32, saying Craig would walk her like a dog on a leash until he was done and let the leash go, Salley admitted it was “very harsh.”
“I would never say that to a girlfriend, but it also wasn’t that deep. The show is making it very deep right now and very intense, like I’m like in love with Craig, but it wasn’t that deep,” she shared. “[Plus], they never had anything. They’ve never been together, so I was like, is this girl code? I can have friends that don’t like other friends of mine.”
When asked to drop a truth bomb about Venita and reveal three ways she was a better friend to Venita than Venita was to her, Salley answered, “I, for one, appreciate her for what she does for me. I do a lot for her, and I felt not appreciated.”
Moving on to Austen, Salley confirmed it was a red flag that Austen quickly said, “no,” when asked if he and now-ex-girlfriend, Audrey Pratt, would ever get married.
“I wouldn’t be happy about that,” she noted.
According to Salley, while she wasn’t going to make a move on Craig, Austen had “always been on [her] radar.”
“Y’all thought I was thirsty for Craig. Y’all just wait. When y’all think I’m going after Craig, y’all just wait because you’ll see me going after someone,” she stated, explaining, “He has quickly become one of my closest friends. He genuinely, there’s not a day we don’t talk. We were talking in the dressing room. But we just have very similar personalities. We have a lot of fun tighter.”
As for Shep, Salley said she never considered him as a potential partner, as she shot down the idea that he was capable of monogamy.
“No. I really don’t. I think that he’s just going to have to find his match that also is not okay with monogamy,” she reasoned.
Later, on the WWHL: After Show, Salley was asked why she and Charley hadn’t taken an interest in Whitner since he seemed to be such a catch.
“I think that Whitner’s great. I love Whitner. But I don’t think that you really know him yet,” she teased.
Southern Charm season 11 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.