Shep Rose.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Shep Rosemade some major life changes.
On the latest episode of PodcastOne’sWhen Reality Hits with Jax and Brittany, Rose, 44, told hostsJax TaylorandBrittany Cartwrightthat he no longer has close relationships withSouthern CharmcostarsCraig ConoverandAusten Krollfollowing season 9, during which Kroll, 36, kissed Rose’s ex-girlfriendTaylor Ann Greenandlied about it.
The reality star said his costars have the “right” to their opinions. But as a result, “I just thought, I’m going to take a step back from certain relationships and give it air,” he said. “I don’t want to kill them, I’m just not going to water the plant for a little bit. I’m only going to water plants that produce beauty on my end or beauty around me or love.”
When it comes to Kroll, Rose said, “I’ll give him a big hug and I’ll support him in everything that he does, but just as far as the day-to-day banter, it is not where it was at all. And that’s OK. Maybe one day it will be.”
‘Southern Charm’ stars (from left) Austen Kroll, Craig Conover and Shep Rose.Alan Smith/Bravo
Alan Smith/Bravo
Similarly, Rose has pulled back from his relationship with Conover, 35.
While theLowering the Barauthor said he and Conover “have a mutual respect in that regard” and “I’m happy to see him doing well,” that doesn’t translate to a friendship right now.
“I know that he desires a friendship and I do too, but I just took a step back from some of my show friends over the past month and a half, two months, maybe more,” Rose said. “And that’s OK. You kind of have to, don’t you?”
Shep suspected the friendships might resume when filming ofSouthern Charmseason 10 begins.
“The funny thing is, we’ll get filming again if and when it comes back, and it’ll be interesting to see us build our new normal. You know?” he told theVanderpump Rulesalums. “And I know you guys can attest to this, the show can be the best therapist in the world sometimes.”
Shep Rose and Taylor Ann Green.Stephanie Diani/Bravo
“I think Austen was so loyal to you at BravoCon ‘cause he felt he might be a reason you were spiraling,” Conover said.
Rose said onWhen Reality Hitsthat he went into BravoCon in Las Vegas with “the wrong approach.”“I’m not blaming Vegas, I swear, I’m just saying, it was just maybe not my favorite town,” he said. “I knew that going in. I knew everything going in. I have no excuses.”
Rose acknowledged that some of his personal issues might’ve contributed to his intoxication over the weekend.
“Just a void of my own personal, whatever, journey, I’m going through,” he told Jax and Cartwright. “And you guys can attest, you’re at BravoCon, everyone’s so excited to see you, you’re making all these people happy and that’s a good thing. But, you know, you can easily get pulled into this — I don’t know, this snowball effect of just like, partying and celebrating. Celebrating the fact that you’re making all these people happy. It’s a weird incentives that go through your brain, at least my brain, and yeah, it was just, like the perfect bad storm.”
Rose insisted he “learned a big lesson” from his time at BravoCon and plans to return in 2024, should Bravo extend him an invite.
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Southern Charmcan be streamed in full on Peacock.
source: people.com
