Summer House's Amanda Batula and Ciara Miller have been there for cast member, Paige DeSorbo, in the wake of her breakup. Paige announced in late December that she and Southern Charm's Craig Conover had ended their relationship after three years of dating.
But, there are some rumors surrounding the split floating around — and now Amanda and Ciara are sharing how they feel about the gossip making headlines. The duo spoke about the speculation surrounding Paige's love life with Page Six on Jan. 22. "We've all been on the other side of it where it's so obviously rumors," Amanda said. "There's been so many rumors about us all individually that any headline [that] comes out, I'm just like, 'This is ridiculous.'"
Ciara admitted that it's "kind of fun" to see the "creative" rumors that make headlines. "We really have to commend the creativity and the thought process that goes into everything, because that's admirable. They should write a book," she noted.
"I'm telling you, the fan fiction is wild!" Amanda added.
Paige DeSorbo addresses the rumors about her breakup with Craig Conover
Paige has also been active in shutting down the rumors surrounding her split. Shortly after her breakup was announced, Paige took to TikTok, where she responded in the comments to one creator who speculated that Paige had ruined Craig's rumored proposal plans. "I'm obsessed with all of this fan fiction," she wrote, echoing Amanda and Ciara's comments.
Paige also denied the rumors that she had "cheated" on Craig with Saturday Night Live cast member, Marcello Hernandez, during a Jan. 7 episode of her podcast, Giggly Squad. Paige reached out to Marcello about the chatter and he responded light heartedly to the rumors.
"I don't care about any rumor that is like, ever said about me...The only thing that I was like, 'OK, can't let this go by' was because it was a third party involved, was people saying that I cheated on Craig with Marcello. When I saw that, I died laughing," she explained.
Paige DeSorbo says to "get used" to her being out after her breakup
It's safe to say that people will have to get used to seeing her out and about more often. After Paige was spotted at a Philadelphia Eagles game on Jan. 12, some people speculated that she was attending the game with another man. She then took to the comments of an Instagram video, where she joked that people will now be seeing her in new places more often.
"I'ma be outside a lot," she responded. "Get used to it."
Why did Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover break up?
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Take it from Paige — the real reason she broke up with Craig was not because of someone else but because they had simply grown in different directions. "I wasn't expecting this, obviously, when we first started dating," she said during a Dec. 30 episode of Giggly Squad. "Like, you don't think, 'Oh, what's going to happen? Will we get married, will we not? You just kind of are in this relationship, and as you get older — I mean I started dating Craig when I was 29 and I'm 32 now."
She added, "And your thirties, for women, really are transformative, and you change a lot and grow a lot and him as well. Not to sound traditional and old-fashioned, but this is not a situation where I have a 50-part series of like, 'Who the f--ck was I dating?' Like, could not be more opposite."
For his part, Craig later addressed the split in an Instagram Story: "I figured it's finally time to check in with everyone. Sorry about the delay. This has all been very, very unexpected, to say the least. But I guess life has to, I gotta start living it, whatever that looks like. Whatever my new normal looks like, I have to start. Gratitude will get you through this. [With] time comes clarity, all of the advice I'm trying to listen to. Right before the holidays, I was very shocked and it's OK. It takes two people to be in a relationship and you can't control other people. You can only control how you react to it. So, gonna be kind to Paige and me and yourselves and all of that good stuff. I am still processing everything, which is normal. I mean, [it was a] 3-year relationship; it's your best friend who you talk to all day every day; and then they're just gone."
He continued, "So, one day I'll be able to talk more on it, but right now I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind messages. It has been really nice to read them and it's just life," he said. "I have to take my own advice that I give when I go around and speak at these home shows that no one's ever not better off after a breakup, but I guess now I got to practice what I preach and believe it and truly have faith in God that everything happens for a reason. But I love you all and I'll see everyone on my travels this January. We got a lot coming up."
