They remind him of his younger self.
Jon Hamm sees a little bit of himself in three "bumbling" reality stars. In a new interview, the Your Friends & Neighbors star told W Magazine that he’s a big fan of Southern Charm. The Bravo reality show follows the lives and loves of a group of friends in Charleston, SC, and it's centered on three very tall Southern gentlemen—Shep Rose, Craig Conover, and Austen Kroll.
Hamm, 54, told W that it’s his favorite reality show because it reminds him of his younger self. “I really like it, mostly because it's about the guys, and most reality shows are about the women,” the actor explained. “Southern Charm is about these three dumba--, glorious dummies bumbling through life. You want to hit them in the head and also give them a hug and tell them everything's going to be okay."
"They're all younger than me," Hamm added. "Watching them stumble reminds me of a lot of dumb s--- I did. So, it’s like, oh God!”
Hamm has spoken about the Southern Charm cast in the past. During an appearance on Sirius XM’s Andy Cohen Live, he questioned a Season 10 scene in which Kroll claimed to be “scared” of Conover’s temper. “I mean grow up,” Hamm said. “How are you scared of that guy? He is who he is, they all are. He’s got a finely honed sense of saying something that I think he thinks will be received in a dramatic way. I don’t think he’s scared of him. God, how can you be scared of that kid?”
Austen Kroll, Craig Conover, Shep Rose on "Southern Charm."
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Hamm also made a cameo on Cohen’s CNN New Year’s Eve broadcast to lament the breakup of Conover and his longtime girlfriend, Paige DeSorbo. “I gotta pour one out for Craig and Paige, my goodness, end of an era,” the actor sadly told Cohen on December 31, shortly after the Bravo couple’s split was made public. While DeSorbo reportedly fangirled over Hamm’s shoutout, Conover didn’t understand how she found “fun” in their split.
In the W interview, Hamm admitted that his wife, Anna Osceola, also got him into The Real Housewives franchise, which he admitted he watches with “glee.”
“Are they bad actors? I wouldn't want to see them in a fictional thing, but they're good at being themselves on those shows,” he said of the dramatic cast of women on the long-running reality franchise. “I can't imagine what that must be like. I wouldn't trade places with them for all the money in the world.”
