Craig Conover calls out Charley Manley on part 2 of the upcoming Southern Charm reunion for allegedly leading him on all season — but she’s not backing down.
“I was love-bombed,” Craig, 37, claims in Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek of the Wednesday, March 25, episode of the Bravo series. “I was.”
Craig then turns to Charley, 28, alleging, “You said all of this stuff for me. You were FaceTiming from your friends’ weddings. And [then] started to be the talk of the town. But then I was like, ‘Oh, my God, that’s what love-bombing is.”
Charley is visibly frustrated by Craig’s accusations, simply replying, “No.”
“There was some future-planning from you,” Craig claims before host Andy Cohen interjects and asks Charley point-blank, “Charley, did you love-bomb Craig?”
“I do not feel like I love-bombed him,” she responds.
Craig claims that Charley “made it seem to me like we were going to make it out of filming.”
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Craig further alleges in the preview that Charley was extensively chatting with him off camera while claiming she wasn’t speaking to anyone else.
“Charley and I were still, like, hanging out. Finally, Austen [Kroll] sat me down in Vegas and he was like, ‘Dude, whatever she’s telling you that she’s not talking to someone, I met him. He’s real,’” Craig tells his costars during the reunion, claiming Austen, 38, told him in fall 2025 that Charley “brought [her man] to the bar and said, ‘I’m in love.’”
Charley was quick to deny that she kept her conversations with other men from Craig, telling him, “I never said I was not talking to anyone.”
The Sewing Down South founder claims in the clip that he gave Charley “a lot of chances to tell me you were talking to someone else and you actually never did.”
Craig backs up his allegations, saying that Salley Carson also pulled him aside and told him Charley was allegedly “talking to two other guys.”
“Then I asked you, you took my hand and said, ‘I am not talking to anyone else,’” Craig claims.
Charley is adamant that “did not happen,” telling Craig and the rest of the cast, “I swear to God that did not happen.”
Charley argues that she and Craig “were not together” and they only went on “two dates,” but Craig claims that was just what was featured on camera.
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“We would always go out. I was strung on,” he alleges, before telling Andy, 57, that he thinks if Salley, 31, hadn’t interfered, he and Charley would’ve had a chance at a real relationship.
During season 11 of Southern Charm, Craig found himself in a love triangle with newbie Charley and fellow costar Salley following his 2024 split from Paige DeSorbo. He ultimately told Salley that he only saw her as a friend and then tried to pursue Charley.
Craig and Charley went on an oyster date and shared a kiss during the season, but after he yelled at Salley during a group trip to Mexico, Charley got the ick and told him she was done.
“I told you in Mexico, I completely felt different after that,” Charley explains at the reunion, telling Craig that she made the decision herself to pull the plug on their budding romance.
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Craig claims, “Up till Mexico, the way that you talked to me made it sound like you had feelings for me. I really thought we had real feelings. I really thought we were something more.”
Charley admits, “I had every intention of continuing to hang out with you more. Then in Mexico I decided I didn’t want to do that anymore.”
Part 2 of the Southern Charm reunion airs on Bravo Wednesday, March 25, at 8 p.m. ET. The episode is available the next day on Peacock.
