There’s a brand new couple on King Street: Southern Charm-er Charley Manley is courting Justin Assad from Southern Hospitality.
Charley revealed her new relationship throughout Part 2 of the Southern Charm Season 11 reunion whereas breaking down the end of her romance with Craig Conover. Initially, she shared solely that her new boyfriend is from Boston and works at a membership, earlier than Salley Carson spilled, “He’s on Southern Hospitality.”
That’s when Charley lastly introduced, “It’s Justin Assad, yeah.”
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While the Season 11 beginner did not provide extra particulars, host Andy Cohen shortly pivoted to Craig, asking if he knew Charley’s new man. “Yeah, I always say hi to him when he comes in the bar,” Craig vaguely replied.
Clocking that Craig gave the impression to be intentionally holding again, Andy agreed to “move on,” earlier than the Charmer opened up a bit extra about his tackle the timeline of Charley and Justin’s relationship.
Craig Conover claims Charley Manley was nonetheless “hanging out” with him when she began courting Justin Assad
Craig recalled how Austen Kroll had knowledgeable him of Charley’s new relationship throughout a visit to Las Vegas.
“Charley and I were still, like, hanging out, and finally Austen sat me down in Vegas,” Craig recounted. “He was like, ‘Dude, whatever she’s telling you that she’s not talking to someone, I met him.’ He’s like, ‘He’s real. She brought him to the bar and said, ‘I’m in love!””
Charley, for her half, insisted that she by no means advised Craig that she “was not talking to anyone” aside from him throughout their fling.
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“I gave you a lot of chances to tell me you were talking to someone else, and you actually never did,” Craig shot again. “And then Salley was like, ‘Craig, you need to know that she’s talking to two other guys.’ And then I asked you. You took my hand and you said, ‘I’m not talking to anyone else.’ And then…”
That’s when Charley interjected to say, “I swear to God that did not happen.”
Andy, for his half, questioned why it could even matter since she and Craig were “broken up” at that time anyway. As Charley clarified, nevertheless, she and Craig “were not together” and had merely gone on two dates.
Though Craig agreed that he and Charley “were never dating,” by his account, he had been “strung on” and even “love bombed” by Charley. She denied each accusations, nevertheless.
Details on Justin Assad’s love life earlier than Charley Manley
When Justin joined the Southern Hospitality cast for Season 4, which premiered on March 4, he was simply settling in as the brand new VIP host at Leva Bonaparte‘s Charleston hotspot Republic Garden & Lounge. Business and pleasure shortly grew to become intertwined, nevertheless, as Justin’s love life shortly took middle stage.
After stints in Boston, L.A., and Syndey, Australia, Justin in the end discovered himself “at a crossroads” amid a breakup and returned to Charleston. “The relationship went south, so I said f–k it. I’ll go south too,” he defined on Southern Hospitality.
Justin, who beforehand appeared on a Netflix courting present in 2024, revealed that he was “head over heels” for his now-ex, however their relationship ended following what he described as a “a little threesome gone wrong.”
At the outset of his inaugural season on Southern Hospitality, Justin had a “friend with benefits” in bartender Jordyn, however he had additionally taken her new roommate, Molly Moore, on a date. Meanwhile, he additionally admitted to having a “a crush on” Mia Alario and had already playfully made out with Michols Peña and “old friend” TJ Dinch.
“I’ve exclusively dated women, but I think I’m 30 percent gay, depending on how many tequila sodas I have in me,” Justin shared in a confessional. “I remember watching Twilight back in the day, looking at Robert Pattinson and thinking that’s a guy I could get behind. Shoutout, tops. So, who knows? But no one’s 100 percent straight.”
As she enjoys her new post-filming romance with Justin, get exclusive details on why Charley ended things with Craig on Southern Charm.
