Whether it’s his Bravo connections or more under the radar relationships, Craig Conover’s love life has been making headlines since Southern Charm’s 2013 premiere.
Conover had a flirty relationship with costar Kathryn Dennis during season 1 but he was friend-zoned before it turned romantic. By season 3, however, he had a full-fledged girlfriend in Naomie Olindo.
Following their 2017 split, Conover raised eyebrows for an alleged hookup with Kristin Cavallari before dating Summer House’s Paige DeSorbo for three years. With every relationship, Conover has remained committed to finding his forever love.
“I really only had rom-coms to base life off of,” Conover exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2023 of his dating philosophy. “I thought you dated, there was a conflict, and you got engaged after you made up and you got married.”
He has also remained adamant that he wants to settle down and be a dad. “I want that storybook life,” Conover said during a November 2023 episode of Southern Charm. “I do want the white picket fence.”
Scroll down to see Conover’s dating history:
Naomie Olindo
Olindo met Conover prior to 2015 while attending the College of Charleston. She joined Southern Charm for season 3, which aired in 2016, as Conover’s girlfriend. The pair moved in together during season 4, but after butting heads — and Olindo famously slamming Conover for his love of sewing — they called it quits in fall 2017. They were together less than three years.
In May 2022, DeSorbo seemingly confirmed that Conover and Olindo hooked up during the early days of her own romance with Conover — but there were no hard feelings. Olindo exclusively told Us in June 2022 that she had a Las Vegas fling with her ex.
“It was sort of like a time and place thing where it’s like, ‘OK, I know you, I trust you, we were both, like, fresh off breakups,’” Olindo said, noting the hookup was in summer 2021 after she split from Metul Shah. “This is a really long time ago now, but it was never like, ‘Oh, we need to get back together, blah, blah.’ It was just like a comfort thing — a very temporary comfort thing.”
Natalie Hegnauer
Conover confirmed his relationship with Hegnauer in December 2020, hours before she made her Southern Charm debut. The reality star explained on the show that he met Hegnauer in January 2020 while in Aspen, Colorado. “I’m pretty sure I love this girl, and I haven’t had this feeling since Naomie,” he told the cameras at the time.
The pair called it quits the following year, with Conover confirming on a May 2021 episode of his and Austen Kroll’s “Pillows & Beer” podcast that he was single.
Kristin Cavallari
Rumors surfaced in July 2021 that Cavallari was involved in a love triangle with Kroll and Conover after Lindsay Hubbard claimed on Summer House that she heard the Laguna Beach alum hooked up with one of the Bravo stars. Conover alleged in the episode, which aired in January 2022, that Kroll “hates that I was making out [with Kristin].” (When the episode filmed in summer 2021 Conover and DeSorbo were just starting to see each other.)
Cavallari denied at the time that she was anything more than friends with Conover and Kroll after getting close with them in 2020 following her divorce from Jay Cutler.
Years later, Cavallari changed her story. “We were all really good friends for a while and we had a drunk night and we all posted some stupid Instagram dancing around and it got blown out of proportion,” Cavallari said during a September 2023 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. “I’m still friends with them.”
When asked whether she and Conover ever “hooked up,” Cavallari responded, “I may have been drunk one night and kissed Craig.”
Paige DeSorbo
DeSorbo and Conover got close during season 1 of Winter House but didn’t go public with their relationship until September 2021 while attending Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke’s wedding. Throughout their three-year relationship, DeSorbo made cameos on Southern Charm and Conover returned the favor, appearing on Summer House.
DeSorbo announced in December 2024 that she and Conover called it quits, later revealing she broke up with him over Thanksgiving. DeSorbo remained in New York and Conover in Charleston, South Carolina, throughout their romance, which a source exclusively told Us played a part in their split.
“Craig was ready for the next steps and had plans to propose to Paige. He was really pushing for the next steps and wanted to settle down with her,” the insider told Us in December 2024, claiming, “Paige does not want to move to Charleston, and logistically it was never going to work out long term.”
The breakup was detailed during the Southern Charm season 10 finale, which aired in March 2025. At the time, Conover said he bought an engagement ring, but DeSorbo told him to “hold off” on a proposal, which never came. DeSorbo’s side of the story will be covered on the Summer House season 9 finale, airing later in 2025.
Natalie Buffett
Conover teased his and Buffett’s relationship during a March 2025 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, saying, “I’m very happy.”
He revealed there was someone special in his life, adding, “When I date, I tend to date only one person at a time. I’ve been seeing someone. I’ve been reminded that the universe works in crazy ways, and everything happens for a reason.”
A source exclusively confirmed to Us that same month that Conover’s mystery woman is Buffett, who previously dated NFL quarterback Dak Prescott and MLB pitcher Jack Flaherty.
