Southern Allure star Craig Conover is responding to offended allegations his Summer time Home buddy made in Could. Kyle Cooke accused Craig of investing in one other alcohol model that competes with Kyle’s LoverBoy.
“Craig is deeply dissatisfied and saddened by Kyle’s abrupt accusations,” the Stitching Down South’s rep mentioned on June 7. “The reality solely hurts one particular person on this occasion, and it’s not Craig … Subsequently, he is not going to remark additional on this matter nor be drawn into an unprofessional area.”
Craig is “targeted on opening his new retail retailer in Nashville subsequent week.”
A rift between the 2 mates
Followers suspected a cooling of the previous buddies’ friendship lately, and the assertion confirms it. Bystanders at Andy Cohen’s Fifteenth-anniversary get together for Watch What Occurs Dwell noticed it firsthand. The 2 Bravo stars appeared to keep away from interacting with one another on the occasion.
“Look, I want him one of the best,” Kyle mentioned on WWHL on Could 23. “However the best way he dealt with it … It actually rubbed me the flawed manner, and I’m simply making an attempt to take the excessive highway.”
He then added, “[Craig] has a status [for] mendacity, and he lied to me.” Uh oh. Kyle’s Summer time Home costar Paige DeSorbo is just not going to love that. She and Craig have been courting for practically three years.
Additional allegations
Kyle claimed that simply earlier than saying the deal, the Spritz Society founder took him out to dinner to “milk” him for data. He labeled the state of affairs a “actually shady operation.”
Kyle defined that he was so “dissatisfied” that his (former?) good friend invested with a competitor. To take a web page from Lindsay Hubbard’s ebook, Kyle felt “blindsided.” Craig simply “sprung this collaboration” on him. He additionally says he provided to “put a proposal on the desk to kinda counter it.”
“Like, right here’s a superb good friend of mine,” he mentioned. “I simply figured he’d not less than give me a chance to listen to me out … To be trustworthy, I sort of feared that this could affect our friendship … This has been my blood, sweat, and tears for the final 5 years.”
Each Southern Allure and Summer time Home are presently streaming on Peacock.
TELL US – WAS IT SHADY FOR CRAIG TO INVEST IN A COMPETING COMPANY? SHOULD HE HAVE TALKED TO KYLE FIRST?