Craig Conover Reveals New Details on His Love Life: “I’m Very Codependent”
Craig Conover opens up about his struggles to be “alone” in a first look at the Southern Charm Season 12 premiere.
Key Takeaways
- Craig Conover shared that he is working on becoming more comfortable being alone, describing himself as “very codependent” and explaining that a solo trip to Switzerland helped him reflect on staying single longer.
- He confirmed he is not currently dating and discussed the challenge of balancing the desire for a family with avoiding settling for the wrong relationship, a theme that will be explored during Southern Charm Season 12.
- Craig has expanded his career ambitions by increasing his workload, growing Sewing Down South and his restaurant business, launching Plaid Horse Productions, pursuing acting opportunities, and writing a children’s book about bullying.
Craig Conover is the first to admit he’s working on himself, and he opens up about his struggles to be “alone” during the above preview of the Southern Charm Season 12 premiere (airing Thursday, Nov. 12 on Bravo).
How to Watch
Southern Charm premieres Thursday, November 12 at 9 p.m. EST/PST on Bravo. Episodes stream next day on Peacock.
As Craig chats with his assistant, Jack, during the first look, he shares that he just arrived back in Charleston, and hasn’t even been outside to his backyard yet or seen any of his Season 12 castmates. “It’s really hard for me to use my pool by myself,” he confesses. “It’s a challenge of mine to, like, be good alone.”
He reveals that he took his first-ever solo vacation to Switzerland in January 2026, and got better at being by himself. “It’s something I’ve learned in Switzerland, and then for some reason, I’ve kind of lost it recently,” he admits to Jack.
Craig explains to Southern Charm producers why he visited Wengen, Switzerland alone, and shares that he plans to stay single a bit longer. “The goal of this trip was to really force myself into isolation,” he says. “And it taught me that even though I prefer having a girlfriend, because I’m very codependent, it’s okay if I’m by myself for a little bit longer.”
Is Craig Conover dating anyone?
No, Craig is not currently dating anyone. He spoke with Bravo Insider during the Southern Charm Season 12 promotional shoot, and teased that viewers will see more of his single life during the new season.
"I think the viewers will get to see a 38-year-old who would love to have a family one day, and share his life with [a family] one day, starting to face these challenges of like, do you settle because you want a family? Or do you keep living your life hoping it will work out or that you'll find your person?" he said. "So I think there are more conversations that this generation is having with themselves, where people are single later in life now. But not based on not wanting to settle down."
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Craig Conover reveals how his single life is driving his career ambitions
Craig shares new details of his career in the above first look at the Nov. 12 premiere, and admits it’s his first time home in Charleston in weeks.
“I’ve worked more in the last six months than I ever have in my entire life,” he tells his assistant Jack, who observes Craig’s passion for working might be tied to his love life.
“You just don’t want to be alone in your head. So you’re like constantly saying yes to everything,” Jack points out. Craig then acknowledges, “I think that’s something I can work on.”
Craig previously shared his desire to increase his work load and “say yes when the opportunities come” during a New Year’s Instagram post. “2026 is going to be a good one,” he predicted.
In a major milestone, Craig’s Sewing Down South flagship store in Charleston marked its fifth anniversary open on King Street in May. He also still runs his Charleston restaurant By The Way and event venue The Waverly with Austen Kroll.
But Craig also started pivoting into the world of acting and production when he launched his own production company called Plaid Horse Productions in September 2025, and stepped into a more behind-the-scenes role. He referenced that during a work trip to Los Angeles in April, where he snapped a photo of an “original screenplay” for Instagram and wrote, “Head down, dreams loading.”
Craig also recently made his acting debut as he stars in Bravo’s first original scripted microdrama—Charmed by a Southern Monster—as announced at Bravo Fan Fest 2026.
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Craig has kept busy this year by attending the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in March, where he covered alpine skiing, para-snowing, and para-biathlon in Cortina, and he followed that up with a Top Chef cameo as a guest judge alongside Madison LeCroy in Season 23, Episode 7, which aired in April.
Additionally, Craig’s ambitions to be a children’s book author look to play out on Southern Charm Season 12, as he reveals he’s writing a children’s book about bullying in the trailer. He’s seen reading to a room of children from his book, and says, “Be kind, be brave, be you.”
As Craig embraces single life in Season 12, don’t miss his rare update on where he stands with ex-girlfriend and Summer House alum Paige DeSorbo today.
