‘Southern Charm’ stars Shep Rose (left), Taylor Ann Green and Austen Kroll.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty (2), Bryan Bedder/Bravo via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty (2), Bryan Bedder/Bravo via Getty
Thursday’sSouthern Charmpicked up withShep Roselearning thatAusten Krolldid in fact kiss his exTaylor Ann Green.
“Kissing turns into … we know what kissing is, come on,” Shep, 43, said to Austen, 36. “Where’s the boundary? That’s my question.”
Shep added that he didn’t believe Austen and Taylor, 28, stopped at kissing.
“You know how much I love women,” Shep continued to Austen. “It gets me in trouble all the time. I want f—ing this one that one, but I know where a line is, man. How does a kiss just end in a kiss? I just don’t see it.”
Over in the kitchen atPatricia Altschul’s house,Craig ConovertoldMadison LeCroyandWhitney Sudler-Smith, “No one stops at kissing. No one stops before physical, like, contact.”
Austen acknowledged his wrongdoing, telling Shep, “I know that it’s not good in any sort of way.”
Shep asked if Austen he was still datingOlivia Flowersaround the same time he kissed Taylor.
“Olivia and I weren’t speaking,” Austen claimed. “It was never like a, ‘Let’s go home together.'"
Austen explained to Shep that he and Taylor kissed “in the moment in a time of just like so much confusion for both of us.” The TropHop beer founder acknowledged his “poor judgment” and apologized for being “weak.”
“I was broken up with her. You were a shoulder to cry on. I don’t want to lose you as a friend, man,” Shep said to Austen.
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THE NEWS TRAVELS AROUND CHARLESTON
Madison, 32, calledVenita Aspento let her know about Austen’s confession, and Craig toldJarrett “JT” Thomas. Austen went to Taylor’s house to inform her that he had come clean about what happened between them.
“This is not cool at all,” Taylor said. “Olivia’s reaction to this is not going to be good.”
Austen said he felt “liberated,” but Taylor said she felt “like a piece of s—.”
“Every conversation that Austen and I had, he said, ‘Stick to this script,’” Taylor claimed in a confesssional interview.
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Madison caught up with Patricia, 82, and Whitney, 55, about the big reveal and Patricia mentioned that Taylor had once sent her son nude photos.
“There was something written on the bottom of the photograph: ‘Come one, come all,’” Patricia said in a confessional, adding, “which implied, well, I don’t even want to think about what it implied.”
Whitney called the photos “just a friendly thing.”
“It was right after her and Shep broke up,” he said in an interview. “You know she’s just f—ing around — maybe just to get Shep pissed off. I didn’t even bring it up to Shep.”
‘Southern Charm’ star Craig Conover.Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Meanwhile, Shep touched base with Craig, 34, at Vickery’s Bar and Grill, where Craig ordered a non-alcoholic beer because he was “struggling.”
Craig talked to Austen on the phone earlier and asked the Sewing Down South owner, “Are you really shocked is my question to you, Craig?”
Craig said he was shocked, but Shep appreciated that Austen “manned up.”
“I do respect him for his honesty,” Shep said.
DRAMA TAKES FLIGHT AT THE PHEASANT DINNER
Shep hosted a dinner to eat the pheasant that he shot — and he even invited Taylor. She brought Day Chaser canned cocktails to the event, and Shep teared up when Taylor reunited with his French bulldog Little Craig.
“When we were dating, we were a little family there for a little while,” Shep said in a confessional. “I don’t miss being in a relationship. I miss the closeness that me and Taylor and Little Craig had.”
Then, Shep and Taylor discussed her kissing Austen.
“It’s just hard for me to wrap my mind around, in this day and age, that people even just kiss,” Shep said. “I mean, I feel like everybody tears their clothes off.”
“Well, you ‘just kissed’ the girls you cheated on [me] with,” Taylor responded.
Taylor did not feel like she owed Shep an apology. “We’re two single people that were in a very vulnerable position,” she said.
When Olivia, 30, arrived, Taylor told her about kissing Austen after denying that anything happened. “The full truth is like, we did kiss,” Taylor confessed.
‘Southern Charm’ star Olivia Flowers.Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Olivia wished Taylor told her sooner.
“I know that I had months, but I’m listening to him, too,” Taylor said of Austen.
Olivia said she didn’t “give a f—" about Austen. “He’s literally the scum of the earth to me,” she added.
Shep interrupted their talk to invite them to sit down for dinner, where Austen and Olivia quickly got snippy with each other. When they went to talk outside, Austen told Olivia he wished they could be friends.
“We’re farther way from being friends now than we’ve ever been,” Olivia said.
But Austen wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. “No matter what you say, I still won’t believe that you and I are not meant to be friends,” he said.
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Southern Charmairs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
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