Paige Desorbo This was reflected in her previous relationships after announcing their separation Craig ConoverRevealing that she had been in an abusive relationship for more than a decade.
“I probably felt insecure when I was 19 or 20. I dated a guy who was physically and mentally abusive to me, and that changed my entire dating trajectory in my 20s,” DeSorbo, 32, shared during the Monday, December 30, episode. to Her podcast “Giggly Squad”.. “I don't even know if I've said it on the platform, that I've been in an abusive relationship before, but I feel like if I was going to say it, this is the episode I'd say it because I know for a fact that a large number of other girls have been in them as well.
DeSorbo admitted it was a “very strange time” in her life, explaining that she had been “completely brainwashed” by her ex-husband.
“I was 19, and I was 20, and I couldn't even legally drink. It really changed a lot of the way I looked at relationships. I'd never had that before. I never thought this could happen.” It will be me.”
Paige DeSorbo is shutting down assumptions that Bravo made her wait before confirming her split from Craig Conover. During the Monday, December 30, episode of her and Hannah Berner's podcast The Giggly Squad, DeSorbo, 32, explained the timing of her and Conover's decision to split. “It's very sad. And just to (…)
Looking back, the Summer house The star admitted she used to be “very ashamed” of the relationship – but not anymore.
“I'm not ashamed of it at all because I'm really proud of myself with the way I handled it and how I handled it afterward,” DeSorbo said. “I'm proud of myself for speaking up about this and telling the girls that it could literally happen to anyone.”
Being in this type of relationship has further influenced what she wants in a partner.
“I looked for chaos, I looked for pure adrenaline and emotion,” she said. “I was like, ‘This is so fun, this is so crazy.’ I was going to get out of a bad relationship and into a relationship that was a little better, but by standards, pretty bad.
DeSorbo explained that this was the “pattern” she followed for dating until the age of 26. At the time, she had a “normal” relationship but called it off. The Bravo star met Conover, 35, while they were filming Winter house Season 1 in February 2021 and they are I started dating a few months later.
Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover were open about their long-distance relationship before their split in December 2024. “We're spending as much time together as possible and being patient with each other,” Conover told Us Weekly exclusively in October 2024 at Hayu FanFest in London. “We are in a great place, fortunately, New York and (…)
“When I got out of my previous relationship and was single and met Craig, I felt like I had finally figured it out,” she recalled. “I'm going to be with someone who loves me. It's all the way it's supposed to be.”
DeSorbo and Conover dated for three years before that She announced their separation During the same podcast episode. The Summer House star explained that there wasn't any drama that led to their breakup, they just wanted different things.
“You won't hear me say a bad thing about Craig,” DeSorbo said. “I don't have anything bad to say about him.”
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