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Another year, another Bravosphere breakup.
Ever since Scandoval, the online grid has seen all sorts of divorces and breakups take center stage.
But then at the end of 2024, DeSorbo said the two had mutually decided to end things.
Then at the start of 2025, Conover went onWWHLandessentially said, The fuck we did!
This was a you choice.
Heres the he said/she said about how it all went down.
A meet-cute onWinter House?
2018:At some point this year, Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover meet, according to DeSorbo.
I met Craig, actually, three years ago and he was single.
At the time, she was dating Perry Rabhar.
October 2020:DeSorboannouncesher breakup with Rabhar.
She says that she couldnt see a future with Rabhar, though he was thinking about engagement rings.
When we got to Vermont, I didnt know he had a girlfriend, DeSorbo toldUs Weekly.
So, I was a little bummed when I first got there.
But, of course, he was absolutely respectful to his girlfriend.
Everything really does happen for a reason.
In the first episode ofWinter House,DeSorbo makes out with Andrea Denver in the hot tub.
But she and Conover get closer as filming progresses.
Still, they insist they didnt couple up until after filming ended and Conover broke things off with Hegnauer.
Spring 2021:Conover breaks up with Hegnauer.
We started to argue a lot more, especially after we had been drinking, Conover wrote inhis memoir.
So when I returned, we both agreed that the relationship wasnt working anymore, he wrote.
Around this same time, DeSorbo flies out to Charleston, but denies a relationship between her and Conover.
July 2021:Conover films onSummer House, as does DeSorbos otherWinter Housefling, Denver.
So I definitely was playing the field all spring and certainly all summer.
October 18, 2021:DeSorboofficially confirmsthe relationship between her and Conover,after soft-launching in an Instagram Story.
Im just waiting till the right scenery to happen to snap [an official] pic.
December 2021:Paige finds the right scenery, and the pair go grid official.
Sew in love, she captions the post, referring to Conovers sewing and how theresnothing wrong with it.
The fact that they made our relationship anything [negative] it was pretty disappointing.
I [had] just gotten out of a long-time relationship.
August 2022:DeSorbosSummer Houseco-stars Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard get engaged.
October 2022: The couple monetizes their love in spon forTicket to Paradise.
December 2022:The couple films season two ofWinter Housetogether.
Spring 2023:Rumors spread that the two are on the rocks.
It was really awesome having her with me on set.
If anyone needs someone to run lines with, shes your girl.
August 14, 2023:Paige DeSorbodoes not attendLindsay Hubbards bridal shower.
The event is filmed for season eight of the show.
Of the season, Vulture recapperBrian Moylan saysPaiges only storyline is Will Craig move to New York or not?
November 2023:AtBravoCon, DeSorbo and Conover flirt with the idea of a quickie Vegas wedding.
I said, Lets go do it in a chapel, she tellsElite Daily.
Craig chickened out, though.
The breakup timeline gets messy
March 2024:Once again, Paige and Craig monetize their love.
This time its for Panera.
December 2024:Its seemingly smooth sailing for most of 2024 for DeSorbo and Conover … until its not.
She makes it sound mutual, adding I have so much love and respect for Craig.
I think he is one of the best people Ive met in my entire life.
But, with that said, I think it is the right decision for both of us.
DeSorbo says that she and Conover broke up on Thanksgiving weekend.
Christmas came and went.
My text went unanswered, fine.
January 13, 2025:DeSorbo attends aPhiladelphia Eagles game(go birds) with Joe DAmelio.
Immediately, rumors begin to swirl that Paige was cheating on Craig with Joe in 2024.
I dont know, but I didnt, Paige says.
February 6, 2025:Conover complicates the narrative onWWHL,denying the timeline DeSorbo gave on the pod.
When asked to deny cheating, he says, I dont want to be involved.
I got broken up with.
Im the ex-boyfriend, now moving on with my life.
Im not going to get sucked into the mud with them.
Like, I never said you cheated, so Im not a part of this.
He also denies that the breakup was mutual.
Paige lied on her podcast and said the breakup was mutual, he tells Andy Cohen.
I didnt tell her what to say.
I got a text and she said, Im announcing it on my podcast.
Conover says he didnt really even think the breakup DeSorbo initiated over Thanksgiving was real.
I thought she was having kinda a bad night or a breakdown, he says.
I didnt think it was real.
We had been together for three weeks, Andy.
She also talked about our wedding in her moms kitchen.
February 12, 2025:In a new interview withElle,DeSorbo refuses to directly address the breakup.
Youre gonna let people say that Im a cheater?
No, it was disappointing to see the direction her show went, Conover explained.
Ive never cheated… that wasnt a part of our breakup.
I want them to be able to do what they want [on the show].
That was a retaliatory scene, backlash for the breakup, which I was disappointed at.
Paige and I had a great Thanksgiving together.
Like, everything was normal at her parents, like our chemistry and everything … Conover shared.
Then a couple weeks later, she called me and was like, We gotta talk.
He also shared that he designed an engagement ring for DeSorbo sometime in the spring of 2024.
She asked me to buy her a ring and like, I did, he continued.
I went to New York, designed this whole ring.
Then she was like, Actually, hold off.
Looking back, maybe that was her starting to panic or freak out.
March 26, 2025:The midseason trailer forSummer Houseseason nine teases more fractures between Paige and Craig.
Ciara says, No ones gonna hate you if you do whats best for you.
We also see more of the post-breakup discussion between Paige, Amanda, and Lindsay.
So did she want the ring or not?
Craig is apparently always asking what about me?
while she gears up for theGiggly Squadtour.
She felt that way.
Trust me, Conoverexplained.
She might have been over the relationship but she never not felt supported by me, in my opinion.
But again, why does it matter?
Cohen almost cuts him off to ask the juiciest question: is he dating anyone new?
And Im really happy.
No, its not Salley [Carson.]
I heard someone [in the audience] say that.
When I date, I tend to date only one person at the same time.
He also confessed that he returned DeSorbos engagement ring that same day.
I just returned it this morning, he shared.
I just dont need custody of it anymore, so I took it back to the guy.
How did Craig not see this coming?
Inepisode 9, Paige had a heart-to-heart with Ciara about being the breadwinner in her relationship.
Paige says she has to dim her light for make Craig feel comfortable.
