Southern Charm’s Craig Conover Admits Naomie Olindo Hookup Was the ‘Closure’ He Didn’t Know He ‘Needed’

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Turning the page! Craig Conover doesn’t regret his hookup with former girlfriend Naomie Olindo, telling Us Weekly it helped him move forward.“I’ve said it’s [the] closure that I didn’t realize that I needed,” Craig, 33, exclusively said on Tuesday, June 21, while promoting season 8 of Southern Charm. “As tough as this is to say about some things, I’m happy that it happened.

It was just closure that I was able to be, like, ‘You know what? I can finally see what I want for my future and life.’”Craig and Naomie, 29, called it quits in September 2017 after dating three years.

While both moved on — Craig with Natalie Hegnauer and Naomie with Metul Shah — there appeared to be some lingering feelings.Once the L-Abeye founder split from Metul, 31, in July 2021, amid affair allegations, Naomie and Craig briefly reconnected in Las Vegas.The hookup happened before cameras were rolling for the Bravo series but will be covered on the season premiere on Thursday, June 23. (Craig, on the other hand, was casually dating Paige DeSorbo during the incident, after splitting from Natalie in early 2021.)Naomie exclusively told Us on Monday, June 20, that the exes’ fling was “a very temporary comfort thing,” which Craig confirmed was the case.“We had a long history together, you know, we knew just because we hadn’t talked in four years, we still dated for three,” the Sewing Down South founder told Us on Tuesday. “So, I think she had gotten her world turned upside down — finding out [Metul] was cheating on her was terrible.

I think temporary comfort’s a good word for it. It was good for her and it was the closure I needed.”Craig recalled why he and Naomie originally called it quits, noting that things fizzled out when they were supposed to.“It