On her Giggly Squad podcast, Summer House star Paige DeSorbo reflected on some of her past breakups. Although many fans are familiar with some of the reality star's breakups, like her recent split with Craig Conover after dating for three years, but there are others that haven't been quite so publicized. And according to Paige DeSorbo, one relationship she was in when she was younger was particularly awful for her mental state.
Paige DeSorbo says she was "brainwashed" by her ex-boyfriend
On the podcast episode, Summer House star Paige DeSorbo opened up about the fact that when she was 19 years old, she was in an abusive relationship that she says changed the way she approached dating throughout the rest of her 20s.
"I probably got my most insecure when I was 19 or 20. I dated a really physically and mentally abusive man, and it changed my whole course of dating in my 20s," she shared in the December 30 episode of her podcast and said that dating him was a "weird" time in her life.
According to Paige DeSorbo, who recently announced that she and Southern Charm star Craig Conover had broken up, she had made the decision to open up about her previous abusive relationship because of the fact that she was aware that she likely had many fans who were either in or had previously been in similar situations.
"I was 19, I was 20 years old, I couldn't even legally drink. It really did change a lot of how I looked at relationships; I'd never been exposed to that ever, I never thought that that could be me," Paige DeSorbo said on her podcast. Although she said that it wasn't something that she ever could have expected to happen to her, she went on to say that she realized that anyone could find themselves in an abusive situation like the one she was in, which is why she decided to open up about her experience on the podcast.
Paige DeSorbo says she's "proud" of how she handled the relationship
Even though getting into an abusive relationship is something that Summer House star Paige DeSorbo says she never could have expected for herself, she says that she feels proud of the way she handled leaving the relationship and is proud to share her story to hopefully help other people who might be in the same situation. She shared that although she once felt ashamed of herself for her abusive relationship, she's since worked through her trauma and is ready to tell her story.
On her podcast, she said, "I'm not ashamed of it at all because I'm really proud of myself on how I handled it and how I handled it afterward. I'm proud of myself on talking about it and letting girls know it can literally happen to anyone."
She said that after leaving that abusive relationship, she had a lot of healing to do and that it had unfortunately made her seek out toxic relationships for much of her 20s
"I would get out of one bad relationship and get into a slightly better one, but by standards, very bad," Paige DeSorbo said on her podcast and said that after her first abusive relationship, she would purposely seek out "chaos" and relationships full of "adrenaline and emotion" instead of looking for a stable relationship.
According to Paige DeSorbo, dating Craig Conover was when she finally realized that she had broken the cycle and felt more secure and healthy in relationships. She said, "When I got out of my previous relationship and I was single and I met Craig, I was like, I finally figured it out."
What did Paige DeSorbo say about her breakup with Craig Conover?
On the same episode of her podcast, Giggly Squad, Paige DeSorbo announced that she and Southern Charm star Craig Conover had made the decision to end their relationship after three years. According to the Summer House star, there's no bad blood in their breakup and the two of them are being "mature" about the fact that they've decided to go their different ways.
On her podcast, she shared that nothing bad had happened and that the two of them had a conversation about what they did and didn't want in their future and realized that their relationship didn't line up with each of their respective goals.
Paige DeSorbo said, "Craig and I have decided to no longer be together. I love him, I think he loves me. I think we will remain friends. No one did anything. It wasn't a bad thing."
Despite the fact that the two of them have decided to go their separate ways, Paige said that their relationship was "transformative" and had nothing but good things to say about her ex-boyfriend. She didn't share when the two of them had broken up but did deny that Bravo forced them to pretnd to stay together for publicity.
"I have so much love and respect for Craig. I think he is one of the best people I've met in my entire life. I will remain the biggest fan for him and want the best for him, and he truly will get the best, because he is the best," she said about her now ex-boyfriend after their three-year relationship came to an end.