Southern Charm viewers will be filled in on Austen Kroll’s relationship with Audrey Pratt on season 11.
Us Weekly spoke exclusively to cast members from the Bravo hit ahead of the November 19 premiere, with Austen, 38, addressing his status with Audrey for the first time since he hinted that they were over on Watch What Happens With Live in July.
“What I can say, and what I always will say, is that Audrey is the best kind of person,” Austen began to Us. “She’s the sweetest, she’s the kindest, most thoughtful, and you will see us [on season 11 try to] figure out what our future is going to look like together.”
Austen, who lives in Charleston, and Audrey, who resides in Charlotte, had been navigating long-distance since they started dating in late 2023.
“It’s very difficult. At first, I loved the fact that she lived here and I lived here, and we make an effort to see each other as often as possible, and then it comes to that point where it’s like, ‘We’ve been dating for this long now, who’s moving where and when?’ You’ll see this kind of unfold,” he explained.
Based on what the cast told Us about the season — which includes messy romantic entanglements between Austen, Craig Conover, Salley Carson and newcomers Whit Slagsvol and Charley Manley — things are over with Austen and Audrey. He makes a point to say there is no bad blood.
“I don’t care if it’s a spoiler, Audrey and I never had any sort of, like, ‘damn’ moment that happened to make anything [bad] between us happen,” Austen told Us.
That doesn’t mean their relationship won’t be talked about, however. In the season 11 trailer, there’s a moment where Craig and Shep are seen talking about a rumor that Austen was unfaithful, something he denies and calls “extremely disappointing” to see Craig have repeated.
“Man, if I didn’t hear things — not like unfaithfulness, per se, between him and [his ex] Paige [DeSorbo] — I never fed into any of that stuff, because that is a line crosser,” Austen said, hinting that cast members like Shep and Whitney Sudler-Smith would attempt to talk about Paige and Craig. “I never was the one who was pointing fingers at a rocky relationship between him and Paige, so to see him more than willing to offer this up is … was disappointing as hell to see. I was nothing but a supporter and never fed into the outside noise that I heard about him. You’ll definitely see that disappointment in me in the aftermath of said scene.”
Craig, for his part, described his relationship with Austen this season as “turbulent” — but all three of Southern Charm’s leading men aren’t quitting each other just yet.
“We just butt heads, and you’ll get to follow along as we continue to try to figure out what our path forward is, and it transcends the show and the cameras,” Craig said. “We don’t quit each other. The Housewives may just walk away — we don’t. And I hope you get to see some of the fun moments this year too.”
Southern Charm returns to Bravo on Wednesday, November 19, at 9 p.m. ET.
Curtis Ashford is repeating his old patterns so quickly, he’s starting to feel like Port Charles’ answer to Ridge Forrester.
Curtis and Portia are circling the drain again on General Hospital, and at this point, you almost want to hand them a punch card to keep track of their divorces. Their marriage hasn’t just cracked; it’s buckled. And Curtis didn’t waste time telling Marshall the part he left out of the vows: he wants Jordan back. Watching him pivot felt familiar in the worst way, like déjà vu with a haircut change. It’s the same dizzying loop Ridge Forrester’s been running on The Bold and the Beautiful for decades — torn between Taylor one minute, wedding Brooke the next morning, and getting re-engaged before you can blink. GH may be quietly steering Curtis into its own version of that legacy pendulum.
Key Takeaways
Curtis (Donnell Turner) used to feel grounded — a man who’d survived addiction, rebuilt his life, and found the love he fought for. But somewhere along the way, his expectations got cartoonishly high. He divorced Jordan (Tanisha Harper) because she kept police-commissioner-level secrets, the kind you’d hope an officer of the law would actually keep. Then he pivoted to Portia (Brook Kerr) and nearly left her when she admitted Trina (Tabyana Ali) could be his daughter. Forgivable? Sure. Dramatic? Absolutely. But now he’s pulling the whole parachute again and floating back toward Jordan like nothing ever happened.
There’s a rigidity to Curtis that’s almost ironic. He preaches honesty while making his own choices in the shadows. Just this week, he told Marshall (Robert Gossett) he wanted Jordan back — moments after agreeing not to tell anyone about Portia’s pregnancy. Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye), meet your Port Charles twin. The man can’t walk a straight romantic line to save his life.
Jordan, for her part, has spent months being blamed for every tremor in Curtis and Portia’s marriage, even when she wasn’t holding the fault line. And now she’s the lighthouse he’s drifting back toward, even though the coast is anything but clear. Portia’s pregnancy complicates everything, and Trina’s fury has only shoved the door halfway closed again.
Over on B&B, Ridge just pulled one of the fastest flip-flops in soap history — dumping Taylor (Rebecca Budig), running straight to Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), and getting engaged before Taylor could pack a carry-on. One minute it’s destiny with Taylor, mending her ‘broken heart syndrome,’ the next it’s “you’re my forever Logan” to Brooke with a ring pulled from the jewelry line. Classic Ridge: heartfelt declarations with an expiration date of… whenever the next woman sighs in his direction.
That’s the danger sign flashing over Curtis now. He’s starting to move like Ridge — impulsive, nostalgic, overly confident that whichever woman he chooses will still be standing when he boomerangs back. But Portia’s not built like Brooke, who always leaves a porch light on. And Jordan is no Taylor, who forgives until she folds.
Add Trina to the equation — fiercely protective, zero hesitation, and armed with her own moral compass — and Curtis may have finally met the variable Ridge never really had: a daughter figure willing to block the doorway before the triangle even finishes forming.At this rate, Curtis isn’t just slipping into Ridge territory. He’s laying down new pavement. If he isn’t careful, he may discover the one thing Ridge never had to worry about: both women walking away before he makes up his mind.