Shep Rose lastly exploded on Austen Kroll through the latest episode of Southern Charm and admitted he was not cool with Austen kissing his ex-girlfriend Taylor Ann Green.
“You can’t change. That’s the problem here, Shep,” Austen, 36, instructed Shep, 43, through the Thursday, December 14, episode of the Bravo sequence after the 2 buddies had been day consuming on a boat in Jamaica. (The episode filmed earlier this yr.)
Shep fired again, saying, “I have a lot of good friends and I don’t need you,” to which Austen replied, “I care about people, and I would never say that to you.” Shep argued that Austen’s declare about caring for others was “rich,” hinting that he was nonetheless upset over Austen kissing Taylor, 28, shortly after she and Shep referred to as it quits in 2022 after two years of courting.
After tiptoeing across the dialog for weeks, Austen lastly fessed as much as how his hookup with Taylor transpired. “You certainly painted out Taylor Ann to be the victim,” Austen alleged, telling Shep, “She f–king grabbed me, my friend. She came on to me motherf–er. Not the other way around.”
Viewers discovered earlier in season 9 that Austen and Taylor kissed in late 2022 after their respective splits from Olivia Flowers and Shep. Austen and Taylor initially saved their hookup a secret, and as soon as it got here out, Shep selected to forgive Austen and never talk about it additional. Olivia, 31, had a completely different method and slammed each Austen, whom she dated in 2022, and Taylor, who was one in every of her finest mates.
“I would never betray you,” Shep insisted on Thursday’s episode, claiming that he selected to take the excessive street after Austen’s actions. “What I’m trying to say is, overwhelming I’ve been gracious and kind to a guy who hooked up with my f–king girlfriend a month after we broke up.”
Austen argued that Shep instructed him it was “all good” so he was “just taking your lead” and transferring ahead with their friendship. “You don’t give a f–k about anyone except for yourself,” Shep claimed. When Austen requested, “Do you really believe that?” Shep responded, “When it comes to women, yes.”
Shep famous that when he was Austen’s age he was “a f–king scoundrel,” however he alleged that Austen was worse. “You are a total scoundrel,” Shep stated of his longtime good friend. “If that’s how you feel, I don’t know what to say,” Austen concluded.
Shep and Austen left the room at a standstill, and Shep later instructed the cameras that Austen’s incapacity to inform him the reality earlier is what bugged him. “Right after the Austen and Taylor thing, Austen and I spent three weeks in Australia together. He didn’t say a word,” Shep stated throughout a confessional. “Do you have any concept of friendship? Loyalty? [Does] that enter into your brain at any moment?”
Elsewhere within the episode, Olivia as soon as once more made her emotions in regards to the scandal identified after new tales about Austen and Taylor resurfaced on the web.
“The level of betrayal in the friendship is bizarre. And your inability to recognize this is baffling to me. It just keeps going,” Olivia instructed Taylor, claiming she ought to’ve instructed her every thing from the beginning. “I hate you and Austen. But I hate even more that our friendship is f–king broken. I don’t know how to be your friend anymore, so I hate you for that. I hope he was f–king worth it.”
Southern Charm airs on Bravo Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET.
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