Southern Charm star Taylor Ann Green wasn’t glad that Austen Kroll confessed to her ex-boyfriend Shep Rose that they kissed — particularly after she and Austen agreed to maintain it quiet.
“I was pretty disappointed,” Taylor, 28, completely advised Us Weekly whereas discussing the Thursday, October 12, episode of Southern Charm, referring to Austen, 36, telling Shep, 43, they “kissed” after weeks of them each denying the hook up.
Taylor defined to Us that she initially felt like she and Austen wanted to “come clean and just come out with everything” however Austen allegedly satisfied her to maintain the key. (Taylor swore to Olivia Flowers earlier this season that she and Austen by no means attached. However, Austen admitted on Thursday’s episode that he shared a smooch with Taylor after Taylor and Shep break up. Austen then claimed that nothing else occurred between them.)
Taylor Ann Green and Austen Kroll. Steven Bergman/AFF-USA.COM/MEGA; Zack DeZon/Bravo
“He was like, ‘That’s not the important part.’ He was like, ‘A drunken kiss, doesn’t really matter. A conversation that we had [about dating]. OK, we can do that,’” Taylor recalled. “But then of course he was like, ‘I feel liberated and free and I don’t care.’ And I was like, ‘Well, I’m glad you feel liberated, because I just lied to one of my really good friends and I felt really, really bad about that.’”
Taylor — who dated Shep for 2 years earlier than splitting in July 2022 — couldn’t recover from the truth that Austen hung her out to dry. “I was like, ‘I wish we were on the same page with this because I stuck to what you had advised me to do,’” she advised Us.
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While Austen lastly confessed to kissing Taylor on Thursday’s episode, Taylor held her floor and solely advised Austen’s ex Olivia, 31, that they chatted about presumably being boyfriend and girlfriend.
When Olivia — who dated Austen in 2022 earlier than calling it quits that October — beforehand requested Taylor level clean if “ya’ll ever hooked up,” Taylor denied it.
Taylor confessed to Us that she felt “a little bit” betrayed by Austen when he modified the plan. Ultimately, she forgave him as a result of she is “glad that it came out” and was not hidden.
Shep Rose and Austen Kroll. Santiago Felipe/Getty Images
During Thursday’s episode, Taylor lastly advised Olivia that she did kiss Austen shortly after Austen and Olivia broke up. The timing, nevertheless, was horrible as Olivia and Taylor had been amongst their buddies about to sit down down for a flowery ceremonial dinner.
“Looking back, I’m like, ‘I wish that we had just kind of [waited],’ but I was so eager to be like, ‘I don’t want you to hear it from anybody else. I want you to hear it from me.’ So I was like, snag her at the [moment] when she walked in, I’m like, ‘Hey, welcome,’” Taylor stated of the awkward change. “I was like, ‘I should have probably taken her off and pulled her aside,’ but I just was like, ‘I have to tell her.’ … Austen got to feel liberated with his friend. I want to feel liberated with mine.”
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Taylor shared that she was capable of breathe as soon as she advised Olivia the reality, nevertheless it was apparent she didn’t decide the proper second to clear her conscience.
“Olivia’s the type of person where she has to process things, and that’s why I was so wanting to meet up with her that morning and let her process it,” Taylor defined. “But of course, you can’t really have it your way when cameras are in town. I felt really bad that she wasn’t able to really process it. And there we are with all of her friends, and she is just sitting here like she said, she’s like, ‘What twilight zone am I in?’ So I wish that she had had a little bit more time.”
When it involves their present friendship standing, Taylor advised Us that she and Olivia have “tabled” their drama for now. After they each misplaced a sibling this yr — Taylor’s brother died in June, whereas Olivia’s brother handed away January — the ladies have “been able to put all things aside and be there for each other as friends.”
Taylor’s love life has additionally improved in latest months. The Bravo star completely advised Us that she is relationship a person named Gaston. The pair met by means of Southern Hospitality star TJ Dinch.
“I feel very confident and secure in our relationship, so I don’t feel like we’re both two separate people,” she advised Us, noting the duo “made things official” a couple of month in the past. “We do our separate things and when we come together, it feels very natural and easy.”
Southern Charm airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
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