Southern Hospitality celebrity Joe Bradley is not any stranger to a crossover romance, however he didn’t know what he used to be entering when he began seeing Bachelor alum Salley Carson.
“That should have been the first red flag. … No, I’m kidding,” the 28-year-old VIP Host at Republic Lawn & Living room advised Us Weekly when requested whether or not he knew Salley, 29, used to be a part of Bachelor Country. “I don’t watch The Bachelor, so I heard that she was on it, but I also know 30 other girls have been on The Bachelor. So I was like, ‘OK, cool. You are one of the Bachelor [contestants], but you’re a beautiful girl. It makes sense.’ I don’t know if I can give you a rose. I can give you a chicken parm.” (Bravo audience just lately watched Joe prepare dinner an Italian dinner for Salley at his condo. “A lot of people on the internet didn’t think [it looked good], but it tasted amazing,” he advised Us.)
Bachelor Country might take into account Salley as the lady who give up Clayton Echard‘s season ahead of it formally started. All through the January 2022 premiere of the ABC display, she opted to not do a limo front as she used to be nonetheless reeling over her damaged engagement. (She referred to as off her marriage ceremony to then-boyfriend Avery Buchholz weeks ahead of manufacturing started and her marriage ceremony used to be set for the day the cameras began rolling.) Clayton tried to get her to stick through providing her a rose at the spot, however she declined.
“She spills the beans and says, ‘I was supposed to get married today, I was previously engaged,’ I didn’t see that as a red flag,” Clayton advised Us on the time. “People saw two minutes [of] a conversation or whatever on TV, but we talked for over an hour. And you gotta remember — or keep this in mind — she came to me instead of just going home. She showed up to my hotel room and it’s like, ‘Why would she do that?’ … I thought, ‘Hey, if I give her a rose, then she can go into night one [with] a relaxed mindset, not as fearful, not as nervous. And maybe after a few days, she’ll be able to kind of move beyond that state of mind that she was in.’”
Salley went directly to seem on Bachelor in Paradise season 8 … ahead of quitting that display too. She therefore moved to Charleston, were given a role at Republic and met Joe. Their courting used to be off to a excellent get started ahead of she used to be stuck making out together with his good friend Gaston ahead of the aforementioned hen parmesan date.
“As soon as I think that I had this awesome girl …. she’s from the south, and she is talking about her family. I’m like, ‘Oh, I found a good one with this one,'” Joe advised Us. “And then she makes out with [Gaston]. … I consider Gaston a close friend, now especially.”
Joe faced Salley on the newest episode of Southern Hospitality.
“I kind of, maybe, overreacted at the club a little bit, but there’s a lot of things out of context. She was telling me how much she wanted to be exclusive and date me hours before. If I made out with a girl hours before going on a date, I wouldn’t go on that date. I don’t have that in me,” he advised Us. “I was frustrated, but I didn’t call him up and be like, ‘Hey man, I’m cooking for Salley tonight, don’t make out with her.’ So I can be mad at him.'”
Gaston has since began courting Southern Appeal celebrity Taylor Ann Inexperienced.
“I just like seeing my friends happy,” Joe advised Us of Gaston and Taylor ahead of hinting that it’s not going that lovers will see Gaston on both display. “I don’t know if he is fully invested in this whole universe we have, which you got to respect that, but I think that he can definitely hold his own with the Southern Charm boys. Who knows what will happen.”
Joe, for his section, is these days courting Summer season Space celebrity Danielle Olivera, however the twosome aren’t legitimate.
“I just want to make sure we’re in the right place before I’m officially like, ‘I’m your boyfriend, you’re my girlfriend.’ I don’t want to get hurt,” he advised Us about “pressing the breaks” on their romance, which started at BravoCon in November 2023. “But more importantly, I don’t want to see her get hurt, and I just want to be in the best place possible before we make a hard launch.”
Southern Hospitality airs on Bravo Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.