‘Southern Charm’ star Salley Carson.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Salley Carsonjoined the castofSouthern Charmon season 10, but her Charleston, S.C., journey began after she ended her engagement.
“When I was 22 years old, I got engaged,” Carson, 30, recalled on the Jan. 16 episode ofSouthern Charm. “We had the big house and like, he wanted kids, and I thought that I had everything. And then, 25 days before the wedding, I got a DM that he had been cheating on me, so I canceled the wedding and moved to Charleston. And that’s kind of when Single Salley came back full force.”
After that, Carson also appeared onClayton Echard’s season ofThe Bachelor, though she leftbefore limo arrivals. Carson describes her relationship as “really toxic” to PEOPLE, adding that now, “I’m in a completely different place than I was when I was onThe Bachelor.”
Bachelor Nation gave Carson a hard time for going on the show merely weeks after calling off her engagement, but the reality star says she didn’t seek out the opportunity. Instead, producers reached out to her about looking for love with Echard, 31.
Salley Carson on ‘The Bachelor’ season 26.ABC
ABC
Carsonreturned forBachelor in Paradisein 2022, but she exited after her castmates learned she’d recently spoken to her ex. “I’ve been through a lot withThe Bachelor,” she admits. “Those shows taught me how to be confident outside of the haters because I really don’t care.”
Salley Carson on ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ season 8.ABC
On the current season ofSouthern Charm, Carson is seeingAndrew Dietz, who her costarTaylor Ann Greenalso dated.
“Andrew is not my usual type,” Carson said on the Jan. 16 episode in a confessional interview. “I am typically with like, a businessman, I feel like. You know, really aggressive. But Andrew wants to communicate everything and talk so soft. I don’t know, but I like that my type’s changing.”
Salley Carson and ex-boyfriend Andrew Dietz on ‘Southern Charm’ season 10.Bravo
Bravo
Carson and Dietz have since split, and she feels grateful for that.
“Looking back at it, I’m kind of glad it happened because we weren’t a good fit anyways,” Carson tells PEOPLE. “I wasn’t me in the relationship at all. I was very much this workout, no drinking girl. I tried to be what he wanted me to be and please him, and it’s just not who I am. Now, nobody’s going to stop me from partying!”
Now, Carson wants to give herself time to be single. “I know that at the end of the day, I have great friends, I have a great family, I have a great career, I have great people in my life and it doesn’t really matter what outsiders think at all,” she says. “Single Salley will be in season 11!”
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Southern Charmairs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo and can be streamed the following day on Peacock.
source: people.com
