Why Amanda Batula Thinks Craig Conover Is Being 'A Little Ridiculous' About Paige Breakup
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00:00So we see, you know, cracks in her relationship with Craig this summer and she kind of breaks
00:05down about maybe breaking up.
00:08So when the announcement came about, was it, did it take you by surprise that they decided
00:12to call it quits?
00:13Slightly.
00:14I wouldn't, I'd say I was surprised, not shocked.
00:18It wasn't like, oh, I don't think I reacted the way the rest of the internet did.
00:23Sure, yeah.
00:24But when I did get the text from her, I was like, what happened?
00:27Like, are you okay?
00:28Like, is everything okay?
00:30So yeah.
00:31But I mean, I was, I honestly, they had already gone three plus years long distance.
00:37I thought they might go the distance.
00:39Actually, when she first texted me, she was like, I have top secret information for you.
00:43I thought it was, part of me thought it was maybe going to be an engagement.
00:47Yeah.
00:48It was like one or the other.
00:49And I was like, oh, yeah.
00:51So I, you know, as one couple on Bravo to another, I was rooting for them and, you know,
01:01but ultimately, you know, I think that she kind of kept, I think they both kind of kept
01:06their relationship pretty close to the chest and I don't, you know, I don't know if there's
01:10little red flags on Southern Charm, but I think there's, for the first time ever in
01:14the three years that they were dating, she kind of confided in me, you know, about some
01:18of the challenges they were having and that was a first.
01:21I was like, oh, interesting.
01:23So I always thought it was just like butter, you know, rainbows and butterflies.
01:27Yeah.
01:28Yeah.
01:29But I'm sure, you know, we'll all watch it sort of possibly unfold, but she'll definitely
01:34speak more to it at some point.
01:36What was your reaction to his response to the breakup?
01:42He unfollowed Paige.
01:43Now there's reports he's on Riot.
01:45I think it's a little ridiculous.
01:48I think Craig just, he likes the sympathy from everyone and ultimately I think what
01:55he should have done was clear up the cheating rumors in some regards because she's really
01:59getting a lot of heat and a lot of hate for that.
02:03The internet thinks they're a bunch of detectives.
02:06And for him to almost like lean into it, I don't know.
02:10I thought, I mean, I listened to her whole podcast and I was like, wow, like she handled
02:15that with compassion and grace.
02:19And I think, yeah, I felt like there's a couple of things that he said that, you know, was
02:27clearly trying to like tilt the scale a little bit if you catch my drift.
02:31So I don't know.
02:32Yeah.
02:33I think, you know, I wish he handled it more of the way that Paige did because they were,
02:39they were such good friends.
02:40They had such a long relationship and such a history together.
02:44You don't want to like piss someone off with an Instagram story.
02:46Yeah.
02:47We'll see.
02:48We'll see.
02:49How's she doing?
02:50She's, she's all right.
02:51You know, she's keeping busy.
02:52She has her tour.
02:53She's always doing different jobs.
02:55She's always filming something or taking photographs or something or, you know, she is like Taylor
02:59Mitchell, our glam team over there all the time.
03:02So she's, she's busy.
03:03Booked and busy.
03:04Her mind is, yeah.
03:05Her mind is occupied.
03:06Definitely.
03:07Yeah.
03:08How would you describe your relationship with Craig now?
03:11Obviously we see, we see the two of you sit down this season, you know, we don't have
03:14to rehash everything that happened, but how, what, how would you describe your friendship
03:18with him if there is one at all?
03:19Yeah.
03:20I mean, it's kind of funny.
03:21I mean, ultimately everything that I said over the summer, you know, was in this mindset
03:30that my goal is to get back to a place where we can go on a double date.
03:34Right.
03:35So.
03:36I don't know.
03:37I know.
03:38We'll never get there.
03:39You know, because, no, but I had, I had, A, I would never want to continue to put Amanda
03:44in this awkward, you know, position where I'm making her friendship more complicated
03:51and getting in the way.
03:53You know, I wanted to protect my friendship with, with, with Paige.
03:56And so I, like I said, I tried to choose my words wisely because I kind of let my emotions
04:01get the best of me earlier in the year where I was explaining how I'm hurt.
04:05And then ultimately I, I hurt his feelings.
04:07So it just kind of, forget the business aspect.
04:11It really was about friendship and, you know, ultimately we're, you know, we're not as close
04:16as we, we once were.
04:18I did try to reach out, you know, once I heard the news, but, but yeah, I mean, TBD is to,
04:26to where that goes.
04:27Yeah.
04:28Did you get a response when you reached out?
04:29No.
04:30All right.
04:31Well, like you say, we'll see how it goes.
04:32Yeah.
04:33I sent him like two heart emojis and double tapped it.