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.

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