With Danny and Evan TV exclusive ‘McBee Dynasty’ star Allie Eklund reveals what really happened on lunch outing with ‘Southern Charm’s Austen Kroll By Samantha Nungesser Published Aug. 5, 2026, 9:00 a.m. ET Allie Eklund is spilling the tea on her recent hangout with Austen Kroll.
In an exclusive new interview with Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea,” the “McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys” star detailed her outing with the “Southern Charm” mainstay in Austin, Texas, last week.
“He actually had a business venture he wanted to run by me, so we got lunch and discussed that,” the entrepreneur, 29, explained.
As previously reported, TMZ captured photos of the pair on a lunch date at Perla’s last week — nearly four months after Eklund’s split from Steven McBee Jr.
Eklund insisted to Page Six, however, that there was nothing romantic going on between her and Kroll, whom she met at BravoCon in November 2025.
“We’re just friends,” she told us in the new interview, explaining that they were “talking business about a fun opportunity coming up.”
While Eklund didn’t divulge too many details about their potential business venture, she hinted that it might have something to do with keeping her on Bravo. Perhaps a “Southern Charm” cameo is in her future?
“That might’ve been what this business meeting was about, actually,” she teased, when asked if she has plans to continue doing reality TV. “There is an opportunity that I am staying open to.”
Eklund joined the Bravosphere in the third season of “The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys” as McBee’s girlfriend.
She said she “never saw” reality TV becoming a career for herself, but has grown to love the Bravo audience. It also helps that she’s already comfortable being in front of cameras for her influencing career.
“What I have going on is a natural extension of that world,” she said. “I already have cameras on. It just happens to be my iPhone camera. So, if it happens, it happens.”
Eklund told us that she’s “always open to a business opportunity,” noting that her final decision regarding Kroll’s secret proposition is currently “undecided.”
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As for her relationship with McBee, the duo went Instagram-official in November 2025.
They called it quits in April after McBee publicly accused Eklund of cheating on him at the Stagecoach music festival in Indio, California, which Eklund vehemently denied.
“The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys” airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo, with new episodes streaming on Peacock the next day.
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