@samjnungesser Published March 12, 2026, 10:02 a.m. ET Where to Stream: Southern Charm Powered by Reelgood More On: austen kroll ‘Southern Charm’ Season 11 Ending Explained: Are Austin Kroll And Salley Carson Dating? And Did Charley Manley Dump Craig Conover? Is ‘Southern Charm’ On Tonight? How To Watch The ‘Southern Charm’ Season 11 Finale Andy Cohen Reveals John Mayer’s Reaction After Private Dinner With ‘Southern Charm’ Stars Shep Rose, Craig Conover, And Austen Kroll: “The Most Chaotic Energy” Why Is Bravo Changing The Airtime For ‘Southern Charm’? Everything You Need To Know Austen Kroll thinks Salley Carson is over-exaggerating the seriousness of their current relationship.
The Trop Hop Beers founder joined his Southern Charm co-stars, Craig Conover and Shep Rose, in the Bravo Clubhouse for Wednesday night’s (March 11) episode of Watch What Happens Live, during which they answered some of our burning questions about the Season 11 finale.
In the finale, Carson speculated that if she and Kroll were ever to make things official, it “could be the real thing.” While the end of the episode revealed that they have been “hanging out” and “making out” since the season wrapped, Kroll told Andy Cohen that that was “not entirely true,” and called out Carson for making it seem like there’s something more going on between them during her recent press tour.
“Salley and I are close,” Kroll said. “She knows that when we got back from Mexico, it was like, ‘Hey, I’m still newly single and I need time.’ It’s still kind of like that. We’re just really good friends, to be totally honest.”
Kroll explained that he “hates” getting asked about their relationship status, adding, “Salley has done lots of interviews making it seem like we’re actively hot and heavy. It’s not true.”
Rose chimed in to say, “I can attest. That’s not true. They are friends. We all are.” But Cohen took it one step further by suggesting they are “friends who fuck,” to which Kroll fired back, “We don’t fuck, Andy!”
That topic, of course, will be settled at the upcoming Southern Charm Season 11 reunion, which will begin airing next Wednesday, March 18. In the trailer, which was dropped yesterday, both Kroll and Carson seemed nervous to answer whether or not they had ever been intimate.
“Y’all are dumb as fuck if you think you’re gonna tell us that y’all have not had sex,” Madison LeCroy told them. Only time will tell!
Watch What Happens Live airs Sunday through Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.
