Carl Radke has been sober since 2021, which has not exactly been easy on a show like Summer House. The Bravo series is built around cast members partying their way through the Hamptons, so Carl’s decision to quit has always stood out. That same honesty is now part of a much bigger conversation.
Chrissy Teigen, the model, wife of singer John Legend, and longtime Bravo fan, recently said a conversation with Carl helped her stop drinking again after she slipped. Her post quickly caught attention and prompted Carl to weigh in.
Chrissy Teigen credited Carl Radke for her sobriety
Chrissy recently sat down with Carl on her Self-Conscious podcast to talk about recovery. After she shared her post about relapsing and getting sober again, Decider caught up with Carl while he was promoting the new season of Summer House and his More Life podcast.
“It’s overwhelming in the best way,” Carl told them. “I’m so, so proud of her. She’s going to help a lot of people.”
Carl said their conversation felt deeply personal. “Even when we were talking during the podcast, the things she was saying to me were so honest and so vulnerable,” he said. “She said things that I don’t know if she’s said publicly. I felt honored and flattered.”
Chrissy explained in her January 28 post that she “went back to drinking” after being sober for “a little over a year.” What started as a glass of wine with her husband John Legend slowly became a steady habit.
“The time went from 6 p.m., to 5, to 4, to aw hell, it’s lunch, why not,” she wrote. “When it got to 11 a.m., I was like, oh fuck, here we go again.”
She said it was not messy, but it was constant. “It was just quiet and consistent,” she wrote. “And god, I felt like shit.”
Within the same week she spoke with Carl, Chrissy said she stopped drinking again. She is now over 50 days sober “with no desire to turn back.”
Carl said getting sober is “not a linear path.” In his case, it took two years to fully quit alcohol and drugs. “I really applaud her,” he said. “But I told her, we’re in this together, and I’m here for you.”
“I can’t believe she posted,” he added. “I’m blown away.”
Summer House Season 10 returns Tuesday, February 3 at 8/7c on Bravo. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.
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