There might be a new Bravo couple emerging, and fans are one thousand percent obsessed with it. Southern Charm star Venita Aspen just revealed that she went on a date with Carl Radke from Summer House. And it sounds like it went pretty well because she says it lasted for nearly five hours!
Could this be the Summer House x Southern Charm crossover we’re all looking for?
Carl and Venita’s connection was one of the sweet things that came out of the chaos of BravoCon 2025. During a panel, Carl raved about Southern Charm’s resident fashionista. He said he’d been enjoying hanging out with Venita, calling her “beautiful” and “really cool.”
Apparently, that energy made its way out of BravoCon and into the real world. Venita recently appeared on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, and she said they went on a date that lasted “for about five hours” when she was recently in New York City.
“We have now gone on one date, which is very nice,” Venita revealed. “We went to Soft Bar, of course, first, and I got to see that whole experience. Then, we went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant around the corner.”
According to Venita, they stayed at the Mexican restaurant until it closed. She said they “had to be asked to leave,” so it sounds like things were really going well. She said from beginning to end, the date lasted “for about five hours.” Cute right?
Venita also shared that her connection to Carl started long before BravoCon. They were introduced via his Summer House castmate, Ciara Miller. Then, things seemed to spark at last year’s NBC Upfronts.
“I feel like what really kind of sparked everything is when we did NBC Upfronts last year, there was a photo of us and our hands were just touching,” Venita said. “Mind you, I never really thought anything about him until that moment. Then the internet blew it up.”
Internet pressure aside, it sounds like there could be a real connection. Venita gushed about how “sweet” Carl was, and come on. A five-hour date? Watch this space. Something might be blossoming.
Southern Charm returns with new episodes on January 7 at 9/8c. It streams on Peacock.
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