Craig Conover

Some Lesser Known Facts About Craig Conover

• He learned sewing during the Home Economics class and immediately took a liking to the activity.

• During high school, he had won a national championship in a business competition.

• He is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.

• He worked as an intern at the Berkeley County Public Defender’s Office from May 2012 to July 2012.

• In 2012, he was selected as the editorial board member of the Federal Courts Law Review.

• In 2013, he was selected as the Executive Officer of the Trial Advocacy Board.

• He worked as a Litigation Assistant from April 2013 to October 2014 and later as a Pharmaceutical Division in the Anastopoulo Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina.

• He has served as a regular cast member of the American reality TV show, ‘Southern Charm’ since 2014.

  

• In January 2016, he founded Apex Principles, Inc.

• On 17 April 2017, he passed the South Carolina Bar exam and was officially sworn into the South Carolina Bar on 20 February 2018.

• In 2018, during the fifth season of the show, ‘Southern Charm,’ he enjoyed making pillows using a sewing machine.

• On 1 April 2019, he founded a sewing lifestyle brand, Sewing Down South.

• In 2019, he collaborated with Southern Charm’s Patricia Altschul, an American socialite and created pillowcases featuring cat and dog for Patricia’s custom clothing line of pet-themed caftans.

• On 25 September 2019, he started a restaurant, Mesu, in Charleston with his Southern Charm co-star Leva Bonaparte and her husband Lamar Bonaparte.

• He has appeared in various reality TV shows and films including ‘Summer House’ (2020), ‘Winter House’ (2021-2022), and ‘Tuesday’s Flu.’

• On 28 January 2021, he launched his podcast ‘Pillows and Beer’ with his fellow Southern Charm co-star Austen Kroll. They went on a tour from 7 November 2023 to 1 February 2024.

• On 18 March 2021, he founded The Craig Conover Law Firm in Charleston.

• On 29 March 2022, he published his memoir, ‘Pillow Talk: What’s Wrong with My Sewing?’

  

• In an episode of the American TV show, ‘Watch What Happens Live,’ he explained how he quit drinking hard liquor in 2022 after his girlfriend, Paige DeSorbo, informed him about his behaviour and said,
  

  As soon as Paige told me that my behavior was affecting her, I was like, ‘S***’. So I found some Delta 8 gummies and I was like, I’m gonna eat these instead of drinking hard liquor.”

• He and Austen Kroll opened the restaurant Carriage House in New York City on 29 March 2023.

• In December 2023, he was seen drinking a beverage from a can, which many fans of the show thought was a can of alcohol. Later, he clarified on his Instagram that it was a can of non-alcoholic beer, Budweiser Zero.

• In 2024, he launched his bar, ‘By the Way,’ in Charleston, South Carolina.

• In July 2024, he appeared on his girlfriend, Paige DeSorbo’s Amazon Live show, ‘In Bed with Paige DeSorbo’ and expressed his desire to become a politician.