Austen Kroll is not any stranger to getting attacked on social media as followers have blasted his habits on “Southern Charm” and “Summer House” previously, however final month he got here below hearth from one other Bravo star, “Below Deck” chef Rachel Hargrove.
The outspoken chef referred to as out Kroll on July 27 when she shared an article from Bravo concerning the “Southern Charm” star’s beer enterprise, tweeting, “Cheers to essentially the most narcissistic t*** on @BravoTV.” She then went on to blast her fellow Bravolebrity, claiming that he was an “fool” after she met him in Florida.
Kroll by no means publicly responded to Hargrove however a current podcast episode hinted on the cause why he did not. On his Pillows and Beer podcast with Craig Conover, the 2 Bravo stars spoke about social media assaults and Kroll stated generally it is not price responding, “Like if somebody tries to return out and are available at us on social media or one thing,” he stated, hinting at Hargrove’s feedback. The two co-stars then went on to debate the professionals and cons of preventing again on-line.
Kroll Said He Doesn’t Want to ‘Give People Oxygen’ in Social Media Arguments
Kroll instructed Conover, “we’re not going to dive in it,” however stated he is had fairly a little bit of apply with not participating with folks on-line. “I did not reply as a result of I’ve had various expertise with attempting my hardest to not give folks oxygen,” he stated, pointing to “Southern Charm” for instance. “I cope with that rather a lot on our show.” He continued:
So it was a kind of issues the place it is like, simply let this factor die. Like I do not actually care that a lot. It’s not something that 100 different folks have not stated that do not actually know me. So I simply let it go.
Conover gave his perspective on it as nicely, saying it is arduous to discover a steadiness between not participating and setting the file straight. “Well, what is the reply?” he requested Kroll, telling him, “I used to be speaking about it with a manufacturing firm I used to be with final week, and I used to be similar to, there is not a proper reply.”
The “Southern Charm” OG continued, “you both give them energy by responding. But then I instructed you final week, I used to be like, there’s a world through which when issues are so grossly misrepresented that you must be capable to be like, ‘Look, that is what truly occurred.'”
Hargrove Said Kroll Was an ‘Idiot’ When They Met But His Partner Olivia Flowers Came to His Defense
Hargrove put Kroll on blast in late July, sharing screenshots that defined that she met up with Kroll in Tampa and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the place she lives. She stated she frolicked with Kroll’s brewing workforce however stated, “[Kroll] did not like the very fact I do not social gathering and was doing his complete factor… being an fool.” She additionally claimed that Kroll and his “Southern Charm” co-star Shep Rose threw her bag on the ground on the NBC Upfronts in May 2022.
Despite the hate from some followers and now one other Bravolebrity, Kroll’s co-star and companion Olivia Flowers had his again in a current interview. “Austen is a really delicate man,” Flowers stated in an interview with Showbiz Cheat Sheet. “I do not know if that comes throughout to lots of people, however I simply assume he’s misunderstood. He’s made some bonehead strikes, however for essentially the most half, I do not assume he in any respect deserves the backlash he is getting from folks. I believe folks go actually, actually arduous on him.”
The “Southern Charm” beginner stated she thinks “he is straightforward for folks to make him the villain” due to the notion that he is a partier. “It does make me unhappy as a result of I do not see him the way in which different folks do,” she shared. “And anybody who actually is aware of him would not assume the identical issues that persons are saying.”
