They Won't Grow Up! AND WE LIKE IT THAT WAY!

The Peter Pans of the Bravo hit (and their slightly more mature pals) sat down with Us ahead of a very messy season 11

- by SARAH HEARON

In its 11th year, Southern Charm is back to its roots: Charleston's Lost Boys are single, sparring and somehow still impossible not to root for. At the center remain OGs Craig Conover, 36, and Shep Rose, 46, plus season 4 addition Austen Kroll, 38. Conover, fresh off his split from Summer House alum Paige DeSorbo, says the drama is real and raw. Ahead of the season premiere (Nov. 19 at 9 p.m. on Bravo), the group spoke exclusively to Us.

Love Trapezoid?

Conover, season 10 addition Salley Carson and newcomer Charley Manley, a friend of Carson's, get tangled up fast. “It came out of nowhere,” Carson tells Us about the women’s shared interest in Conover. “I didn’t know if she would even like any of them.” Manley says she and Conover bonded over heartbreak, and it took a toll on the women’s friendship.

And it gets more complicated. After Kroll’s long-distance romance with Audrey Pratt ends, he and Carson connect. Then, producer and cast member Whitney Sudler-Smith, 57, tells Us, newbie Whit Slagsvol “throws a wrench in things” and also competes for the affections of the women.

A love triangle, it is not. “I don’t even know what the shape is called,” confesses Conover, “because there’s no equal sides... and multiple corners.”

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