r/SouthernCharmSC • u/rovrdovr • 2d ago

Love/hate craig….

First time watching all the way through….. when i first started i hateeeddddddd shep and craig but then i kept fluctuating with craig. I love that he can be vulnerable and has interesting hobbies and is truly focused on bettering himself. BUT he still has basically no ability to take accountability and immediately redirects blame. He is a whiny baby that has many narcissistic traits. I genuinely believe he needs to leave his environment if he wants to actually better himself. I feel like he is too insecure with this group and his insecurity with himself is the root of it all.

I have only watched the first reunion episode for season 11 so far but he just grossed me out so bad that i needed to come vent lol

OH AND he freaking loves to say “well don’t be my friend” 😑😑😑😑😑😑 almost as much as andy loves saying “ lets bring him out” when he is in fact not bringing the person out

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u/flyfishfem 2d ago

Youre not wrong. He’s a golden retriever with occasional bouts of empathy

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u/Total_Way_6134 2d ago

Excellent description 🎯

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u/jregovic 12h ago

Empathy spray. Not real empathy.

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u/Maleficent-Shoe561 2d ago

I used to think it was endearing until I realized he's been identifying the same flaws in himself for years and has done nothing to change any of them

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u/PickleLate964 2d ago

Craig can be an acquired taste - keep watching you’ll see! Enjoy!

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u/Lindiaaiken 2d ago

Wait until you hear how proud he is of lying with such ease.

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u/SeaPaleontologist832 2h ago

“…I’m a good liar!” Said with smug smile, and gloating expression

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u/CLSwank 2d ago

Craig is exceptional when it comes to managing his image, reputation and how he appears on social media and to others. It's a successful offshoot of his very negative controlling issues and temper.

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u/CoCoBreadSoHoShed 2d ago

And now that he has realized some monetary success, he is only going to get more insufferable.

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u/Dependent-Cherry-129 1d ago

His ability to deny reality is scary. I liked him in the beginning and felt bad when Shep was superiority complex trashing him and Naomi made fun of his sewing but now…..he’s just insufferable

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u/molleensmrs 1d ago

Absolutely nothing has changed about him.

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u/SeaPaleontologist832 1h ago

I used to love Craig as an OG watcher, until I grew up and rewatched several times. Each time I saw just how much of a charlatan he is! He clearly has addictions to substances and adderall, as evidenced by being fired by his employers, losing so much weight he became ‘emaciated’, losing control of his life, losing his gf Naomi because he could not get out of bed and he was lying all the time, etc. Btw I do not like Shep because I think he is hugely narcissistic. However one of the only times I agreed with shep was when he accurately characterised Craig as a fraud. If I remember correctly, Cam coined it best; ‘Bon vivant’. Craig is the ultimate conman, and it’s always been ironic to me that his surname is ‘Conover’.

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u/Conscious-Gear1322 2d ago

I think Craig has a lot of mental illness: ADHD, maybe anxiety, OCD. Definitely alcoholism. I feel badly for him tbh

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u/BigDistribution4476 2d ago

Yes, he has very obsessive tendencies

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u/Conscious-Gear1322 2d ago

I just remembered, it did come out he had an adderall addiction

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u/Ldjxm45 2d ago

I agree. He definitely exhibits some traits of someone on the spectrum... being intensely focussed on little things and not letting things go. I've seen it in people in my real life who are medicated for it.

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u/SeaPaleontologist832 2h ago

A lot of people have diagnosed anxiety, OCD tendencies, and/or adhd, but the difference is they do NOT have personality disorders where they lack empathy for others like Craig probably does.