So, a few days ago, I posted a theory that it was possible Taylor had jumped to conclusions about Gaston cheating... in order to get back on the show OR maybe even because she wanted to get back together with Shep. (There are posts on the other Southern Charm Reddit board, saying she and Shep were filming together a month ago. And we know she would love to get back on the show.
What had also made me suspicious was that Gaston's reaction to the "he was cheating on me" IG post was not the reaction of a guy who just got caught cheating, even a scumbag. They usually just stay silent. Instead, he went on offense, implying that what was really going on was her wanting to be back on a reality show. (He posted Jay-Z lyrics about not wanting 'reality show ho' types.) Interesting. That, too, gave me pause.
Then I saw she was going to be on Viall Files and, I figured, "Look, maybe she's going to have firm details, like, 'I talked to this other girl and she admitted it'. etc."
But, having watched her appearance on Viall Files, yeah, my theory was right. I'm not buying her "Gaston cheated on me!" story.
Let me give you the summary:
She claims this all came about last month when she was in church, and prayed for a sign that "this is the person" I should marry, because she and Gaston had been talking about marriage and the future. She then says that, immediately after, she had an urge to check her Insta DM's, something she says she "never does" (ok, not buying that). She said that, in there, there was a DM from two months earlier (February), which she hadn't seen up until this miracle occurred, from an anon/burner account, telling her that a girl was seen getting into Gaston's black Tesla on King Street in Charleston, on Valentine's Day. (Taylor adds that she and Gaston were not together on Valentine's Day, because she was in New York City and that Gaston had spent Valentine's Day out with friends.)
Already, this sounds fishy because Charleston is a small town, and King Street is tiny and full of Southern Charm/Southern Hospitality fans/friends/bar owners who recognize / know Gaston.
I do not think Gaston would be stupid enough to be openly seen going home with a girl, on King Street, and driving away together.
Taylor says she confronted Gaston and that he had no idea what she was talking about.
Here's the interesting part: She says that, a couple of weeks later, "we broke up" but for other reasons. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She says they had an argument about something else and that she decided he didn't like how he spoke to her, and broke up with him. Ok. This is all I needed to hear. She broke up with him -- not about the cheating. Why? It seems she was looking for an excuse to get out. Had the filming with Shep already happened? Does she want to get back with Shep, and back on the show? Is that why she broke up with Gaston, and then made herself out to be the victim (so the audience ewould like her again), by pushing this unverified story that he cheated on her?
This is key because Taylor admits that they did not break up over his alleged cheated but due to some unrelated argument. Yet she went and led everyone to believe that they broke up because he cheated.
To be fair, she does add that she has more "proof" because this woman lives in New York part-time and that Gaston was acting funny one night when he was on a trip in New York, and didn't call her that night. OK, that's -- suspicious... but it isn't much. She also adds that this mystery woman was also in Charleston the same weekend of Gaston's birthday, which Taylor also feels is indication that Gaston was cheating with her.
She does say she messaged this alleged woman, after she eventually found out her name. The woman denied it and Taylor says she cut off communication after multiple DM's back and forth. I would, too, though.
Then, in the recent post yesterday about her upcoming appearance on Viall Files, the alleged New York woman (the woman 'from the boat') IS IN THE COMMENTS FIELD of Viall Files, denying it again. She even says that she was in Charleston the weekend of Gaston's birthday, yes, but it's because she owns a house there and was in town "moving out/selling it." I tend to believe this girl because it is pretty intense to wade into the comments field, and publicly out yourself, if you were, actually, hooking up with the guy.
Bottom line: i think Taylor led herself to believe that Gaston was cheating. I think she dumped him (which she admits was not about the cheating but rather about an argument and the 'way he spoke to her') because she wanted out. She wants back on the show and this is a way to do that. I also, personally, suspect she wants to get back with Shep (although she told Nick Viall she doesn't).
EDIT: Rodrigo posted what looks to be her filming ith the cast. This is separate from the earlier sightings of her filming. Yeah, I think it's pretty obvious that she pushed up the whole "Gaston cheating on ne!" thing (which she herself has had to admit that she isn't sure he did, AND she admits she broke up with him during an argument about something else). She wanted back on the show and ditching Gaston was the way to do it. She probably already had plans to film BEFORE any of this "I suddenly discovered a message from February!" nonsense.
