LET CRAIG SEW: Craig Conover on Heartbreak, ADHD, & Becoming Himself

Deena (0:00)

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Kristin (0:05)

Besties, do we have a treat for you today on After Bedtime? I think this is our sixth Bravo star, fifth Bravo star. I don't know, I have to go back and count. But we have another Bravo star, Craig Conover. Southern Charm's fan favorite. As a side note, he's also my favorite. He's also VP Hype Squad, my husband's favorite. He's also Deena's favorite. Does anybody not like Craig Conover? I would like to know that.

Craig is here. We talk about so many things that I am just obsessed with. First of all, ADHD. How often do we talk about ADHD here after bedtime? I did not know that Craig has ADHD. He has so much to say about being a child with ADHD, going through the law school transition with ADHD, and then becoming an entrepreneur with ADHD. We talk about bullying. We talk about his new children's book, which is all about bullying.

This is my favorite. His children's book is about a little boy who wants to sew.

Do you all remember if you are a Southern Charm fan, you'll remember when Craig Conover just wanted to sew, and everyone gave him so much shit, and everybody in the audience is like, guys, let Craig sew. Let Craig be happy. Let Craig be Craig. We talk about that moment. We talk about the experiences. We also do hot takes. We ask him some hot topic questions about Austen, about Shep, about his relationship ending. This is probably my favorite conversation that we've ever had, because we get to talk about everything Bravo. We get to talk about ADHD. We get to talk about his childhood, and he is dressed the most delightful, nice down-to-earth human being.

Welcome to After Bedtime, where the house is finally quiet, but the real noise begins. The thoughts, the questions, the wondering if you're doing any of this right.

Deena (2:02)

We're Kristin and Deena, child behavior experts, moms, and co-founders of Big Little Feelings. We're not here to give you more pressure or perfect parenting energy.

Kristin (2:12)

No, we're here to tell the truth, the unfiltered, beautiful, brutal truth about what it means to raise kids and re-raise ourselves in the process.

Deena (2:21)

Because parenting isn't just about sleep schedules and snack hacks, it's about healing, it's about breaking cycles, it's about becoming the kind of adult you want your kids to grow up to be.

Kristin (2:31)

This is the place where we say the quiet parts out loud and we're so glad that you're here. Craig.

Craig Conover (2:37)

Yes.

Kristin (2:38)

Welcome to After Bedtime.

Craig Conover (2:39)

I'm so excited to be here.

Kristin (2:41)

I have to kick the show off in almost an uncomfortable way, but you'll like it because you won in this. We had Andy Cohen on the show. Okay.

One of our questions was, fuck, marry, kill, and it was you, Austen and Shep.

Craig Conover (3:02)

Yeah, that's classic.

Kristin (3:02)

What do you think he answered?

Craig Conover (3:04)

He probably was like, guys, come on.

Kristin (3:07)

No, he did it.

Craig Conover (3:08)

Oh, he did it?

Kristin (3:08)

He did it.

Craig Conover (3:09)

Okay. I think he would have sex with me, marry Shep and kill Austen.

Kristin (3:17)

Nope.

Craig Conover (3:17)

Did he marry me? No, he married you.

Kristin (3:20)

This is like your self esteem coming through.

Craig Conover (3:21)

See, that's why you got to stick with my gut. Okay, so he had sex with Shep. He married me. Oh, that's so nice. Isn't that nice? I was going to say you're going to like it. Such a cute family.

Kristin (3:32)

I know. This is the family we need.

Craig Conover (3:34)

The two little ones. Yeah. No, he's really happy now. But oh, that's nice. That was what my gut said because usually, oh, that sounds cocky. I was going to say usually I'm the married.

Kristin (3:44)

You don't want to be the one he married me, obviously.

Craig Conover (3:46)

I'm the married guy, not just a fun fling for the night. But what did he say about Austen? He was just like.

Kristin (3:52)

Austen was the one he fucked actually, and then he killed Shep, which was surprising. But no one was surprised that you were the one he married. By the way, this was maybe pre-page, like that whole, I call it the story arc, but it's also your life.

Craig Conover (4:06)

Right.

Kristin (4:06)

That was even back then. So it was like even before you really became the guy that wants to get married, and he still wanted to marry you.