A weekend getaway has tempers flaring onSouthern Charm.
In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek at Thursday’s episode,Shep Rosestruggles to keep a lid on his anger as he claims his former girlfriendTaylor Ann Greenis purposefully trying to rile him up.
“Don’t f— with me, Taylor,” he warns.
“I’m not, Shep,” replies the sales rep, 29.
He insists, “Don’t do it,” to which Taylor calls him out, saying, “The way that you’re acting towards me right now is very, like, jealous and controlling.”
“What? You enjoyed the fact that I lost and then you rubbed it in my face,” Shep hits back at his ex, whom hedatedfrom 2020 to 2022.
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“I didn’t enjoy the fact,” Taylor defends herself. “I was congratulating somebody for winning a game.”
As things get increasingly heated between the exes,Austen Krollencourages Shep to calm down, reminding him, “It’s ping pong, dude. It’s ping pong.” (Austen’s instinct to jump to Taylor’s defense surely didn’t help to pacify Shep, given hisbarely suppressed resentment toward Austenfor abro code-breaking hookupwith Taylor.)
Taylor then tells her ex, whose been known for hisstruggles with monogamyandbeing overly competitive: “Shep, you don’t like losing.”
“Yeah, you’re god d— right, Taylor,” Shep shoots back. “And you f— with me. Do you enjoy it? Do you like poking the bear?”
But Taylor gets the last word, pointedly asking Shep, “Do you likecheating on me?”
‘Southern Charm’ stars and exes Shep Rose and Taylor Green reunited on screen for the first time since their split for season 9.Stephanie Diani/Bravo
Season 9 of the hit Bravo series marksthe first time Taylor and Shep reunited on screensince their breakup in July 2022.
Taylor spoke to PEOPLE about the mix of emotions that she experienced when she saw her ex for the first time — an encounter that included her yelling at Shep’s best friendCraig Conoverfor not revealing Shep’s alleged infidelity.
“That was the first time we saw each other in a while — it had probably been a couple months — and obviously I found out some things in the interim and it was pretty upsetting,” she said. “I wanted to go in there just calm, cool and collected, and maybe sad for him, but my emotions got the best of me.”
The drama has been steadily ratcheting ups since Shep learned thatAusten confirmed Taylor kissed him shortly after their breakup.
The TropHop beer founder, 36, chalked up the kiss to “poor judgment” and claimed it had been a “moment in a time of just, like, so much confusion for both of us” when Austen himself had been “weak.”
‘Southern Charm’ star Austen Kroll attends BravoCon 2023 in Las Vegas.Gabe Ginsberg/Getty
Gabe Ginsberg/Getty
Shep struggled to believe his longtime buddy’s story, asking, “How does a kiss just end in a kiss? I just don’t see it? Where’s the boundary? That’s my question.”
For her part, Taylor admitted she felt “like a piece of s—” for following Austen’s lead and lying for months about the kiss, but when she also not only refused to apologize to Shep but also rehashed his past infidelity.
Reminding Shep that they were no longer together when the kiss happened, she said that she and Austen were just “two single people that were in a very vulnerable position.”
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Southern Charmairs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
