‘Southern Charm’: Venita Aspen Jokes Madison Set Her Up for Confrontation With Kathryn and Olivia

As she explores her debut season as a full-time cast member on Bravo’s Southern Charm, Venita Aspen is experiencing a “squeeze me” moment, or possibly minutes.

“I used to genuinely leave events and parties with the thought, ‘I must go home and watch Bravo!’ We’re currently in this location, and I’m watching Bravo. I need to go home and keep an eye on myself. For ET, she explains, surrounded by fellow cast member Madison LeCroy, “My god.”

Venita joined the Charmers in a visitor limit in season 7, helping the gathering – – specifically Kathryn Dennis – – through discussions about race and prejudice as the Black Lives Matter development flooded. She’s a long-term companion of Madison’s, as well as Naomie Olindo and Leva Bonaparate, and one of simply two Black individuals to at any point star on Southern Charm, the other being Kathryn’s (presently ex, Chleb Ravenell. The two of them joined the group in season 8.

“I believed I could truly inhale and act naturally this season,” the style powerhouse shares. “While last season I needed to sort of feel somewhat more saved and stay quiet about things, however you know, it feels better to really have the option to show the crowd and these fans who I am.”

“I am so glad to have her, with this character that I’ve known for such a long time,” Madison contributes. “Since even last year I was like, ‘Venita, where are you at, young lady? I know you’re in there. I know you!’”

“I was like, ‘I’m not ready…’” Venita reviews, however says she inclined in while recording season 8, showing the upside, terrible in the middle between. Venita’s furiously faithful to her companions, which ignited her most memorable fight of the time with individual rookie Olivia Flowers, over Olivia’s protection of Kathryn.

“The greatest thing I’ve gotten the hang of being in this gathering is that it’s smarter to apologize at the time than to pause and allow it to rot,” Venita concedes. Watchers will see her face Kathryn and Olivia head-on during Thursday’s episode (Southern Charm’s 100th), which finds the ladies assembled for Venita and Madison’s joint birthday festivity. Madison dealt with the list of attendees, meaning Kathryn and Olivia’s welcomes were a shock to the shiny new reality star.

The cast of Bravo’s Southern Charm, season 8
Bravo
“Like, she set me up!” Venita breaks. “Did she or did she not?”

“You didn’t let me know how awful you could have done without them, or I would’ve not welcomed them,” Madison offers in her own safeguard. “Yet, this is an all-projected occasion.”

“We made it work,” Venita guarantees. “You know, I put my young lady britches on and I said, ‘Guess what? We will make it happen.’ And we did it.”

“In the event that Patricia can sit opposite Kathryn, Venita can stay there and be okay,” Madison adds, referring to Patricia Altschul, the matron of the Southern Charm broadened universe who’s had a hot and cold relationship with Kathryn throughout the long term. It’s presently very cold.

“Patricia was like, ‘I’m not coming…’ however she appeared for us,” Madison says. The occasion is just the second time Venita and Kathryn met in season 8; the first was at Kathryn’s 30th birthday celebration party, which was additionally whenever they’d first seen each other since shooting season 7.

“I attempted to stroll in with as a lot of a receptive outlook as possible, realizing that I hadn’t heard from her, however I was simply attempting to come from a position of, ‘Perhaps she’s anxious. Perhaps she’s apprehensive. Perhaps she doesn’t have the foggiest idea how to move toward it,’” Venita shares. “So I attempted to stroll into the season with as much as a receptive outlook and attempted to let her come to me about the things that we discussed.”

“I think the foundation of the issue is that, neither of us have had time alone to like together, assuming that seems OK,” Venita proceeds to add. “So like I’ve not had individual time with Olivia. I’ve not had individual time with Kathryn. The discussions are continuously occurring around a lot of individuals. Such countless individuals have comments, they need to offer their perspectives. And that is all influencing the potential relationship that I could have with both of them. Strolling into it I wasn’t the most excited, however I just needed to get a hold of myself and be like, ‘Tune in, they’re here and they will be here, and we are about to live it up. And afterward we will attempt to crush things and be great.’”

Venita won’t express out loud whatever unfurls between the triplet, yet says she’s “invigorated so that the watchers might see development – – and fast development.”

“I feel like inside these shows, you don’t actually get to see your #1 individual create as fast as I feel as I did this season,” she prods. “So I’m invigorated so that individuals could see that and to have the option to have an alternate point of view. 100 episodes. That is insane. I recall when I used to watch the show. So to now be a piece of the 100th episode is totally wild.”