Craig From ‘Southern Charm’ Has a New Girlfriend — Details on the Duo

As Craig revealed during a recent episode of The Daily Dish Podcast, he and the mystery woman first met in Aspen, Colo., in January 2020. They started talking more regularly during the quarantine — which is when they both realized that they wanted something more. As the star of Southern Charm informed the outlet, his lady love even traveled from Florida to Charleston, S.C., just to spend more time with him. 

“We were just friends […], and then, during quarantine, we started to chat like on Instagram and started to text […] She came up, and we got to quarantine together, which was awesome,” Craig told Megan Segura, the host of The Daily Dish Podcast. 

Unlike some couples, Craig and his new girlfriend had no trouble getting through the quarantine. As the star revealed, spending a lot of time together turned out to be immensely beneficial for their relationship, as they have grown much closer to each other. 

“But learning how to be out of quarantine with each other has been the challenge […] I thought if you can quarantine together, that means you’re fine, because that’s what a lot of couples will struggle with, is being together all the time. But what you don’t realize is we were in the honeymoon phase in a bubble, protected from the outside world,” Craig added later on.

As Craig revealed on The Daily Dish Podcast, the first problems began to emerge once he and his new partner were no longer living together. Ever since the restrictions were lifted, he and his new love interest have been busy trying to make adjustments. 

“We had to take a step back […] When quarantine ended, we were still kind of staying with each other […] You have to reset and go back to normal life,” he added. 

For weeks now, Craig has kept some crucial details about his girlfriend a secret — like her name! But in December, we finally learned Craig’s new girlfriend’s name: It’s Natalie Hegnauer!

Craig and Natalie still haven’t officially confirmed their relationship with a big announcement or posted any lovey-dovey pics together, but we were able to scrounge up a couple of pictures of Craig from Natalie’s Instagram Story highlights. That’ll certainly keep us entertained for now, but we’re definitely hoping to see Natalie on Season 7 of the show! Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like she’ll be showing up a ton.

“She didn’t want to film at all. She was more the person like, ‘Well, that’s your thing,’ which is good because you don’t really want to date someone who wants to be on TV. The problem is, is then you’re sacrificing some stuff. I would have loved to show more, but you get to see a little bit, which is good,” Craig remarked.