The Charmers went hardcore at a softcore cottage party.
On Thursday’s Southern Charm finale, Whitney Sudler-Smith invited the cast over to his newly renovated cottage/pub/office for a party inspired by sexploitation auteur "Russ Meyer’s ‘60s softcore movies” like Return to Valley of the Dolls and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
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Prior to the party, Rod Razavi stopped by Jarrett “JT” Thomas’s place and JT, 38, confessed his feelings for Taylor Ann Green.
“I’ve always had a crush on Taylor, but since Jamaica, the feelings are not just a baby crush, the feelings are like getting real,” JT said in a confessional interview.
JT asked Rod, 40, if he should tell Taylor, 28, how he felt. “That’s definitely what I would do,” Rod advised.
Elsewhere, Madison LeCroy and her husband Brett Randle popped champagne while getting ready — but Madison, 32, couldn’t drink it because she felt nauseated from taking her vitamins on an empty stomach. Talk of getting pregnant didn’t help, either.
“I’m a little freaked out about having another baby. Like, selfishly, I don’t want to like do all that,” Madison said in a confessional while gesturing to her stomach. “But it’s definitely worth it. It’s just hard at the beginning.”
While getting ready with her friend Louise, Taylor said her ex Shep Rose told her he wanted to have a conversation at Whitney’s party. “I sometimes hope that there might still be something there,” Taylor confessed.
Also, Austen Kroll told his sister Katie as they prepped for the fete that he hoped Olivia Flowers would apologize for coming after him and calling him a “piece of s---” in Jamaica.
THE ‘60s CELEBRATION STARTS OUT ROUGH
Unfortunately for Taylor, Shep didn’t want to reconcile.
“I might not at this point in time be able to have a friendship with Taylor because it’s just not working,” Shep, 43, said in a confessional. “And I just want to finally draw some lines in the sand.”
Before he could get to Taylor at 55-year-old Whitney’s party, JT did.
“I better just say something now and get it off my chest,” JT said to Taylor. “I mean, every time we hung out it was just constant laughter, constant joy. That’s rare to find.”
Taylor told JT, “I love our friendship. I know that you love our friendship.”
JT wanted Taylor to know he loved more than just their friendship.
“I love you,” JT said. “I would marry you tomorrow.”
Taylor didn’t feel the same way. “I think I just need some time to process and heal and move forward,” she replied.
To the cameras, Taylor conceded, “I’m just more attracted to the assh---s.”
Shep pulled Taylor to talk and JT decided, “I’ll go back to suppressing [my feelings].”
Shep started his conversation with Taylor by asking her whether she and JT hooked up in Jamaica. “God no!” Taylor declared.
The Average Expectations: Lessons in Lowering the Bar author segued to talking about how he and Taylor took a “really cool step” over the last few months in being able to be friends.
“My cool step, it was in hopes with something more,” Taylor said.
Shep asked whether Taylor wanted to get back together.
“Possibly,” she said.
Shep didn’t mince words, telling her: "'Us' is over. I don’t think this is repairable."
He ended the talk with Taylor by telling her he hoped they could “coexist and be supportive.”
ANOTHER CONVERSATION DERAILS
Austen, 36, sat down with Olivia, 31, to address the discrepancies in their relationship.
“I know it’s been inconsistent with us, but it’s not a good friendship,” Olivia told Austen. “It just seems like nothing is genuine. That’s not friendship.”
Austen said just wanted to be there for Olivia, but she didn't see it that way, pointing out: “Look at the paper trail of pissed off women you leave.”
The TropHop beer founder acknowledged he wanted an apology from Olivia.
“If you took your head out your narcissistic assh--- for a couple seconds, you would see that I’m going through a couple things right now,” Olivia said in a confessional. “And apologizing to your weird ass is not one of them.”
Austen thought “there’s definitely a major f---ing disconnect here,” and Olivia agreed.
After the conversation, Austen told Craig Conover, “Dude, I’m done with Olivia.”
When Austen and JT reconvened at Whitney’s bar, JT started feeling bitter toward Austen. “I can’t stop thinking about the fact that Taylor kissed Austen. ‘Kissed,’” JT said in an interview. “She doesn’t want me, an actual successful, good, positive man.”
JT kneeled on a barstool and proposed a toast to Shep for some reason, to which Austen responded with, “I did tell you to get on a chair the next time you talk to me.”
JT deemed Austen “a snake and a coward,” calling him “the genesis of why there’s so much pain and tears” among the cast.
JT hit a nerve when he shouted, “You f---ed [Shep's] girlfriend!” Austen instinctively pushed him off the barstool before they started physically fighting. Production tried to break up the fight, and JT vowed to Austen, “I’ll see you never again.”
Shep sided with JT.
“He did wrong. He was a bad friend,” Shep said in a confessional. “And it hurts. I hate to say it, but Austen kind of deserves it.”
Southern Charm airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
