Issues between Southern Appeal star Venita Aspen and Summer time Home OG Carl Radke is likely to be heating up.
“We’ve now gone on one date, which may be very good,” Venita, 32, mentioned throughout Us Weekly’s unique clip from her look on Amanda Hirsch’s “Not Skinny However Not Fats” podcast. “We went to Smooth Bar, in fact, first and I bought to see that complete expertise. Then, we went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant across the nook.”
Venita revealed that they “needed to be requested to depart” the restaurant, explaining that she and Carl, 40, had “shut the place down.”
“I feel it lasted for nearly 5 hours. We have been collectively, the entire day, for about 5 hours,” Venita continued, noting that the date happened “two weeks” earlier than this podcast episode’s recording.
The Southern Appeal star defined that she met “candy” Carl by way of good friend and fellow Summer time Home forged member Ciara Miller.
“I really feel like what actually form of sparked all the things is after we did NBC Upfronts final 12 months, there was a photograph of us and our fingers have been simply touching,” Venita recalled. “Thoughts you, I by no means actually thought something about him till that second. Then the web blew it up.”
After Bravo followers took it to a different degree, Venita and Carl “saved being cheeky with one another” publicly.
When requested about Carl’s sobriety, Venita made it clear that she had no concern.
“I actually texted him earlier than we went on the date, and I used to be like, ‘Hey, like are you OK with if I drink?’” she defined. “He was like, ‘Effectively, to begin with, nobody’s ever requested me that.’ I’m effective to not drink, and if somebody’s making an attempt to this point somebody or get to know somebody higher, they won’t need their companion to drink. I used to be similar to, ‘Oh, let me ask.’”

Venita continued, “I had one margarita that lasted me the entire evening. I used to be like, ‘Let me simply be sure that I drink gradual.’ I don’t need to drink an excessive amount of [and] make a idiot of myself.”
Romance rumors between Venita and Carl began swirling at BravoCon 2025 final month when the Summer time Home star name-dropped her throughout a panel.
“I had a good time hanging out with Venita yesterday,” he mentioned on the time, revealing that Venita had beforehand been to their Hamptons home with Ciara. “She’s stunning, she’s actually cool.”
Each Venita and Carl aren’t any strangers to public romances with fellow Bravo stars.
The Southern Appeal star skilled some drama with former castmate Jarrett “JT” Thomas final 12 months. The present’s eleventh season centered on her friendship with JT and the potential for it turning into one thing extra. Nevertheless, after JT and Venita shared how they felt about one another, it was revealed that he had a girlfriend.
Carl, in the meantime, proposed to fellow Summer time Home star Lindsay Hubbard in 2022. They referred to as off the marriage the next 12 months and it appeared that issues have been awkward between them following the cut up — regardless of spending the summer season beneath the identical roof. Nevertheless, BravoCon appeared to trace that they’ve lastly reached a extra pleasant place.
The complete episode of “Not Skinny However Not Fats” with Venita Aspen drops Tuesday, December 23, on all podcast platforms.

