Southern Charm’s Venita Aspen claims JT Thomas had a secret girlfriend

Come on Aspen spills the sweet tea about her affair with Jarrett “JT” Thomas — and according to her, it didn’t end well.

“I was also excited to come (this season) with my best friend JT. It was fun,” said Venita Southern charm season 10 during the Thursday, January 16, episode Entering Hollywoodis”Hats for housewives” podcast.

She recalled: “Over the summer we became thick as thieves. I was ready. Then boom – everything came crashing down in front of me.”

The Southern charm star explained that she and JT were dating at the time the trailer of the show dropped in October 2024, but their romance soon fizzled out.

When asked if JT “exposed” her, Venita replied: “No, he appeared with a girlfriend on Instagram.

JT went Official Instagram with Ali Pereless in November 2024, captioning a series of cuddly photos of the couple: “Long overdue 💟.”

While Venita did not go into further details JT’s new romanceshe said it had been eight weeks since they last spoke.

“I think we have to get him to show up and get him to talk. Because I have no idea (what happened),” she said on the podcast. “It was very shocking. I think I’m still kind of digesting it.”

The fashion influencer recalled: “One day I was supposed to go to lunch with his mom and him and hang out and the trailer drops and he starts acting crazy. It will fall off the face of the earth.”

Venita looked back, “I think he was nervous to see how he would be portrayed this year. I think that anxiety was the best part of him.”

Days after debuting his new romance on social media, JT raised eyebrows again announced that he “resigned” from Southern charm. He announced this in November 2024, shortly before the premiere of the new season.

“I no longer want to be involved in any way with the continuation of the TV show,” he wrote via Instagram at the time, explaining that he would not be taping the “2-3 remaining interviews in the green room.”

Venita, who was close to JT at the start of Season 10, said Thursday that she is “doing my best” not to say “too much about the situation” until she has a chance to speak with JT.

“I want to hear what he has to say. I don’t want to kick him too much,” she said. “I know there will come a time when I can pounce on him, but I can’t yet.

Venita added that JT is disappearing from her life and the show has been really hard because he is “the only person who really stands beside him”. the whole season.

“It put me in a position where I ruined friendships that I’ve worked for years to build,” she explained, adding that fans will see the fallout play out this season. “I ended up risking all those friendships.

She added that “his day will come,” and while JT “thinks he’s been playing me,” he’s not. “That’s the funny part, because I haven’t had time yet,” Venita concluded. “Wait until you’re back in front of me and I can tell you my room. You were actually playing here, not me.”

While Venita is upset with JT for her own reasons, her fellow townspeople have her back — and their own bones to pick with him should he return for the Season 10 reunion.

During the first part of the season, JT got into a fight Madison LeCroy after claiming her husband, Brett Randle, they thought they were connected during a past trip to Jamaica.

JT also claimed to have heard Austen Kroll he was dating other women when he started seeing his girlfriend Audrey Pratt. JT was then accused of calling Patricia Altschul swine, which he denied.

“They didn’t want him in the group anymore,” Madison, 34, exclusively speaking My Weekly JT in December 2024.

Taylor Ann Green he said Our at the time it was “very selfish” for JT to “hiccup and then suddenly bail”.

Southern charm airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on Bravo.