Paige DeSorbo Announces She’s Leaving ‘Summer House’ After 7 Seasons

Summer has ended for Paige DeSorbo.

On Thursday, June 5, the 32-year-old fashion influencer announced via Instagram Stories that she won’t be returning to Summer House for season 10.

“I have a little life update for you: I’ve made the decision not to return to Summer House,” she wrote.

“Being part of this show has been one of the most rewarding chapters of my life — the friendships, the drama, the giggles, all unforgettable,” she continued. “You’ve seen me grow up over these last 7 summers. I’ll always be beyond grateful for the memories, the community, and the opportunities this wild ride has brought me. But like all good things (and some bad decisions), it’s time for this chapter to close.”

She concluded, “To my castmates, the fans, and my NBCU family: thank you. I never could’ve imagined what this journey would turn into — and how many of you would be along for the ride. And you haven’t seen the last of me, I promise. So much more to do together, but for now you know you can always find me and Daphne in my bed.”

DeSorbo joined the Bravo show in season 3 with her then-co-worker Hannah Berner.

“When I first got the call, I remember calling my dad, crying, and being like, ‘I actually can’t do this. I’m way too sensitive. If someone doesn’t like me on the show, off the show, I won’t be able to handle it,’” she told PEOPLE in 2024. “And he said, ‘Do it for one year. If you hate it, you never have to go back, but at least you’ll know.’ And that’s what put me in the mindset to actually film the first season. And then by the second weekend, I was like, ‘I love it.’”

Though Berner, 33, left Summer House after season 5 due to a disagreement with original cast member Kyle Cooke, DeSorbo became a mainstay on the Bravo series. She went on to appear on Summer House spinoff Winter House for two seasons and began dating fellow Bravo star Craig Conover, from Southern Charm, in 2021.

Outside of the show, Berner and DeSorbo launched their podcast Giggly Squad, inspired by a phrase said by Cooke, 42, on Summer House, in October 2020. The podcast grew its community of “Gigglers,” and in fall 2024, Berner and DeSorbo took the podcast on a 60-city tour, which caused tension between her and Conover.

“I’m so excited about it, but it makes me sad that Craig’s reaction is immediately like, ‘Oh, well our relationship’s just going to like, fall apart,’” DeSorbo said on a season 9 episode of Summer House. “I truly expected my boyfriend to say, ‘This is exciting. And you should feel so proud and don’t worry about anything else but your tour.’ But that is not the reaction I’m getting. And so it’s kind of like, woah.” 

DeSorbo told PEOPLE in January at the tour’s final stop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City that she felt “so proud” of herself and Berner for what they achieved.

“We really felt like we made it to Radio City with thousands of our best friends and we were all just chatting,” the New York City resident said. “Honestly, they made me feel so much more at ease playing such a big venue. I mean, I still took a beta blocker, but I didn’t feel it at all when I was out on stage. I felt so comfortable with them. Being home really made a difference too and was that much more special.”

DeSorbo ended her relationship with Conover just after Thanksgiving 2024. Conover, 36, had bought an engagement ring for DeSorbo and agreed to move from Charleston, S.C., to New York City to be with the podcast host and start a family.

“I’m proud of myself for making a tough decision even though the public was like, ‘You’re wrong, you’ll never find another person again,’” DeSorbo told The New York Times.

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DeSorbo got right back to work after her and Berner’s tour ended. The duo released a book, How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously, in April.

“I’ve always wanted to be one of those girls that brings a book on vacation and just reads the whole thing. I’m never going to be her, and that’s fine,” DeSorbo told PEOPLE. “And I think that’s why we like How to Giggle, because you can truly pick it up at any point in the book, and read one chapter and then put it down and come back to it. We grew up with Cosmopolitan, those quizzes and the magazines, so we wanted it to feel like that.”

Just like on Summer House and her podcast, DeSorbo doesn’t hold anything back in the book.

“When I post to my Instagram Story, I forget that 400,000 people are going to look at it. When we’re on the podcast, I don’t think about the people listening,” DeSorbo said. “When I was writing the book, I forgot that they were reading it.”

The Bravo star said she never thought of Summer House as a job. “They’re my real friends,” DeSorbo said.

As DeSorbo stated in season 9 of Summer House, she wants to make her career her priority at this point.

“If any 32-year-old man said, ‘You know what? Actually, I’m going to focus on my career for a couple more years.’ The response would be, ‘He’s got a good head on his shoulders. He really knows what he’s doing,’” DeSorbo said. “But when it’s a woman, they’re like, ‘That’s scary.’ I’m not standing on the side of, ‘I don’t want children and I hate men. I never want to get married.’ I want to get married. I want to have a baby. I can’t wait for that part of my life, but I want to do it when I want to do it, and I want to do it with the person I want to do it with.”

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Summer House is streaming now on Peacock.