Once upon a time, Shep Rose was beloved by Southern Charm fans and cast members alike.
But when Season 6 rolled around in May 2019, some people observed a change in the fun-loving
TV star - both on and off the show.
Here's why Shep is beyond shady.
"This is pretty bad."
Crossing the line
Many fans of Southern Charm were disturbed when Rose took to his Instagram Stories to
mock a homeless woman in New York City, according to People magazine.
In the since-deleted clip, Rose mocked her for collecting cans, saying,
"Look at me.”
“No!”
“Nice cans!”
“No!”
“I mean, the cans you have!"
Rose seemed amused by the incident, captioning the clip:
"I love double entendres.
Yes she was camera shy.
But she laughed."
Needless to say, social media users took Rose to task, with one person tweeting:
"Bravo TV you need to listen to all the voices calling for Shep Rose to be fired from Southern
Charm.
His behavior toward a homeless woman was cruel & unacceptable.
No human being should be treated in such a way for entertainment."
Rose initially tried to blow off the criticism, but when the backlash intensified, he tweeted
an apology before deleting his account, writing,
"It was a stupid joke and bad idea all around.
Yeah, wasn't cool or funny.
Mea culpa."
About that chlamydia thing…
A shocking plot line in Season 6 revolves around Madison LeCroy's allegation that Rose
gave his ex-girlfriend, Danni Baird, chlamydia.
"I've nothin’ to hide.”
“Are you sure about that?”
“Yeah.”
“I heard you gave her chlamydia.”
Both Rose and Baird flat-out denied LeCroy's accusation, but either way, both parties'
privacy had already been violated.
"You are hurting people that shouldn't be hurt.”
Baird detailed her humiliation, telling The Daily Dish in July 2019,
"It's hurtful.
[…] It makes me sad that it is gonna be out there.
[…] And it doesn't just affect me; it affects other people that I've been involved with
in my life.
And I think that is the part that hurts the most."
"It was really really humiliating.
And not true.”
But Rose didn't do much to defend Baird from LeCroy's wrath, despite maintaining a close
relationship with her post-breakup.
Perhaps he had his reasons for keeping quiet, but we think Rose should have stood up for
Baird.
Unsolicited kissing
Rose was once romantically interested his co-star, Chelsea Meissner.
He tried to woo her away from his friend, Austen Kroll, but Meissner wasn't interested.
However, this didn't stop Rose from pursuing her with an attempted kiss.
Understandably, Meissner felt uncomfortable with the exchange, as did viewers.
"He like, grabs my arm, he pulls me out the back door, and he just immediately turns around
and goes in to like kiss me and I'm like ‘dude what are you doing?’”
When Andy Cohen asked whether the incident was blown out of proportion at the Season
4 reunion special, Meissner replied:
"No, I don't think so, but I think it's easy for him to just get girls outside to make
out with him.”
She added,
"Because I wasn't going for it, I felt like it was a little more forced.”
After claiming Rose did not act violently in any way, Meissner then admitted,
"Drunk Shep is a little different."
The co-stars have since mended fences, but we hope Rose learned his lesson.
Mr. Hypocrite
Throughout Southern Charm's long run, Rose has frequently discussed his privileged upbringing,
saying only certain people can roll with his crew.
Not to mention, he's a little judgmental when it comes to women.
He told People magazine in 2016,
"I really, really dislike girls that wear f--- me dresses.
It's so embarrassing and they would never taste mom's meatloaf."
What's more?
Rose also roasted LeCroy for supposedly not being good enough for him, saying in a Season
6 episode,
"She wouldn't last one second in my world."
We can't help but stop here to point out Rose's somewhat hypocritical ways.
Like that time he was reportedly kicked out of a fancy golf tournament for allegedly getting
too drunk.
According to a source for TMZ in 2019, Rose was reportedly quote, "belligerent and pestering
guests," resulting in his removal from the area.
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
One of Rose's darker qualities is his apparent mean streak.
Cameran Eubanks revealed that Rose once made her cry, claiming during an after show in
June 2019:
"He's made me cry before and a couple hours later, he will call me and say, 'Oh my God,
I'm so sorry; I shouldn't have said that.'"
She then added,
"He gets this like, deep anger within him and it just, he hasn't learned how to control
it.
He could do well with anger management."
On a similar note, Rose's bromantic co-star Craig Conover accused him - and producer Whitney
Sudler-Smith - of bullying, around that same time, saying,
"He's mean.
They put other people down to make themselves feel better and that's sad."
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