Craig Conover admits he “popped in hot” for the premiere of “Winter House”

Craig Conover admitted that he had a fiery personality upon entering Winter House, as he was still dealing with the “stress” of Season 8 of Southern Charm.

“We just finished filming Southern Charm, and it’s been an intense season,” the 34-year-old reality TV star told Page Six only. “Arrived hot and definitely needed a vacation.”

Conover further admitted that it took him “a while to relax and really settle in” – referring to the premiere episode on Thursday where he hit a piñata, stepped on a table and handed out $ 1,000 cash to get the master bedroom.

“Honestly, it was time to look in the mirror, but I have definitely dealt with these stressful situations, possibly by drinking a little too much,” he admitted.

The founder of Sewing Down South – who gets into arguments with Kyle Cooke, Amanda Batula, Luke Gulbranson and Ciara Miller – said it was “the dumbest thing” like hiring a cleaning crew or cleaning the house yourself that warmed him up.

“You have a group of people coming from different parts of the country and many of us have some stress in our lives,” he added.

– Kyle always gets stressed out about Loverboy. He has all sorts of things and it took us a few days for us to calm down and I think you will be able to watch this progress.

The star and best friend of Conover, Austen Kroll, stood up for him and explained that everyone in the cast would “finally reach a tipping point.”

“It’s like they put us all in this house and not everyone has, you know, their own bathroom and I share a bathroom with four guys and they all hit the tipping point,” noted 35-year-old Kroll.

The founder of Trop Hop teased that Conover’s tipping point had come “sooner than the others.”

“Mine came later and it definitely shows a little in the trailer,” he said, referring to the screaming match he enters with ex-body Miller. “I definitely said,” I will lose my mind. ”

Winter House will air on Thursdays at 9:00 PM EST on Bravo.