Before Salley Carson joined season 10 of Bravo’s hit reality show, Southern Charm, she appeared on three different reality shows.
Her previous brushes with fame came to light after resurfaced footage from her brief stint on Clayton Echard’s season of The Bachelor in 2022 began circulating across social media.
In an Instagram post, uploaded by a Bravo fan account last week, one fan shared a video of Carson, 30, on the popular reality TV dating show, which she joined just weeks after calling off an engagement to another man due to a ‘lack of trust.’
Although Echard offered her the first rose, the Virginia native made the difficult decision to quit the ABC series just hours before limo arrivals were set to begin.
‘My heart is just not in the place where I can [do this],’ she told the lead at the time. ‘And I feel so bad about that. My heart is just not ready.’
Due to her short time on The Bachelor, fans of the series were shocked that she made the decision to join the Bachelor in Paradise later that same year.
Before Salley Carson joined season 10 of Bravo’s hit reality show, Southern Charm, she appeared on three different reality shows
Her one-hour stay on the island is widely considered one of the most chaotic in the history of The Bachelor spinoff series.
Under footage from her time of The Bachelor, Southern Charm viewers shared their surprised reactions.
‘Wow I totally forgot about this!! Good detective skills!’ one wrote.
Another commented: ‘What show is this?!’
‘She was also on Southern Hospitality season 2 for a few episodes,’ a third pointed out.
Others described her cameo on The Bachelor as ‘wild.’
Last year, it was announced that Carson would be joining the Southern Charm cast, alongside Molly O’Connell and Ryan Albert, for season 10, which aired last month.
In a press release for the latest season, she was described as ‘a bubbly party girl by night and a robotics technician for surgical procedures by day.’
Her previous brushes with fame came to light after resurfaced footage from her brief stint on Clayton Echard’s season of The Bachelor in 2022 began circulating across social media (seen on The Bachelor)
Due to her short time on The Bachelor, fans of the series were shocked that she made the decision to join the Bachelor in Paradise later that same year; pictured above in 2022
Last year, it was announced that Carson would be joining the Southern Charm cast, alongside Molly O’Connell and Ryan Albert, for season 10, which aired last month (Carson and ex-boyfriend Andrew Dietz seen on Southern Charm)
‘Salley is the latest to grace Charleston’s vibrant social scene,’ the show revealed. ‘The debutante is gorgeous, intelligent, and independent, and she shares a curiously parallel romantic past with Taylor.’
Carson previously dated costar Taylor Ann Green’s current boyfriend, Gaston Rojas, and revealed that she ‘slept’ with Shep Rose, who has been a main cast member on Southern Charm since season one in 2014.
During her first season on Southern Charm, Carson and Green get in a explosive argument, in which the latter states: ‘I dated Shep for two and a half years. Ya’ll just f**ked.’
Carson, who has a dog named Boots, was born and raised in Greenville South Carolina and graduated from the University of South Carolina Bachelors in 2017.
Under footage from her time of The Bachelor, Southern Charm viewers shared their surprised reactions
‘Wow I totally forgot about this!! Good detective skills!’ one wrote
‘She was also on Southern Hospitality season 2 for a few episodes,’ a third pointed out
Others described her cameo on The Bachelor as ‘wild.’
According to her official BravoTV.com bio, she hopes to get ‘married and have a family.’
Southern Charm also stars Madison LeCroy, Craig Conover, Austen Kroll, Shep Rose, Venita Aspen, Taylor Ann Green, Jarrett “JT” Thomas, Rodrigo Reyes, and Leva Bonaparte.
Southern Charm premiered on Bravo on March 3, 2014.
It focuses on Southern culture and follows the the personal and professional lives of several socialites who reside in Charleston, South Carolina.
