Austen Kroll, Madison LeCroy & More Sound Off on Shep Rose’s “Cringy” Text to Sienna

Shep Rose just wanted to express his feelings and be honest on the latest episode of Southern Charm. Unfortunately for him, not everyone was impressed with how he chose to do it.

Shep's long text to then-girlfriend Sienna Evans about their relationship during the cast trip to the Bahamas had Austen Kroll and Craig Conover laughing and admitting he shouldn't have sent it. In a new episode of the Southern Charm After Show, they had more to say — and the rest of the cast also chimed in to reveal what they really thought about that "perfect little freckled lips" message.

Southern Charm cast reacts to Shep Rose's text

"It was very long," commented Rodrigo Reyes, "And there's all this s---."

"If there's one thing you don't do," Taylor Ann Green added, "It's send a long text!"

Craig, meanwhile, tried to describe it with a hand motion.

"They were," he said, miming scrolling on a phone screen, "like, full swipes." 

"I would never read a text that long!" laughed Madison LeCroy.

Shep Rose and Sienna Evans having a conversation together during Southern Charm Season 10, Episode 11. Photo: Bravo

Rodrigo did do his best to compliment the writing, describing Shep as "a wordsmith" — but he had to admit it was "kind of cringy."

Newcomer Molly O'Connell had a more understanding take, though. She thought that "Shep has a way with words," adding, "It's not often that someone has a bigger vocabulary than I do. It was poetic. It was beautiful, I thought."

Salley Carson agreed. "If somebody texted me that, and I was into him," she stressed, "I'd be like, let's have babies today." 

Any final notes from Shep's editors?

Madison put it bluntly: "Sum it up, make it shorter, less thirsty, and less like a simp."

Shep Rose and his girlfriend Sienna Evans during Southern Charm Season 10 Episode 2. Photo: Bravo

"Do I think that it was cringy? Yes. But!" Austen said, "I respect the honesty that he had with it. Don't listen to anything other than your heart."

Salley agreed, concluding, "He does deserve to be loved the way that she was loved by him."