{"id":3613,"date":"2026-05-27T00:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/summer-house-alum-makes-shocking-claim-about-paige-desorbos-bravo-casting\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T00:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:34:19","slug":"summer-house-alum-makes-shocking-claim-about-paige-desorbos-bravo-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/summer-house-alum-makes-shocking-claim-about-paige-desorbos-bravo-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Summer House&#8217; alum makes shocking claim about Paige DeSorbo\u2019s Bravo casting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F128781592.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSummer House\u201d alum Stephen McGee says he is \u201cthe reason that the world has a Paige Desorbo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, she does not \u2014 I don\u2019t think \u2014 really even know this: I\u2019m the reason that the world has a Paige DeSorbo.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cSummer House\u201d alum Stephen McGee (seen here at an episode of \u201cWatch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen\u201d) claims he is \u201cthe reason\u201d behind Paige DeSorbo\u2019s \u201cSummer House\u201d casting.  <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019m the reason that the world has a Paige DeSorbo,\u201d McGee shared, adding that the original plan was to cast two new girls for the Bravo series. (Seen above is DeSorbo in an episode of \u201cSummer House\u201d).  <span class=\"credit\">Eugene Gologursky\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>McGee went on to share that there were originally two girls slated to join the \u201cSummer House\u201d cast for Season 3, but he ultimately thwarted their plans. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother Bravo star that works in real estate, who was on \u2018Million Dollar Listing,\u2019 told me that these girls were coming in for Season 3 from their office. So, I had done a little background digging, and found that they had done some pro-Donald Trump stuff and I leaked that to Girl With No Job, on her Facebook group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey dropped out before filming started.  Then, they added in Paige DeSorbo.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>McGee left the Bravo show after Season 2 while DeSorbo became a household name after she was cast in \u201cSummer House\u201d Season 3, along with her gal pal and the other half of her \u201cGiggly Squad\u201d podcast Hannah Berner. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>After being tipped off to the new girls\u2019 arrivals, McGee said he did \u201ca little background digging, and found that they had done some pro-Donald Trump stuff and I leaked that to Girl With No Job.\u201d (Seen here is the \u201cSummer House\u201d cast with Andy Cohen during an episode of \u201cWatch What Happens Live.\u201d) <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>McGee (pictured here with the \u201cSummer House\u201d Season 1 cast) left the show after two seasons.  <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Berner <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/05\/15\/hannah-berner-announces-summer-house-exit\/\">left the series<\/a> after two seasons due to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/06\/celebrity-news\/kyle-cooke-wants-to-make-amends-with-hannah-berner-but-she-keeps-spewing-lies\/\">various fallouts<\/a>\u00a0with several other cast members. But, DeSorbo quickly rose the ranks and became a fan favorite.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/06\/05\/entertainment\/paige-desorbo-exits-summer-house-after-7-years\/\">announced her departure<\/a>\u00a0from \u201cSummer House\u201d in June 2025, sharing an emotional statement via her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing part of this show has been one of the most rewarding chapters of my life \u2013 the friendships, the drama, the giggles. all unforgettable,\u201d\u00a0she wrote at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never could\u2019ve imagined what this journey would turn into \u2014 and how many of you would be along for the ride. And you haven\u2019t 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,\u201d she concluded, referencing her cat.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>DeSorbo (seen above in a Season 9 reunion promo photo) joined the cast in Season 3 and quickly became a fan favorite. <span class=\"credit\">Clifton Prescod\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cGiggly Squad\u201d host, seen here in a \u201cSummer House\u201d Season 9 promo photo, left the series in June 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">Kareem Black\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She later confessed in September that she left because she had an <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/16\/entertainment\/paige-desorbo-reveals-why-she-really-left-summer-house\/\">\u201coverwhelming sense that [she] couldn\u2019t go back\u201d<\/a> to \u201cSummer House,\u201d she\u00a0told Byrdie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I would\u2019ve been doing a disservice to [the show]. They expect a certain level of showing up, and I couldn\u2019t give them that,\u201d she told the outlet in a joint interview with Berner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing on reality TV, there\u2019s a level \u2014 this is a harsh word \u2014 of, like, brainwashing. That\u2019s not real life,\u201d she admitted. \u201cYou\u2019re not stopping people on the street and being like, \u2018I just had a thought that I hate my boyfriend.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/26\/entertainment\/summer-house-alum-makes-shocking-claim-about-paige-desorbos-bravo-casting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSummer House\u201d alum Stephen McGee says he is \u201cthe reason that the world has a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128781592.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}