How Kathryn Dennis Is Carrying Southern Charm Season 8

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Kathryn Dennis has been a controversial cast member since her first appearance in Southern Charm, and she is still continuing to be a major storyline player in an otherwise boring season 8. Fans first saw Kathryn in Southern Charm season 1 as a 21-year-old beauty who ended up with a much older Thomas Ravenel after meeting him for the first time. In the same season, she also hooked up with Shep Rose, which caused tension between him and his friend Craig Conover, who also had his sights set on Kathryn.

Although Kathryn’s hookup with Shep was casual, she seemed to have developed deeper feelings for Thomas, who had reservations about their age difference. However, when she discovered that she was pregnant with his baby, the former state treasurer had to make some hard decisions. Over the next few seasons, viewers watched Kathryn and Thomas’ toxic relationship, which had them at each other’s throats one minute and reconciling the next. Many of the female Southern Charm castmates, such as Cameran Eubanks and Chelsea Meissner, held Kathryn at arm's length as they didn’t want to get involved in her drama.

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Following Cameran and Chelsea’s exit after Southern Charm season 6, Bravo made “friend of” Leva Bonaparte a full cast member for season 7. Much of Leva’s storyline centered around being a woman of color and having to explain to Kathryn why her monkey tweet to a Black radio host was wrong. Leva also had a bone to pick with Kathryn about her spreading a rumor that Cameran’s husband Jason Wimberly was cheating on her. With Southern Charm season 8 well underway, many of the storylines are still centering around Kathryn. While Leva has backed off of the “racist”