Venita Aspen had a lot to deal with regarding her friendship with JT Thomas. They flirted all season on Southern Charm. But JT had a girlfriend outside of the show. It complicated matters because the professional influencer felt a certain way about him, and seemed hurt by the revelation.
And there were indicators that the friendship area between them got a little gray. Especially when it came to money Venita spent on her flirty costar. Both parties are now clarifying her recent comments about buying him a tailored jacket, and the deeper implications that action had.
Southern Charm stars Venita Aspen and JT Thomas have had a strange season
During the Season 10 premiere, Venita took JT shopping for their trip to the Carolina Cup. Fans saw the influencer advising the fledgling Bravolebrity on an outfit. It turns out, she ended up paying that day.
That issue came up much later in the season after JT revealed that he had a girlfriend and started putting up some boundaries. Venita invited him to be her plus-one at an event and he declined.
“I’m on a walk and I call JT and I say, ‘Hey, listen, I want you to come with me to this event as my date.’ He goes, ‘You know, I don’t think my girlfriend’s gonna like that.’ I literally throw my phone on my porch and slam my door,” she shared during the Southern Charm After Show.
Venita was concerned about the optics and not walking to look like, “a f*cking homewrecker.”
“Imagine having a girlfriend and then having your best friend spend $5,000 on you at Dumas,” she continued. “And you get it tailored, same day turnaround. They don’t do that for anybody else.”
Venita confirmed that she did get a Venmo from JT to return the funds. She stated, “That was my best friend.”
JT addressed Venita’s statement as well
The former reality TV star posted about the issue on March 14. He reshared a news piece reporting on Venita’s statement. He commented on the post to defend himself and explain his side of the story.
“We are/were best friends. I forgot my credit card in her car by accident, was hobbling with a cane a few days after a major ATV crash and paypal’d her back in full after she insisted I/we not hobble me back to the car to get the card and hobble back. This is fun,” the Southern Charm alum wrote.
JT included a screenshot of the Venmo transfer to his costar. He captioned the Instagram Story shot, “The jacket I wore to the E1 horse race -5K, filmed on camera. At the time it was funny, and we laughed it off and I Paypal’d in full.”
He added, “It wasn’t $5000 … $4054.48 was the #.”
Venita again clarified that JT did pay her back. However, perhaps she’s suggesting that the issue was in her spending the money on him in the first place.
“I’m sorry for any confusion here, Leva [Bonaparte] asked me about Venmo and he PayPal’d me and I never said that he didn’t pay me back,” the fashionista wrote to an Instagram fan account.
JT quit the show in November 2024, citing a lack of cohesion between himself and the rest of the cast.
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