Selling the OC star Sean Palmieri has dropped some major tea regarding his drama with castmate Austin Victoria.
Since its premiere earlier this month, reality TV fans have immersed themselves in the third season of the Selling Sunset spin-off.
While the new batch of episodes was full of explosive fights and backstabbing drama, Sean and Austin’s falling out became the true stand-out moment for viewers.
The realtors’ feud kicked off in episode three when Sean accused Austin and his wife Lisa of being a little too flirty with him.
“Austin and I were chill. I do think that him and his wife are a little too flirty for my taste sometimes,” the openly bisexual realtor explained to Alexandra Harper and Kayla Cardona.
However, in a separate scene, Austin made his own accusation against Sean, telling Lisa that his co-worker started an NSFW rumour about them.
“His story is he came over, we ‘drugged him’ with marijuana cookies and tried to have a three-way with him,” he explained.
With tensions at an all-time high, Austin and Sean had a heated confrontation in the office, where the former vehemently denied that such a proposition occurred.
After Sean doubled down on his story, claiming Austin told him, ‘If I wasn’t married, the things I’d do,’ Austin described him as “disgusting” and “not hot”.
When Sean tells people Austin and his wife tried to have a threesome with him, all hell breaks loose in the office.
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Of course, the turmoil didn’t end there. The threesome rumour became a focal point throughout the rest of the season, with the cast either joining Team Sean or Team Austin.
But, in the intense finale episode, a handful of Sean’s allies jumped ship after they claimed his story “didn’t add up”.
Since the release of Selling the OC season three, the drama between the two reality TV stars has continued to grow.
On 7 May, Austin took to Instagram to double down on his straight identity, push back against the threesome rumour and accuse his co-star of fabricating the story for “screen time”.
“In reality TV, you can quite literally make anything up and it’s your word vs theirs. Scary stuff,” the former model wrote.
However, it didn’t take long for Sean to release his own Instagram statement, featuring text message receipts and behind-the-scenes tea that seemingly poked holes in Austin’s story.
“In response to the confusion surrounding Season 3, highlighting a few important points to provide clarity,” he wrote as part of a series of Instagram stories.
“The rumor: Austin claimed that two cast members said I accused him and his wife of cooking me dinner, drugging me with weed cookies, and attempting to lure me into their bedroom for a threesome.
“This is a lie. This is a baseless rumour, and I have never stated these words.”
While he shut down the idea of him starting the threesome rumour, he did admit to talking about the “advances and flirtatious behaviour” they made towards him.
In his next story, Sean addressed the bar scene with Alexandra and Kayla, revealing that it felt odd that Austin’s name kept getting mentioned.
“I actually stopped filming because it felt as though there was an ulterior motive to the conversation. AFTER this scene, I reached out to Austin, wanting to have a conversation with him about how his name kept coming up,” he wrote, alongside a screenshot of the iMessage in question.
“He texted me saying he’d call me back but never did. I even followed up with a phone call and got no answer.”
Sean went on to discuss their office fight, where he accused Austin of blindsiding him with baseless accusations that he didn’t even know about.
“If this is a serious conversation and you don’t want your family involved, why not pull me aside, OFF camera, while cameras are NOT rolling and address any of these rumours?… Oh, and apparently, I’m the one seeking camera time,” he continued.
“I left this scene still unaware of the rumour, which highlights his desire to publicly shame me rather than have a discussion for clarity.”
Elsewhere in his statement, Sean revealed that he was first made privy to the rumour during the season finale, which resulted in an unseen confrontation with his cast mates.
“What you don’t see is that I confronted the entire cast about who told Austin the rumour, and no one admitted it. But we see Polly and Kayla mention it throughout the season,” he added.
In one of his last stories, Sean clarified details about the infamous dinner that sparked all the drama, stating that they shared a meal but it wasn’t at the couple’s home.
“We actually had dinner at NOVA Sushi on January 8 2022. After dinner, I stopped by their house to try out their Oculus headset, then I left shortly after. I texted them later that evening to say thanks (which is the text screenshot Austin shared),” he said.
Towards the end of his statement, Sean uploaded time-stamped screenshots of their entire conversation from that day, during which Austin invited him to NOVA, and they discussed their reservation time.
“I am not the type to defend myself on social media, but it’s disappointing that despite my attempts to handle this situation with civility, Austin and others continue to propagate falsehoods,” he concluded.
Only time will tell when the next chapter of the threesome drama saga will drop.
Check the rest of Sean’s Instagram statement here or below.
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