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From this, you probably will figure out why everybody talks about the new podcast episode. And of course, it isn’t common military banter. Buckley had interviewed Southern Charm star-turned-entrepreneur Craig Conover, and the conversation took an unexpected turn toward “what-could-have-been.” After all, Conover actually almost got cast for the final season of SEAL Team! The one nobody saw coming, mind you.
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On his Instagram, Buckley spilled the beans and declared that this was the favorite episode he’d ever done of the Two Fake Seals. They met some years ago via their trainer, but Buckley had admired him for some time. From law school to reality TV to pillow-making, that guy really works his charm (if you ask me, Sewing Down South). The really big secret now, though, is the near-miss with SEAL Team.
Conover said that he never really planned on acting until the opportunity nearly hit him in the face. “There was a secret part of me that always fantasized about it,” he said. Then came the hard slap of reality when the audition came around. “It’s so unnatural,” he laughed, comparing watching shows to acting. The role eventually wound up with someone else—the person Conover said was “way more handsome” and had that Hollywood “sonorously different” thing.
Fans in the comments were either hyped or skeptical. One user described Conover as “the REAL DEAL” with so.many.layers. Others went straight to questioning his legitimacy in law: “I thought it came out that he didn’t actually pass the bar never?” which stirred up even more chaos. Conover jumped in to set the record straight: He passed it on the first try, ranked 93rd percentile in the entire country, but had taken some years off after law school. “I can’t control what they decide to put on TV,” he said, sarcasm dripping in his voice, while dropping receipts on all the naysayers.
For the dreamers, another comment said, “We need a SEAL Team reboot.” Another suggested that Conover should drop a cameo on a legal drama with real chops. “I’ve been training my whole life to play a lawyer,” Conover joked. That guy’s got options.
Others, however, did not buy a single word out of his mouth. One scoffer sniggered, “Bravo pays people to not grow up in real society.” Another actually doubled several fold on doubting his bar exam success. Spoiler alert: Ironically, Google ruins that one for him, but misinformation really does fly faster than truth sometimes.
What the comment section most certainly displays is the presence of passionate ride-or-die fans. One supporter commented, “He’s a solid guy.” “He can’t act his way out of that!” Ouch, Kinda throwback, I’d say. In any case, this podcast episode is a reminder that career tracks hardly ever run linearly: suing to sewing pillows to nearly enlisting on a tactical team for CBS. At the very least, that’s a good story to tell.
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So if you love life thrown up with unpredictable twists, genuine grinds, and a sprinkle of legal drama (literally), then the episode will be worth the listen. Just don’t expect Conover to be dodging bullets anytime soon onscreen. Or…maybe do? Stranger things have happened.
This story originally appeared on Celebrityinsider
