Paige DeSorbo has confirmed her relationship with athletic director Joe D’Amelio, more than a year after they first hooked up.
The podcaster and former Summer house star, 33, opened up about her romance at Actors Rising presented by The Actor Awards and SHE Thursday, telling Us every week that things between them are good and that she’s really off the market.
“I’m in my 30s, so it’s not like I’m going out every weekend on multiple dates like I would have been in my 20s,” she said.
D’Amelio is the senior vice president of soccer marketing at Klutch Sports Group, the sports agency founded by Rich Paul, who is also Adele’s fiancé.
DeSorbo described the relationship as “really fun” and “very relaxing,” and couldn’t resist a gentle tease about her new man’s background.
“I feel like they have a reputation for not being quiet,” she said of her Italian heritage, “but they are quiet, and I appreciate that. They know when to speak and when not to and I like that. That’s important. It’s important. [for] a man to know when to close it.
Part of what makes the relationship so different, she suggested, is that D’Amelio is not a public figure.
DeSorbo previously dated Southern Charm star Craig Conover, and the experience of navigating romance in the reality TV spotlight has clearly left its mark.
“It was a real balancing act,” she admitted.
“I feel like when I was on reality TV, I started at 25, it was like being 20. So it’s nice to be able to decide what I share and what I don’t share. [with] personal stuff.”
Timeline of Paige DeSorbo and Joe D’Amelio’s romance:
DeSorbo and D’Amelio were first spotted together in January 2025 in a VIP box at a Philadelphia Eagles game.
In April, DeSorbo acknowledged the Watch what’s happening live that she was dating and having a good time, although she didn’t call it serious.
She did, however, predict that she would “be with an Italian next”, a comment that now seems rather prescient.
In June 2025, photos of the couple holding hands in Capri, Italy were published, and a source said Us every week at the time that their romance was “going very well” and that DeSorbo had truly moved on and was happy.
DeSorbo and Conover, 37, split in November 2024 after three years together.
