*Calabasas Confidential*. The couple is no longer together.
Emilie Nelson says she and Ben Favaedi are just friends after their Calabasas Confidential romance ended. Preston Pippen reveals school bullying over his mother's affair. Jodie Woods reacts to Jordyn and Kylie's reconciliation.
*Calabasas Confidential*. The couple is no longer together.
Nelson told Tudum that the two remained friends after the relationship ended. She said they met at a rooftop party and began dating within two weeks of filming season one.
"We did see each other in New York, but as of now, we've just kept friends," Nelson said.
The pair felt that knowing each other for only a month before Favaedi left Calabasas for New York was "no basis to start a relationship," according to Nelson.
Nelson, 23, was open on the show about wanting to settle down and start a family soon. She told the camera, "If he's not potentially my husband, I don't want it."
Favaedi, a Calabasas High School and Indiana University graduate, planned to move to New York after filming. He told the show he cared about "basketball and work" and was not interested in being the "captain of the drama club."
The two still follow each other on Instagram. Nelson recently shared a video of Favaedi twirling her and holding her waist. Other women have shown interest in Favaedi online. A user named Lauren commented "Love" and "So handsome" on one of his recent posts.
Nelson reportedly went on one date with costar Hercy Miller after the split.
In separate interviews, Preston Pippen opened up about the toll his parents' divorce took on him during his school years. The 23-year-old said classmates mocked him over his mother Larsa Pippen's alleged affair with rapper Future.
"People I thought were my friends would make jokes, and there's already so much noise in the house," Pippen said in a confessional on Calabasas Confidential, according to PEOPLE.
Pippen said students would play Future's music at school to taunt him. His parents' divorce was finalized in December 2021.
"It kind of sucks when your parents are divorced. That's one thing, and then once they start dating, it's another thing," Pippen said.
Pippen said his mother prepared him for reality TV scrutiny before he joined the cast. Larsa told him to be himself and not trust anyone on camera.
"She just wanted to be myself," Pippen told E! News. "Don't really trust anybody, because even though we're all friends, once in front of a camera, people are gonna act different."
Pippen said the warning proved accurate.
Jodie Woods, 19, addressed her sister Jordyn Woods' rekindled friendship with Kylie Jenner in an exclusive interview with E! News. The two women fell out in 2019 after Jordyn's affair with Tristan Thompson, who has two children with Kylie's sister Khloe Kardashian.
Jordyn is now engaged to New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns. Kylie has been dating Timothée Chalamet since 2023.
"It's not my relationship, so it's hard to say," Jodie told E! News. "But I'm just so happy to see everybody happy and thriving and living their best life, honestly."
Jodie said Jordyn advised her to "be yourself" and "stay true to who you are" during filming. She said the fallout from her sister's past drama made her keep her guard up around new people.
"Because of everything that I've been through, it just makes me feel like I have to have my guard up with people," Jodie said. "I'm so grateful for that, though, because it made us so much closer."
Calabasas Confidential premiered on Netflix on May 29. The series features cast members including Raine Michaels, daughter of Poison frontman Bret Michaels, and Hercy Miller, son of hip-hop mogul Master P.
Raine Michaels told Sirius XM that her father gave her simple advice before filming: "Be yourself." She added that he reminded her that "whatever you say and do, it's always going to live on forever."
According to Raine, Bret watches the show on an iPad while traveling.
Calabasas Confidential is streaming on Netflix.
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