Whitney Sudler-Smith has said that “Southern Charm” is the real deal. But in 2018, he addressed some misconceptions about the show, telling Urban Daddy, “People think we’re a lot more degenerate than we really are — people think I live with my mother and don’t work, which is the complete opposite.” Still, the mother-son chats are totally charming. In the Season 9 finale episode, titled “Beyond the Valley of the Southern Dolls,” Patricia Altschul asked her grown son if he had invited “any ladies” to a party he was hosting. “No,” he replied. “You can’t rush things.” When his mom reminded him that he has to “at least look,” Sudler-Smith replied, “I’m looking. It’s not as easy as you think. [Can’t] be like you, just marry after a month.”
In a confessional, Altschul questioned if the fact that she’s had three husbands affected her only son’s outlook on marriage. But she added, “I want him to get married now. I mean, I did it after a couple of minutes. I don’t know why he can’t. I want Whitney to have a family. He’s an only child and having his father pass away and then me … it just seems like life is slipping away.” Altschul admitted to her son that his situation is something she thinks about because she wonders who will take care of him after she dies. Sudler-Smith assured his mom, “I’ll be fine.”
