LOS ANGELES (LALATE EXCLUSIVE) – Ashley Jacobs and Thomas Ravenel are back together, cozy, as Southern Charm’s new season begins filming in roughly a month, LALATE can exclusively report. Ravenel and Jacobs made appearances throughout Charleston last night, entering and exiting upscale establishments hand to hand all night long. So are Ashley and Thomas back together dating, is Ashley returning to Southern Charm, and are producers plotting a surprise twist to shock co-stars?

Ashley Jacobs and Thomas Ravenel’s exit from Southern Charm was being announced by co-stars over the summer. But LALATE at the time cried foul, stating that Ashley and Thomas ‘s future, as co-stars and as a couple, was still uncertain. And now, that is exactly what is happening.

Weeks ago, LALATE had exclusively reported that Ravenel tweeted his exit from Southern Charm (again) and deleted this year’s announcement tweet (again). Ravenel’s contract negotiations are underway, LALATE has learned.

So what is the issue? LALATE has been hearing for weeks and heard again this weekend that all cast members are hustling for a massive pay raise for the new season. So while filming should have started in the next few days, production is being pushed back because everyone is clamoring for big checks.

Last night, locals in Charleston turned their heads when Thomas and Ashley made appearances around town, LALATE can report. The couple posed for pictures at Hall’s Chophouse. A source tells LALATE the two came together, grabbed drinks and some appetizers left together and came back again an hour later. They posed for the below picture and shared it with LALATE on social media.

The couple made appearances all around town. They left Halls together again and went to Republic as well.

Our source reports that Jacobs and Thomas are not yet signed on for a new season. But producers have left the door open and could add them at anytime. For now, co-stars who have been tweeting that Jacobs and Ravenel are definitely gone for next season are completely wrong, have nothing to do with casting for the new season, and have no say in the decision. Making the narrative more messy is that certain members of Southern Charm (as is often the case with other Bravo shows) have been pushing false stories about co-stars to messy sites for over a year, causing viewers to get confused about what is really going on.

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