Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

TV

‘Southern Charm’ star dating Austrian actress

Whitney Sudler-Smith might be more famous in Germany and Austria than he is in his hometown of Charleston, SC.

The producer and co-star of Bravo’s “Southern Charm” reality show — which he describes as “the aristocracy of the South behaving very badly” — has been splashed across the covers of Teutonic tabloids because he’s now the boyfriend of Larissa Marolt, the Austrian equivalent of Jennifer Lawrence.

“I met her at a dinner party in New York about a year ago,” Whitney told me from Cologne, Germany, where his 21-year-old sweetheart is competing on “Let’s Dance,” the German version of “Dancing With the Stars.”

Marolt, who is already making movies, has been starring on reality TV shows since she was 16. “She’s a big star over here,” said Whitney, who is waiting for word from Bravo on whether “Southern Charm” gets a second season.