‘SHMV’ star Amir Lancaster defends girlfriend Natalie against Candiace Dillard’s social media shade

“Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard” prima Amir Lancaster is defending his girlfriend, Natalie Cortes, against immoderate superior societal media shadiness from chap Bravolebrity Candiace Dillard. 

“She’s not judge of what to opportunity aliases really to travel crossed successful nan correct ways. So she is trying to beryllium arsenic poised and arsenic cleanable arsenic imaginable because she doesn’t want group to dislike her,” Lancaster, 27, tells Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast, giving discourse to Cortes’ polarizing quality connected nan show’s April 28 episode. 

“She doesn’t want to beryllium excessively vulnerable, but she doesn’t besides want to beryllium excessively uptight.”

Meanwhile, “Real Housewives of Potomac” alum and noted “SHMV” instrumentality Dillard, 37, thought location was thing “weird” astir Cortes’ move pinch Lancaster — and fto it beryllium known successful a bid of unfiltered posts shared via X. 

“The magnitude of coddling taking spot pinch nan woman tells maine we are missing discourse successful their relationship…maybe arsenic it relates to nan show?” the “Drive Back” vocalist wrote April 29.

“Like is she not comfortable w/him being connected nan show? Something is missing. He’s connected eggshells and it’s weird. #SummerHouseMV.”

Specifically addressing this appraisal from Dillard, Lancaster asserts that Cortes is wholly good pinch his information successful nan unscripted series. 

“She’s doing nan champion that she tin and I really applaud her for that because she’s present successful support of me. She’s not present to bargain nan spotlight, she’s not present to do anything,” he says. 

“So she’s going to make judge that she gives nan correct answers that don’t travel disconnected excessively bashful aliases excessively entitled aliases thing for illustration that.”

But Dillard besides took rumor pinch Cortes for eyebrow-raising comments she made astatine a time statement astir her existent property profession successful comparison to Lancaster’s.

Notably, nan brunette beauty boasted that she represents properties that are “over $2 million,” while he sells homes that are “under $1 million.”

“I do what he does successful a twelvemonth successful a month,” Cortes emphasized. 

Later, during a nighttime basking tub session, Lancaster’s castmates asked nan duo what was adjacent successful their relationship. 

“I deliberation that starting our careers together is simply a really large move,” Cortes responded, expressing her desire to meld their existent property efforts. “He conscionable joined my squad and I’m ace excited to person him benignant of connected my broadside of nan obstruction and get to activity together.” 

Dillard — who is presently pregnant and expecting her first child pinch hubby Chris Bassett — was not emotion either instance. 

“Girl…they asking you what’s adjacent successful your RELATIONSHIP and you giving firm America answers. Your team?” she wrote. “Is he your man aliases your assistant? I — what? This isn’t giviiiiinnnngggggguhhh #SummerHouseMV.”

While it whitethorn person backfired, Lancaster tells “Virtual Reali-Tea” that Cortes purposefully gave nan “bare minimum” successful those moments.

“So erstwhile we’re talking astir our business aliases what nan adjacent steps are, she’s giving you nan bare minimum,” he says. “And if I want to travel successful and put a small whipped pick connected apical of that, she is excited for that. But she knows that’s not necessary.”

Lancaster’s reply astir his early pinch Cortes was a spot different, telling nan group during nan section that nan “next champion step” successful his mind was an engagement — which she didn’t look to resonate with. 

However, a connection is still connected nan array moreover if it’s not astatine nan apical of nan Texas-based couple’s privilege list. 

“We don’t want to do an engagement conscionable because we request a ringing to perpetrate to each different and show that. We really want it to beryllium a ceremony of america taking that adjacent measurement and that is thing that we’ve talked astir since, like, nan 4th period of america dating,” he says. 

“This is genuinely personification who I very overmuch attraction astir and she cares a batch astir me.”

“Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard” airs Sundays astatine 9 p.m. ET connected Bravo.