Following his stint in prison and fall from political grace, Ravenel seemingly kept a low profile in Charleston…that is until filmmaker Whitney Sudler-Smith (who would go on to become a Southern Charm cast member) was looking to make a TV pilot about the men in town and was told he just had to meet Ravenel, a friend of his mother, Patricia Altschul.
"Basically, he was totally ostracized and a lightning rod," Sudler-Smith told E! News in 2017. "I found him incredibly amusing, I just thought, something should be done with this person."
Aaron Rothman, the co-founder Haymaker Productions, the company that produces the show, also knew Ravenel would make for compelling TV. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Thomas Ravenel was one of a kind," he said.
Throughout his five season-stint on Southern Charm, Ravenel was the poster boy for P.P.S. aka Peter Pan Syndrome.
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