“I don’t understand the timeline just yet,” the reality star said of his ex’s new relationship with their “Summer House” costar.

Summer House’s Kyle Cooke is second-guessing ‘a lot of things’ after Amanda and West’s romance reveal

"I don't understand the timeline just yet," the reality star said of his ex's new relationship with their "Summer House" costar.

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April 2, 2026 11:16 a.m. ET

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Kyle Cooke is pretty certain that things at *Summer House* are never going to be the same again after the bombshell confirmation of ex Amanda Batula and West Wilson’s new romance.

The reality star said that he's worried that the show’s future on Bravo is in jeopardy as the cast grapples with the aftermath of Wilson and Batula dating despite the latter being best friends with Wilson's ex, Ciara Miller. Similarly, Wilson himself was close with Cooke, to whom Batula had been married for four years before they announced their split in January.

"It definitely makes me second guess a lot of things last summer," Cooke shared in an interview with "street journalist" Adam Glyn, who caught up with the reality star while he was walking his dogs Wednesday. "At a minimum, just kind of how checked out she was."

Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke in 2025.

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Cooke noted that he doesn't "understand the timeline just yet" of the relationship between Batula and Wilson, which makes watching the still-airing current season a "mental mindf---."

"It's just a lot to take in," Cooke added. "It's not just me, Amanda, West, Ciara. It's, like, our whole friend group. I mean, Carl is a mess. It really does put into jeopardy what the show's about because you can't shoot *Summer House* if the vibes are off. We're not actors."

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While Cooke maintained that the show "still has legs" because at its core, the case is "an amazing group of friends, all super dynamic, different stages in life," he couldn't deny that there's still a lot for everyone to process before that can happen. "There's just still so much to unpack with my 10-year relationship, so it's like we're watching a whole different movie while this other thing plays out. It's a crazy feeling."

The Loverboy founder also shared that he wasn't completely caught off guard when Batula and Wilson confirmed that they had taken their friendship to another level, which he says his ex warned him about before the pair released their joint statement.

"I mean, it's just like a series of events that, unfortunately, the evidence just kind of started piling up, piling up, piling up. I'll leave it at that," Cooke said. "Looking back, there's a lot of us [who've] been looking at his body language and, you know, how touchy and handsy he is with her and just kind of gave him a little bit of a hall pass like 'Oh, it's West.'"

Cooke said that he's also spoken to Miller — who dated Wilson for a few months during season 8 and has maintained a will-they-or-won't-they vibe ever since —and believed that the ICU nurse "had more evidence at her disposal" of the relationship between Batula and Wilson than he did.

Kyle Cooke; Ciara Miller.

"She was trying to, like, let me come to terms at my own speed. It's just a lot to process," he added.

Batula and Wilson confirmed the rumors of their relationship on Tuesday, weeks after gossip blog DeuxMoi reported that they were hooking up.

Fans have reacted particularly scandalized to the news because Batula and Miller have been close friends for years; Batula was by Miller's side as she navigated her breakup with Wilson and has witnessed them go back and forth about possibly reuniting.

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Batula even gushed about Miller coming to her aid after she and Cooke, announced their split about two months before online speculation about her relationship with Wilson began.

"[Miller] is one of the kindest, most loving, loyal friends I've ever had. She sends me texts out of the blue, reminding me how strong, powerful, smart, and kind I am — I don't think she even realizes how much I need those texts," Batula said in an interview with *Marie Claire*. "It's also meant so much to me how supportive West has been throughout the season, sometimes in ways I wasn't even aware of when filming. It's not performative; it's just really authentic to who West is."

Despite thinking the dynamics of *Summer House* could be a problem going forward, Cooke declared that he wouldn't have a problem filming with either Batula or Wilson in the future.

"There's no reason not to do *Summer House*," he said. "Obviously every single year we go through the casting process. I think the real issue would be, 'Can we actually, as a group, film?' I've never had an issue with filming with anybody that I had beef with in 10 years. I would never do that to West, I would never do that to Hannah, but I have real issues with a dude that managed to use his charm to get whatever he wants, says the right thing at the right time."

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