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While Summer House stars Carl Radke and Bailey Taylor have not confirmed they’re in a relationship, fans are convinced they may have done a hard launch based on a TikTok Carl shared.
Carl shared a post on TikTok showing himself hand-in-hand with Bailey, captioned, “Guess we’ll start.”
In a Reddit thread, a user asked if anyone had seen the post and whether people thought it was a hard launch of their relationship.
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Bailey joined the show in season 10 as a single woman after she ended a two-year relationship with her ex.
@jessesols Guess we’ll start ❤️
On Decider’s More Life podcast, Bailey discussed rumors of a relationship with Carl, which was hinted at in the season 10 trailer.
“He’s the kindest human being I’ve ever met in my entire life,” she shared. “He just took care of me and was so sweet and so gentle. I was really going through it mentally.”
She also revealed she “cried immediately” during her first dinner with the cast due to not being in a “good place mentally.”
“I struggled a lot with just depression and anxiety throughout that time,” she continued. “That traumatic breakup, I had not worked through at all. He was so, so, so sweet and so there for me and always checked on me. We’re very close, and I adore him a lot.”
While some may think Carl’s ex, Lindsay Hubbard, might have been bothered by Carl and Bailey’s seemingly flirtatious relationship, which saw the pair kissing, Bailey insisted Lindsay was not bothered.
“Lindsay is living her best life. Lindsay is busy being a MILF,” she revealed. “I don’t think Lindsay’s worried about Carl.”
In an interview in February with Bravo’s The Daily Dish, Carl spoke about his relationship with Bailey.
“Bailey’s awesome. She’s gorgeous,” he said. “We had some fun. You’ll see some of the flirty vibes.”
Carl noted he likes meeting new cast members, but he and Bailey are different, as they had an instant connection.
“Bailey and I have… there’s like a similar frequency that we’re on,” he stated. “And I’m not always on that same frequency with a lot of people, but she’s very in touch with her emotions, and she has a vulnerable side to her. And I think you can see at one of the first dinners.”
In the season 10 premiere dinner that both Bailey and Carl mentioned, she revealed she had been in a “super toxic relationship.”
“He cheated on me and broke up with me at Sweetgreen,” she told her fellow castmates through tears. “He told me to meet him at Sweetgreen when I got done at the gym… I remember my salad spilling everywhere.”
“When people open up, especially in our house, it draws me in,” Carl said regarding how candid Bailey was. “You know, if you’ve been through some things or you’ve had a difficult time, I’m not saying I love it, but I appreciate it when people are willing to share and open up more about the difficulties in their lives or the challenges that they have. And Bailey was very open with me. I was open with her. So, yeah. So, that’s Bailey. You’ll see more. I don’t want to give away too much.”
Bailey also spoke to Page Six’s Virtual Reali-Tea about Carl earlier this year.
“He’s a great kisser. I saw him yesterday. I love him,” she shared. “It’s just… It’s a vibe. I love him. I adore him. He’s a little bit older than me. I’m totally fine with an age gap.”
Although Bailey admitted she and Carl had chemistry, she noted they weren’t “necessarily” looking for similar things.
“I love Carl. He’s so sweet and just amazing to me, from the second I met him,” she elaborated. “I’ve lived a lot of life, too. Him and I, from the second we met, just opened up so much. He would tell me so much, and I would tell him so much. You’ll see. We’re just always off in a corner together. I’m running to talk to him, and we’re having these really long conversations together… We just click. Even if the whole group is together now, him and I just disappear off. We can just talk.”