After Ciara Miller wiped the floor with Amanda Batula and West Wilson during part one of the Summer House reunion, it is clear that she’s not done. West plays off talks of a girlfriend and Dara tries to highlight West’s true colors from her past experience with him. Amanda can’t take the heat, but has no problem calling Kyle out for cheating during their marriage…
Amanda dabs at her eyes after getting annihilated by Ciara while West manages to make physical contact with Amanda’s leg for less than 10 seconds. When West gets called out for having a girlfriend, Meija Moreno, he claims it has been public who he hooked up with “every once in a while” (don’t say that to his girlfriend). KJ shares that his dad was a womanizing player and his mom had to deal with lots of crap. KJ makes it clear that he does not like this type of behavior- his dad is a liar and West nods along like he’s hearing it, but acting like he doesn’t catch the comparison being made.
KJ reminds West about the race discussion at the table and he does not like seeing Ciara being treated the way she’s been treated. West apologizes once again and wants to have a conversation with KJ, who agrees to this…at some point.
Regarding the race discussion, Ciara states that it’s been years compounding on this show and an experience that none of the other castmates have had to deal with. Ciara wants viewers to understand that there are racial dynamics within the group. Politically speaking, it’s turmoil outside and she wants these vital types of conversations to be had with her friends.
During that very conversation, West claimed to see Ciara more than he did before, but Ciara calls BS on anything he says. Ciara feels like Amanda and West were using buzz words to “satiate” what Ciara wanted to hear, but Amanda disagrees. Ciara calls it insane, since Amanda has been her friend for the past 6 years and now it’s come to this.
Amanda shares that she has had conversations with West about what their “relationship” would look like. She wanted to understand what was going on before she was honest with Ciara. She felt embarrassed admitting to Ciara that she kissed West and that she has feelings for him… while West was seeing someone (Meija).
An upset Amanda leaves the stage, but her boyfriend West stays put. Ciara states that “you roll in the f*cking mud, you get dirty.” Lindsay tells West he should be a man and go after his girl and after much ado, he goes and checks on her because he was TOLD to. Ciara reminds everyone that Amanda has “historically had low self-esteem” and when West returns Amanda-less, he lets everyone know she is “taking a beat.”
Levi leaves during the break and Kyle gets a crew surrounding him. Kyle reminds them that we know West has had a full-blown relationship since February of 2025. Kyle reached out to Meija and got all of these receipts to prove it. Call him Nancy Drew. It’s a perfect storm for West: Amanda is having a post-split glow-up, yet she is still unavailable-exactly the way West likes his women.
After the break, West lets us know Amanda is coming back soon and Dara enters the set, smooching KJ hello . Dara shares that they have been together for almost 10 months and it’s a very strong relationship.
Dara once dated West and so her take on West and Amanda is interesting. Dara does not see West manning up for this relationship, considering he treats women like they are “expendable.” AND West agrees with this-omg.
They try to push Kyle to go get Amanda, but luckily Andy stops him before he embarrasses himself. While they wait for princess Amanda, the lover boys of summer become the topic of conversation. Lindsay gets called out for flirting with Ben and it makes so much more sense why Ben was acting not interested in her considering he was with Sabrina.
Speaking of Sabrina, things are going great- he even brought her to meet his fam. KJ admits he had no place to judge regarding the speed of Ben and Sabrina’s relationship, but the laughter fades once Amanda rejoins the set with her wanna-be main character energy.
Dara gets called back to reiterate the “West Show,” and she says his biggest concern is to be well-liked and well-received. He wants someone to mold and fold and fit into his life without complaint and Dara wonders if Amanda thinks this is worth sacrificing for the type of person West is.
“The biggest pattern in his life is that it’s the West show and it will always be the West show. And the biggest concern of his consistently is being well liked and well received. And he doesn’t prioritize treating the women he is linked to romantically with the same respect as he does anybody else in his life,” said Dara about West.
Andy points out that it would be ironic if Amanda jumped from the Kyle show to the West show. And even Andy says that the Kyle show has had its moments…
Over the summer, when confronted by Ciara, Jesse froze and hid his feelings because he misread the situation. He admits that he went about things in a joking fashion, but it was never meant that way. Jesse did NOT write his song about Ciara, nor did he write it about West and Amanda. Jesse remains single, but shares that he is looking for something more serious.
Despite Jesse’s music taking a beating online, he is still putting himself out there with a tour. Jesse becomes emotional and appreciates all of the support from his friends now that his music career is starting to work.
This summer, Carl felt “in the mix” and opening Soft Bar has been quite the accomplishment for him. Jesse, an investor, has been aware of all of the ups and downs with the business, but Carl shares that the last month has been profitable. Carl admits that he felt like he had something to prove to Lindsay with his endeavor and appreciates her support.
Carl and Lindsay are in a MUCH better place and Lindsay shares that she is proud of who Carl was this past summer. She feels like he is finally the person he is supposed to be and always wanted to be. Cue the tears.
Regarding the “Carl’s a Mess” ad, Lindsay jumped on this and decided to bring a “light-hearted energy to a dark situation.” Amanda claims she would never have monetized on Lindsay and Carl’s situation, but she WOULD sleep with a friend’s ex- got it.
Over the summer, Carl stated that he started to see the foundation of his friendship with Kyle cracking. Kyle jumps in and shares that he was not in the place to give what Carl needed to their friendship. Kyle was struggling financially and with his relationship, and upon hearing this, Amanda smirks. Amanda claims she hated to see Kyle hitting Carl where it hurts during their fight and points out that Kyle often just sees red when he gets angry.
Andy reminds West that he moved his chair to be closer to Amanda during the fight and West felt as though Kyle was taking his anger out on Amanda. West then goes on to call Kyle a “d*ckhead” and Amanda lights up for the first time.
Kyle takes full accountability for his behavior during the dinner table spiral. He admits that hurt people hurt people and Lindsay shares that she was instigating in order to try and understand their marriage. Amanda claims it was nice to have a guy stand up to Kyle the way West did. Too bad West can’t relate to marriage…
West comparing Kyle to the Wolf of Wall Street was a “dramatic metaphor” that was only said because he was fired up. He is not trying to make Kyle look “extra bad”- he just wanted someone to tell Kyle to go say sorry to Amanda.
When Amanda said Kyle only starting DJing to spite her, it really hurt him. This, according to Kyle, set the tone for the summer. However, Amanda claims the tone was set when Kyle slept at a fan’s house, which was a big turning point for her. For ten years, Amanda’s biggest gripe was that Kyle partied too hard and stayed out too late, but now Amanda is living that (single) life. Kyle points out the hypocrisy that Amanda is once again with someone who loves to stay out late.
When Amanda says she only hated going out with Kyle, Kyle flips out and yells.
“Give me a break. This kid parties twice as hard as I do. And I say kid cause you’re the most immature fraudulent phony I’ve ever met. So shut the f**k up!” said Kyle to West.
Kyle tries to share the timeline and explains that he only officially split with Amanda the day they posted that they are “mutually and amicably parting ways as a couple.” Amanda claims she made up her mind about their marriage on New Years day and she wanted to go into 2026 with a fresh start. She contacted Bravo PR saying she wanted to put out a statement.
Carl steps up for Kyle and shares that despite the rumors and DMs, he’s never seen Kyle cheat on Amanda; however, Kyle admits to being inappropriate since he has been starved and deprived for four years.
Amanda begs to differ, stating that “Kyle has stepped out of the marriage” while they were together. Lindsay wonders if Amanda means Kyle did ear stuff with a girl-LOL. Kyle points out that it’s been an unhappy marriage with 4 years of needs not being met.
“There have been times when I’ve been out and I’ve been inappropriate. I will own it. Did I ever have an affair? No. Did I ever sleep with someone? No. Have I been like completely starved of anything and everything from you? Yeah, and I’ve acted out,” shared Kyle.
But Kyle DID make out with Salley Carson in February. Ciara DID call Amanda when it happened, because she is that good of a friend.
“When I found that out, I immediately called Amanda. And I told her that Kyle was making out with Salley [Carson]. And I thought that was crazy. I thought it was absurd. It’s insane… I’m just making an example of how good of a friend I was to you and how you’re a friend to me. So I just want to point that out,” said Ciara to Amanda.
And regarding Meghan King, Kyle gave her a kiss goodnight (on his tip toes). Despite the rocky marriage, Kyle feels like the show was their form of therapy.
There’s a break for lunch and West immediately pulls out his phone (perhaps browsing Tinder?). Amanda vents her frustrations to him because they’re all trying to make her feel stupid for trusting him. West realizes that Amanda felt cornered. He advises Amanda to try not to be so snippy (cute) and his big plan is to “breathe, apologize, and deliver it simple.”
In the meantime, Ciara FaceTimes with Meija, West’s ex-girlfriend (??). She recaps the reunion and tells Meija that it does not even look like West and Amanda like each other. When Kyle jumps onto the call with Ciara, Meija reconfirms that she has been dating West since last summer and he referred to her as his girlfriend. Interesting.
Meija then goes on to open up about her relationship with West.
“We were literally dating last summer while you guys were filming. He referred to me as his girlfriend all the time. We just weren’t in a public relationship. Literally was at his house like every weekend that he was filming,” she shared.
Meija added, “We knew we were in an exclusive relationship. I go over there the night before WWHL. Everything was so fine. He was telling me how much he loves me…”
Apparently West kept their relationship on the DL because he claimed he would get fired for having a relationship with someone not in the Bravosphere.
AND he acted like he was protecting her AND now she’s left on her own to figure things out after being manipulated by West. Phew. Kyle wonders if they can call Meija on set as they prepare to confront West with all the receipts. NOW who is gonna feel cornered?
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE SUMMER HOUSE REUNION EPISODE?