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Amanda Batula and her boyfriend, West Wilson, were photographed in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York City on Wednesday, following the release of the first look at the Summer House reunion.
As their romance, which they first confirmed at the end of March, becomes increasingly serious, and as West, 31, shot down the idea that he was on the dating app Raya on an episode of his podcast, Amanda, 34, was all smiles as she carried a green juice with her beau, who had an iced coffee in hand.
In the May 21 photo shared by Deuxmoi on Instagram, Amanda wore a striped shirt and shorts and had the dog she shares with estranged husband Kyle Cooke, 43, on a leash. Meanwhile, West sported a wrinkled tan shirt and shorts.
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As for West’s comments about not being on a dating app on Show Me Something, which he co-hosts with basketball player Sophie Cunningham, the reality star revealed that he’d been faced with fake profiles for months.
“People are making Rayas of me the last like six months. I’m not on Raya or a dating app. I haven’t been on a dating app since, like, I think 2023 or 2022. I haven’t been on dating apps in a long, long time,” West insisted.
He then said he hoped that those behind the fake profiles weren’t “using a wack game” with women.
“Because if you’re gonna pretend to be me on the internet, don’t be a f*cking dork a** loser,” he demanded.
West went on to suggest that those on dating apps were looking for “validation.”
“I think because of the way that the internet works, the way human beings have evolved with the internet, I think that people probably also like the power of saying no to people on these dating apps … or feeling like, ‘I’m hotter or I’m cooler than this person. I’m f*cking swiping them left.’ I think that gave people a rush and gave people a sense of security and confidence, and so I feel like the swiping part was this weird, psychological game that people like, got addicted to,” he suspected.
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The three-part Summer House season 10 reunion begins next Tuesday, May 26, at 8/7c, followed by In The City season one at 9/8c on Bravo.