Welcome back to the Hamptons! Andrea Denver was taken aback by how quickly his Summer House castmates turned on each other during the Monday, March 6, episode.
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A deep dive into the drama. Kyle Cooke exclusively gave Us Weekly the run-down of the long-standing tension between him and Summer House costar Carl Radke that led to Carl’s exit from Loverboy.
“It was a long time in the making,” Kyle, 40 — who founded the alcohol brand in 2018 with wife and Summer House costar Amanda Batula — told Us about Carl’s departure from the company while promoting season 7 of Summer House. Noting that the Pennsylvania native quit in November 2022 “after many, many months of him not really focusing on work,” Kyle shared that he paid his friend “a full-time salary for an entire year when he spent most of it checked out.” (Carl, for his part, explained to Us earlier this month that the reason he chose to leave the gluten-free hard tea brand was because “it didn’t feel like it aligned authentically for me” after getting sober in 2020.)
Kyle, who acknowledged that the topic is a “sensitive subject,” shared that “some of [his] frustration” with Carl was when he brought up “feeling under-appreciated and underpaid.”
“I’m like, you know, let’s not forget about all of the things that I put up with. I’ve been … patient [as] a boss,” Kyle said, noting that “part of [his] patience was letting [Carl] try to literally redefine his role” at the company, going from a sales position to “the face of the brand,” throwing parties for Loverboy.
Kyle also set the record straight that he did not fire his colleague — “he resigned in good graces,” the Bravo personality noted — but that didn’t mean that Carl pushed his luck a time or two.
“He gave me plenty of opportunities to fire him,” Kyle said, confirming that the Syracuse University alum left on his own accord, though he believes that Carl’s fiancée, Lindsay Hubbard,
Welcome back to the Hamptons! Andrea Denver was taken aback by how quickly his Summer House castmates turned on each other during the Monday, March 6, episode.
The tangled web they weave! Kyle Cooke warned pal Carl Radke about Lindsay Hubbard’s “manipulative” ways after she came for his wife, Amanda Batula, on Summer House.
Amanda Batula and Lindsay Hubbard‘s beef goes back further than the fans first thought.
After posting a selfie on her Instagram, Khloé Kardashian shut down trolls accusing her of having plastic surgery, reminding them she had a tumor removed from her face. On Sunday, the reality star shared the photo, taken in the gym, with a close up of her face that showed a small bandage on her left cheek with the caption, "Happy Sunday." Most fans congratulated the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" alum for her healthy glow, but others questioned what the bandage was for. "And what the heck is on your cheek?" wrote one user.
Spilling the tea! Summer House’s Paige DeSorbo gave her unfiltered opinion about Lindsay Hubbard and Danielle Olivera’s friendship amid questions of loyalty and blind allegiance.
Dancing On Ice's Carley Stenson broke down in tears on Sunday's episode of the ITV skating show as she was eliminated ahead of the semi-final. During the latest episode, Carley, 40, found herself in the dreaded skate-off with Siva Kaneswaran and after her routine she revealed she had injured herself.To which host Holly Willoughby revealed they would send a medic to look at her.
After Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke went toe-to-toe with many of their Summer House housemates on season 7, Mya Allen is offering an exclusive update on their friendship.
Bravo’s “Summer House” and E!’s “Nikki Bella Says I Do” both exhibited growth in three-day viewership figures, TheWrap can exclusively report. The NBCUniversal-owned unscripted cable series saw increases in their Season 7 premiere and Season 1 finale, respectively.
Picking a side? Mya Allen came to Summer House costar Kyle Cooke’s defense after he claimed former coworker and friend Carl Radke was “coked out” during the early days of Loverboy.
Danielle Olivera boils down her issues with co-star (and former BFF) Lindsay Hubbard to one term: self-absorbed.«What's the opposite of empathy?» she asks over video chat with ET. The two, who used to call each other «arroz con pollo,» fell out while filming season 7 of the Bravo hit, airing Monday nights. Lindsay's made it clear, she doesn't understand why their friendship took the turn it did, but Danielle sees it as perfectly clear.«Maybe most of our friendship was about me helping her and that's why it went so well,» Danielle says, «because I was always there for her.
's Danielle Olivera and chef Robert Sieber have ended their relationship after two years of dating. The 34-year-old reveals to ET that she and Sieber split late last year -- and haven't gone public with the news until now.«The rumors were kind of going out there… I haven't confirmed anything publicly… 'cause I didn't know how to say it then, and it was too emotional for me,» Olivera tells ET. «I'm in a much better place now — it's still emotional — but mentally, I'm like getting there.»Olivera and Sieber's relationship began in 2020 — when he slid into her DMs.
Summer House is making huge strides in presenting a diversified cast and last night’s episode hit a milestone with two full-time Latino cast members sharing the screen for the first time.
It’s over. Mya Allen confirmed she and Oliver Gray called it quits after he filmed scenes for season 7 of Summer House.
Not on the same page! Kyle Cooke’s frustration with Carl Radke over their work drama at Loverboy — and its toll on their friendship — came to a head while they spent a weekend apart on Summer House.
Carl Radke has been candid about the ups and downs in his sobriety — all of which are captured on Summer House.
Kyle Cooke admits Carl Radke's exit from Loverboy was «a long time coming.»«What people are seeing us kind of come into, that first weekend, is months of a little bit of long overdue conversation,» the star explains to ET of how season 7 kicked off, awkward tension looming between the two pals who, for the past three years, had worked together at Kyle's canned alcoholic beverage brand.Carl was feeling unfulfilled and undervalued at the company, but Kyle felt as if he'd done as much as he could to make his buddy happy in a way that also made sense for the business. Kyle says Carl's waning interest in the brand was felt beyond just him and his wife, Amanda Batula, who runs creative for Loverboy.«Multiple people approached me with concern,» he says.
By her side! Kyle Cooke is wife Amanda Batula’s biggest fan amid her recent fertility and hormonal issues.
, Kyle Cooke and Carl Radke have a tough talk about Loverboy, the company where Carl works, which Kyle founded. Things have been tense for the pals since moving back into their Hamptons house share, with some unspoken issues involving their jobs finally bubbling up to the surface on a group beach outing. «Work-wise, it’s just been nuts.
Summer may be over, but the feud is still heating up. Kyle Cooke is firing back at Lindsay Hubbard calling him “calculated” — and he isn’t mincing words.
The house is getting bigger! Season 7 of Summer House reunited old and new cast members in the Hamptons — with newcomer Samantha Feher making her debut in the premiere.