{"id":91254,"date":"2026-05-06T04:17:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/west-wilson-calls-summer-house-reunion-darkest-therapy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T04:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:17:32","slug":"west-wilson-calls-summer-house-reunion-darkest-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/west-wilson-calls-summer-house-reunion-darkest-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"West Wilson Calls Summer House Reunion &#8216;Darkest Therapy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>West Wilson<\/strong> is opening up about the highly contentious<em> Summer House<\/em> season 10 reunion.<\/p>\n<p>West, 31, discussed how difficult it was to film the reunion during a Monday, May 5, episode of his \u201cShow Me Something\u201d podcast, which he cohosts with WNBA star <strong>Sophie Cunningham<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are my friends, and I\u2019ve caused a lot of damage, which f***ing sucks,\u201d West said of the <em>Summer House<\/em> drama involving his new romance with <strong>Amanda Batula<\/strong>. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna take time, for sure. Doing the reunion was one step. Got through [it] and we\u2019re on the other side of it. Reunions aren\u2019t fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt\u2019s the darkest form of therapy. You don\u2019t normally get that much feedback on how your actions impact other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=200%2C113&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=600%2C338&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=800%2C450&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=900%2C506&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1000%2C563&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1200%2C675&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1600%2C900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1800%2C1012&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kyle-Cooke-Says-West-Wilson-Did-Not-Have-Amanda-Batula-Back-at-Summer-House-Reunion.jpg?crop=0px%2C45px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=1920%2C1080&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Kyle Cooke Says West Wilson Did Not Have Amanda Batula Back at Summer House Reunion\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kyle Says West Didn\u2019t Have Amanda\u2019s Back at \u2018Summer House\u2019 Reunion<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKyle Cooke is weighing in after Summer House fans took issue with West Wilson\u2019s silence while he and Amanda Batula were confronted by their costars in audio from the season 10 reunion. \u201cWest explicitly asked that any criticism or \u2018heat\u2019 be directed at him rather than Amanda on his podcast. West then proceeded to sit [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>West, who confirmed his romance with Amanda, 34, in March, explained that he hopes to \u201cbe better\u201d when it comes to cultivating and maintaining his friendships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not trying to be clich\u00e9, but the only thing I can do from this is learn and try and be better,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only way you can make experiences like this worth it, as dark as it gets, is to be better form it later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West continued, \u201cObviously, I have a lot to learn from and be better for, but it\u2019s absolutely the only way you can turn it positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:80%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4328078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=1000&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"West Wilson Calls Summer House Reunion 'Darkest Therapy\u2019\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=300&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=1000&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=1200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=1600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525484.jpeg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images for SiriusXM<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in the episode, he opened up about the infamous leaked reunion audio clips, which featured a heated discussion between him, Amanda, her estranged husband<strong> Kyle Cooke<\/strong> and West\u2019s ex <strong>Ciara Miller<\/strong>, who was close friends with Amanda before her romance with West.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone on stage could ever do it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s gotta be where [the] audio [team] is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West added that Bravo found the alleged culprit and subsequently fired them from the network, but did not publicly release the individual\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna ask eventually,\u201d he added. \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s ever happened before. Bravo is so buttoned up with everything. I\u2019m sure they\u2019re so f***ing pissed. Obviously, it wasn\u2019t me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West and Amanda\u2019s romance confirmation comes months after she announced her separation from Cooke, 43, after four years of marriage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this is still very new, we wanted to provide some clarity,\u201d the pair wrote via Instagram at the time. \u201cIt was never our intention to purposely hide anything. Given the complicated relationship dynamics involved and the scrutiny that comes with being on a reality show, we needed a little space to process things privately before speaking on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ciara, 30, broke her silence on the matter while chatting with <em>Glamour<\/em> last month, sharing, \u201cTo experience it so publicly is like another layer, and then to have to see what you thought was your life still play out in season 10. It\u2019s a major mindf***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cooke, for his part, also called Amanda and West\u2019s romance a \u201cmindf***.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Wilson is opening up about the highly contentious Summer House season 10 reunion. West, 31, discussed how difficult it was to film the reunion during a Monday, May 5, episode of his \u201cShow Me Something\u201d podcast, which he cohosts with WNBA star Sophie Cunningham. \u201cThese are my friends, and I\u2019ve caused a lot of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2258525198.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}