Key Points
- Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke ended their marriage in January 2026 after years of drama.
- Batula began dating West Wilson, sparking backlash and the “Scamanda” controversy.
- Upcoming spinoff “In the City” will address their breakup and ensuing relationship drama.
Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke’s relationship played out over nearly a decade on Bravo’s Summer House, complete with all the hallmarks of a dysfunctional reality-TV romance: cheating allegations, explosive fights, tearful reconciliations.
After years of ups and downs — and to the surprise of exactly no one — the couple announced their split in January 2026. But the drama only escalated from there. Within months, Batula revealed she was dating fellow Summer House cast member West Wilson — the ex of her close friend Ciara Miller — and the backlash from fans and castmates was swift.
“I’m truly sorry to everyone I’ve disappointed and hurt, especially those I know personally who I’ve reached out to individually,” Batula said in response to the scandal, dubbed “Scamanda.”
Now, Batula is set to face more scrutiny with the premiere of the new Summer House spinoff, In the City, which follows several cast members back to New York.
“You are going to see drama, crying, fighting,” she said in a teaser for the series. Meanwhile, her show bio says she’s “focusing on finding balance between her personal life and professional ambitions, while the demise of her marriage is front and center.”
Keep reading to learn more about Batula and Cooke’s relationship, from how it began to why it ended and more.
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Are Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke still together in 2026?
No. The pair announced their split after four years of marriage on Jan. 19, 2026.
“After much reflection, we have mutually and amicably decided to part ways as a couple,” they announced in a joint statement. “We share this with a heavy heart and kindly ask for your grace and support while we focus on our personal growth and healing.”
Is Amanda Batula with West Wilson now?
Yes. About three months after announcing her split from Cooke, she and Wilson released a joint statement confirming rumors they were a couple.
“We’ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this is still very new, we wanted to provide some clarity,” they shared on March 31, 2026.
They went on to say that they never meant to “hide anything” but that “given the complicated relationship dynamics involved,” they needed time to “process things privately” before speaking out about their romance.
“We’ve shown up for each other as friends over the years, through all the highs and lows, and what’s developed recently was the last thing either of us expected,” they said. “Our connection grew out of a genuine, long-standing friendship, which made it especially important for us to approach this with care.”
Will the ‘Scamanda’ storyline be on In the City?
Yes, although it’s unclear to what extent it’ll be covered since the debut season had completed production in fall 2025 — many months before the Scamanda drama exploded online.
In an interview with The Ankler published April 29, Bravo chairman Frances Berwick revealed that, similar to the last-minute Vanderpump Rules pickups during the height of “Scandoval,” producers went back and shot additional scenes so the premiere could address the controversy head-on.
“We have a new scene that we shot with a couple of the cast members,” Berwick said (via Deadline).
Prior to Berwick’s comments, In the City was expected to largely focus on the breakdown of Batula and Cooke’s marriage.
Meanwhile, it’s still a mystery as to how much West or Miller will appear in the Bravo spinoff since neither one is part of the official cast.
How did Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke meet?
The pair met in 2015, at a mutual friend’s birthday party in New York City. They dated for about nine months before splitting due to Cooke’s “cold feet.” As fate would have it, they reconnected in the Hamptons and found themselves at the Summer House without realizing that cameras were rolling. As Kyle once put it: “Then the rest was history.”
When did Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke get married?
Batula and Cooke got engaged in 2018 and eventually tied the knot on Sept. 25, 2021, in Amanda’s hometown of Hillsborough, New Jersey, after pandemic-related delays.
Their wedding became a major storyline on Summer House, with Batula openly questioning whether Cooke was mature enough for marriage. At one point, she had him sign a legal contract guaranteeing he’d foot the entire bill for the wedding if he were to back out of it. “We have a whole f–king paper signed that says if Kyle cannot control his drinking and we call off the wedding, then he owes my parents every single penny,” Batula said on the show. “That’s how serious it’s gotten.”
Still, they ultimately went through with the ceremony, which appeared in an episode of Summer House. “I know we aren’t the role model couple – we have our flaws and we put them all out there for everyone to judge – but we both know what true love is and what’s worth fighting for,” Cooke wrote ahead of the episode, which aired May 2, 2022.
Did Kyle Cooke cheat on Amanda Batula?
Yes. On the Season 3 premiere of Summer House, which aired in March 2019 — after Cooke and Batula got engaged — he admitted to cheating on her the year prior.
“I was on a guys’ trip, I blacked out, and I woke up with a girl in my bed,” he said on the show. “I’ve never felt worse in my entire life.”
Cheating rumors dogged them their entire marriage, and were often at the root of their problems. But by Summer House Season 10, Batula didn’t seem to care whether her husband was faithful or not — which she herself admitted was a red flag.
“I used to have crazy reactions [to rumors],” she said. “Like, I used to call him, I would just be sobbing, and I could not sleep until he got home, and now I’m just like, f–k it; I don’t even care what he’s doing. But, being ‘whatever’ about everything is really not a good sign.”
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Did Amanda Batula cheat on Kyle Cooke with West Wilson?
That was the question on everyone’s mind when the pair revealed they were dating, and it only grew louder after Batula and Wilson were seen flirting in a Season 10 episode of Summer House filmed months before she and Cooke announced their split. “It would be insanity… it would be diabolical behavior for them to behave in a flirty way if something was going on,” Cooke told Page Six after the episode aired.
Making matters worse, Page Six reported that Wilson was in an “exclusive” relationship with another woman when news of his romance with Batula broke. But he’s emphatically denied that there was any cheating involved at the start of their relationship.
“I know there are a thousand different theories on the internet right now, but that is one thing that for sure did not happen,” Wilson said on his podcast Show Me Something. “Everyone was single.”
Related: ‘Summer House’s Lindsay Hubbard Accuses Amanda Batula of ‘Decoy Husband’ Move
What happened between Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke?
Where to begin? Throughout their relationship on Summer House, Batula struggled with Cooke’s partying, drinking and workaholic ways, while Cooke complained that Batula was critical of him and unhappy in their marriage.
Summarizing their relationship on a Season 10 episode of Summer House, Batula said, “In couples therapy, I am telling this woman our love story, and it sounds like a f–kin’, like, psychological thriller. There is no rom in this com, OK?” The two had years of unresolved trust issues and mounting resentments that finally ended in their split.
Despite the breakup, the two have publicly said they still care about each other, and Cooke recently defended his ex from online backlash in the wake of Scamanda. “I talked to her last night and I think — I understand people have all sorts of opinions and I’m not justifying any behavior,” Cooke told Page Six. “But, from what I’m seeing, she’s kind of getting cyber bullied and at the end of the day, all I know is, West seems to be the kind of guy playing multiple women at the same time.”
Fans can rest assured that all this drama will get unpacked on In the City, Summer House and social media in the weeks and months to come.
About the author
Entertainment Editor, Parade
Patti Greco is the Deputy Editor, Entertainment for Parade, where she covers TV, celebs and pop culture. Prior to her current role, she was a freelance writer/editor whose work has appeared in Bustle, Elle, Vanity Fair and more.
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