Months before Summer House‘s Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke announced their split, they were still “hopeful” that they could repair their crumbling marriage.
Between weekends in the Hamptons, Amanda and Kyle attended Lindsay Hubbard’s housewarming party in New York City during Season 10, Episode 10. The then-couple was all smiles as they chatted about going on a group date with Mia Calabrese, her boyfriend Scott, and Ciara Miller. When Amanda joked that Kyle would be “the fifth wheel,” he laughed and even gladly offered to “sit in the awkward chair.”
“I’m in high spirits because Amanda and I agreed to go to couples therapy,” Kyle explained in a confessional. “Something had to literally break for us to agree to go to couples therapy. I’ll take full responsibility [for] breaking it. I said F you [to Amanda]. I feel horrible. But, like, I’m finally feeling hopeful and optimistic and excited. Like, all right, we only have two weekends left, but let’s make the most of them.”
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A bit later in the episode, Amanda shared a similar sentiment in a producer interview.
“Last weekend was really, really bad,” she admitted. “But I feel like [there are] a lot of things, good things happening. And I’m hoping that we’re moving in the right direction, and he’s finally truly heard me.”
Amanda continued, “Couples therapy feels like our last option. Like, that’s all we have left. If we can’t pay someone to fix our problems, then [what] the f–k are we doing?”
Amanda Batula reveals she “kind of forgot” Kyle Cooke’s birthday
Though the Summer House cast celebrated Kyle’s birthday a couple of days early out east with a senior citizen-themed bash, the special occasion wasn’t at the top of mind for Amanda when the actual day arrived, back in NYC. During an al fresco lunch with Lindsay and Mia, she recapped how Kyle’s birthday morning had played out.
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“Honestly, I kind of forgot it was his birthday,” Amanda confessed to the duo. “I was, like, so tired. I had, like, such a bad headache. So I asked if he could just, like, walk the dogs. I probably should have, like, woke up and said, like, ‘Happy birthday! Can you walk the dogs?’ But instead, I was like, ‘My head hurts. Can you please walk the dogs?'”
She realized her memory lapse soon afterward, however. “And then he came back in, and then I was like, ‘Happy birthday!'” Amanda added.
Inside Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke’s conversation about couples therapy
The subject of Amanda and Kyle starting couples therapy had arisen during the previous episode as they capped off another weekend in their share house. Before heading back to the city, the two sat down to discuss some of their marital issues.
During their chat in Episode 9, Amanda acknowledged that Kyle was under a lot of “stress” and “pressure” amid Loverboy’s financial crisis. “I know that, like, sometimes it’s not me that’s making you feel that way, and you’re just, like, at a breaking point with other stuff,” she told him.
Kyle replied, “There are times [when] I don’t think you care. How come we’re not putting in the work? … I guess that’s what is confusing for me. Like, would you go into couples therapy?”
Amanda reminded Kyle that she’d already said that she would, prompting him to add, “I love you, and I know, like, that’s why we’re still together. Like, we have a love for one another. But, like, I need to feel like we’re in, like, a partnership and, like, that we are in it together. I just feel like constant s–t.”
As they hugged it out, Kyle concluded, “I just want to feel loved,” and Amanda simply responded, “So do I.”
As they begin their therapy journey on Summer House Season 10, get details on Amanda and Kyle’s finances and “separate bank accounts” prior to their separation.
