Ciara Miller has a pointed message for Kyle Cooke about his and Amanda Batula’s future in the first look at the Summer House Season 10 finale (airing Tuesday, May 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo).
During the group’s après-ski party, Ciara sits Kyle down to unpack his behavior from the previous evening. That’s when Kyle explains how his difficulty processing their earlier talk on the beach about him and Amanda potentially separating had contributed to him crashing out during dinner. “I just felt hurt and very scared for the future,” he says, before further describing how he feels as though his life is “being blown apart at the seams.”
When Kyle adds that nobody seems to hear him, and he doesn’t even know “how to explain where [he’s] coming from anymore,” Ciara doesn’t mince her words, telling him, “You don’t know how to express yourself.”
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Though Ciara tells Kyle that she understands where he is coming from, she questions if him continuing to “lash out” at his loved ones, as he did with Amanda and Carl Radke, is the best path forward. “You create some irreparable damage in the process of this,” she explains. “Because your words do hold weight, and, like, a lot of people get caught in your crossfire, i.e. Carl, of, like, what you’re actually mad about. And, like, it makes it hard to be your friend.”
Ciara adds, “I’m not saying it from a place of judgment, but it is concerning.”
Ciara Miller insists “no one’s rooting for” Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula’s divorce
From there, Ciara comments more directly on Kyle and Amanda’s marriage, including how she and their housemates feel about their crumbling relationship, in the Summer House finale preview.
“At the end of the day, everyone’s trying to support you guys, and we want you to be happy,” Ciara insists. “We don’t know if that’s together or apart, but either way, we want you to be happy. No one’s rooting for you guys to get divorced. No one’s rooting for you guys to separate. But I want you guys to have a productive relationship and be able to exhale outside of each other.”
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After taking a pause to digest Ciara’s statement, an emotional Kyle responds, “I hear you. I’m sorry.”
Before they rejoin the backyard festivities, Ciara concludes, “Look at me. If I didn’t care about you, I wouldn’t say anything to you. … I don’t know if you can find Amanda in this party. You need to apologize for last night, and we can deal with all of the other issues. But one thing at a time.”
What Ciara Miller told Kyle Cooke about her separation talk with Amanda Batula
During Kyle and Ciara’s previous chat on the beach that he referenced in the finale, she recapped the earlier conversation she had with Amanda about them potentially separating.
After explaining to Kyle in Episode 14 that she had met up with Amanda in New York City right after their couples therapy session, Ciara revealed, “I’m like, ‘Would it be a crazy idea if you guys physically just separated for a month?'”
She went on to tell Kyle, “I know that you love her. You guys love each other. No one’s ever denied that. But, like, what is real here is, like, how you guys treat each other in this space and, like, the mental load that this all brings upon you guys. … She said she would be open to that, but she didn’t know if you would be open to that.”
In a confessional, Kyle admitted that he was “shocked,” before elaborating, “The fact that there’s separation conversations happening within our friend group, unbeknownst to me, while we’re trying to put our best foot forward in therapy, is disheartening. Like, we’re supposed to be putting it all out there with the therapist. You know, now this feels like there’s an elephant in the room, and I’m second-guessing what we’re doing.”
In the meantime, find out how to watch the Summer House Season 10 finale, as well as everything to expect from the episode.
