As KJ Dillard and Dara Levitan make their relationship official, Ciara Miller and Mia Calabrese admit they have some concerns during the above preview of Summer House Season 10, Episode 12 (airing Tuesday, April 21 at 8/7c).
The sneak peek kicks off with Ciara joking to KJ, “Heard you got a girlfriend!” while Mia calls the development “big news.” Although KJ goes on to admit that his relationship with Dara “feels like the same, honestly,” the women decide to pull him aside for a private conversation.
When KJ asks for their “questions, comments, concerns,” Ciara jumps right in. “Look, all I’ll say is I think it’s a little fast. I want you to brace yourself,” she warns him.
As KJ tries to protest, Ciara continues, and draws on her own relationship with ex West Wilson. “But I’m telling you, from someone who’s done multiple share houses, obviously I’m speaking from bad experience, but like, no one’s going anywhere,” she tells him. “So like, no need to rush the process. I understand this is how you feel.”
Mia jumps in with her own thoughts on the matter. “You’re smart. You’re emotional. You know what you need. You know what’s important to you. We’re just checking in because obviously I care about you,” she says.
But she also shares her own warning: “You’re a little younger than her, and I just want to make sure you guys are in line with what you want, what she wants, and being aware of the reality.”
Where KJ Dillard and Dara Levitan’s relationship stands today
KJ and Dara are still together and going strong, according to their recent social media posts. Dara shared sweet pics of the two kissing and embracing on April 6, and added a photo of KJ carrying her on his back as the two laughed.
She spilled more about their first date to Page Six’s Virtual Reali-Tea podcast on March 10. “The first date, you know, we went to a concert and just had such a great time,” she said, and hinted that viewers would see them grow closer throughout Summer House Season 10. “The fun is definitely going to continue, and where that lands, we’re all going to see how that plays out,” she added.
She also shared what initially attracted her to KJ. “There was something different about [him] for me, he was a little bit more soft-spoken, he led forward with like, this very kind, warm energy,” she told the outlet.
“And although I can be very exuberant and outgoing, I am very soft and sensitive and a lover girl,” she concluded. “And I felt like I saw some similarities in creativity and in just sort of world views. Like, I felt very comfortable with him and like maybe I could let more sides of me out, rather than just the flirt of it all.”
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Dara Levitan explains her Summer House Season 10 drama concerning Ben Waddell
In case you need a refresher, Dara and KJ’s relationship didn’t get off to an entirely smooth start on Summer House. During Episode 8, as KJ was preparing to welcome Dara to the Hamptons for the weekend, Lindsay Hubbard shared a story she’d heard from Bailey Taylor concerning Dara and Ben Waddell, where Dara allegedly spent an hour in Ben’s room during an earlier party. The story gave KJ some anxiety, and he mentioned it to Dara.
“That’s not true,” she responded. “I literally was in Ben’s room because I put my stuff in there. I changed, and I came right back out. … That just actually, like, factually never happened. If it did, I would be like, ‘Yeah, I was. We were talking, getting to know each other.’ It just actually never happened.”
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She went on to reassure KJ, “Genuinely, the person that I had an interest in was you.”
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