Who is Amanda Batula’s friend Katie DeLuca Arundel?
Katie is a New Jersey native who works for the rug company, Ernesta. “We do custom-size rugs. I do merchandising for them,” she told Bravo Insider in January. “So, I pick out the rugs, the assortment, make sure the product’s looking good. And yeah, it’s really fun.”
She is also close to many of the In The City Season 1 cast members, in addition to Amanda. “Through Amanda I’ve met Danielle [Olivera] and Danielle and I are also really, really close,” she said. “And then I know Lindsay [Hubbard] and Kyle [Cooke] and kind of the whole Summer House crew through kind of the osmosis effect of everybody else.”
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Is Katie DeLuca the same person as Katie Arundel on In The City?
Katie DeLuca became Katie Arundel when she married her husband, Matt Arundel, in August 2024.Â
Katie Arundel opens up about the important role Amanda Batula had in her wedding
Kyle took to Instagram that same month of Katie and Matt’s wedding, where he posted a series of photos from the wedding, where Amanda and Danielle served as bridesmaids. “We got married in Italy in August 2024,” Katie told Bravo Insider. “Kyle was our emcee. Amanda was a bridesmaid. Danielle was a bridesmaid, so it was a lot of fun.”
She continued, sharing more details about their wedding. “So it was lovely to have them all there, obviously, for the most important day of our lives, and it was just amazing,” she said. “It was in Todi, which is like an hour and 15 north of Rome. And we rented out a whole monastery. So there was 50 rooms, so basically everyone stayed on site for three days. It was just one big party, so it was really fun.”
Are Amanda Batula and Katie Arundel still friends?
Yes, Amanda and Katie are still friends. Amanda most recently commented on Katie’s Instagram post from June 5, saying that she loved Katie and Matt both “so so so so so much.”
Katie also recently took to her Instagram Story, where she posted a photo of Amanda hanging out with her, sitting on the streets of NYC, drinking a spritz. “Stripes and a half bun, how original,” she wrote, according to Reality Blurb.
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Katie Arundel’s life on In The City Season 1, as she makes appearances in episodes
As the group navigates new dynamics in their lives on Season 1 of In The City, Katie’s bio notes that she remains a constant presence in Amanda’s life. “Katie Arundel is dependable, warm, and, as her childhood best friend, one of the few people Amanda fully trusts. Katie’s unafraid to challenge Kyle in a way only a ride-or-die could. She’s fiercely loyal but that doesn’t come without complications as Katie is also close with Danielle who doesn’t always see eye-to-eye with Amanda,” he bio notes.
