West Wilson stirred up a storm among his "Summer House" castmates with the details of his new romance. During the first part of the season 10 reunion, the 31-year-old spilled the beans on his controversial relationship with Amanda Batula, 34, who announced the end of her four-year marriage to Kyle Cooke on January 19th. According to West, he made the first move on the Jersey native at the end of February, right when his on-again-off-again relationship with her best friend, Ciara Miller, came to an end.
"When we were out, I kind of looked at Amanda," West confessed to host Andy Cohen on the May 26th Bravo episode. "And I was like, ‘Am I f--king crazy or is there a little something going on here?’"
In fact, it was after a group brunch on March 1st with fellow castmates Kyle, Jesse Solomon, and Ben Waddell that West and Amanda shared their first kiss—unbeknownst to their Hamptons friend group. The timing of this, which Ciara quipped was "so funny," was in light of texts she had received from Amanda at the time, insisting that West was nothing more than a friend.
"The internet is f--king on one right now and I feel like everything I do is under a microscope," Amanda had texted Ciara on March 5th, adding, "I can't believe I'm even having to text you this right now, but West and I are very much so just friends. I'm sad we're even having to discuss this."
"I hate the thought of things being weird between us because of West," Amanda added in later messages also shared by Ciara on stage. "That's so silly to me."
For her part, Amanda made it clear that she and West didn't have sex until after they publicly confirmed their romance in a joint statement posted on Instagram Stories on March 31st.
"Everything that was happening between us was PG," Amanda said. "Everything started with conversation and emotion."
"This isn't a sex scandal," West reiterated, clarifying, "This was like hanging out."
