Before the Summer House Scandal Took Over Your Feed, Lindsay Hubbard Was Spotted Getting “Activated” Downtown
It was just another day of lunch service at the Odeon, the Tribeca restaurant recently depicted on FX’s Love Story, when word of a reality TV scandal began to spread. In the bustling dining room, Lindsay Hubbard, a former publicist and original cast member on Bravo’s Summer House, was sipping wine with a couple of other women, getting up from their table to take a few frantic phone calls. In recent weeks, whispers that two of her costars were secretly dating had been floating throughout New York City and when she rejoined her table, Hubbard appeared to have received some form of confirmation. “Ciara just said…” she urgently told her tablemates, dissolving into a hushed, but excited tone, according to a fellow diner and source close to Vanity Fair. (Hubbard’s reps declined to comment to VF.)Just 24 hours later, the rest of the world learned what Ciara Miller may have told her “activated” costar over day drinks: Miller’s ex-boyfriend West Wilson had been covertly dating her best friend Amanda Batula, all of whom share a Hamptons house as part of rosé-soaked reality show Summer House.Summer House castmates Jesse Solomon, Lindsay Hubbard, Amanda Batula, Ciara Miller, and West Wilson at BravoCon in November 2025.Bravo/Getty ImagesOn Tuesday, Batula and Wilson released a joint statement confirming their new relationship after weeks of rumors that things had turned romantic between them. “We’ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this is still very new, we wanted to provide some clarity. It was never our intention to purposely hide anything,” Batula and Wilson wrote in a statement shared to both of their Instagram Stories on March 31. “Given the complicated relationship dynamics involved and the scrutiny that comes with being on a reality show, we needed a little space to process things privately before speaking on it. We’ve shown up for each other as friends over the years, through all the highs and lows, and what’s developed recently was the last thing either of us expected,” their shared statement continued. “Our connection grew out of a genuine, long-standing friendship, which made it especially important for us to approach this with care.”Much of Summer House—Bravo’s show that introduced influencers like Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner to the masses—has been fueled by Batula’s rocky relationship with Kyle Cooke, both of whom have been on the series since its 2017 start. The couple married in September 2021, and Batula recently announced her separation from Cooke in January. Wilson formerly dated Ciara Miller, one of Batula’s close friends and their fellow castmate. On the currently airing season of Summer House, a still-married Batula is shown encouraging Wilson and Miller’s potential reconciliation. The show’s ratings were already up in the ratings before its central love quadrangle captured the internet’s attention.
