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Kyle Cooke is speaking out about his estranged wife, Amanda Batula, following her and West Wilson‘s reveal regarding their previously secret romance.
After the Summer House couple went public, admitting to what fans had suspected for weeks with a statement on Instagram on Tuesday, Kyle, 43, admitted to being worried about Amanda, 34, threw major shade at West, 31, and confirmed whether he’d been in touch with Ciara Miller, 30, as Jesse Solomon, 32, denied being in the loop about what was going on between them.
“I’m good. I appreciate people checking in. I’m actually really worried about Amanda, if I’m being honest,” Kyle explained to Adam Glyn in a video interview shared on TikTok. “I talked to her both before they put the statement out — she gave me a heads-up — and I talked to her last night. I understand people have all sorts of opinions, and I’m not justifying any behavior, but, like, from what I’m seeing, she’s kind of getting cyberbullied.”
According to Kyle, West seems to be the “kind of guy [who plays] multiple women at the same time,” so he finds it odd that fans have chosen to go easy on him — all while “lighting up Amanda.”
“I just feel bad. Amanda knows that what she did was wrong, and she’s trying to come to terms with it, but she is not well,” he explained. “Amanda deals with mental health issues. Before cyberbullying her and then giving West the fallout, maybe think twice.”
Although Kyle revealed that he was “obviously frustrated” and “disappointed” by the situation, he doesn’t want to see his former spouse getting bullied.
“Hearing her and hearing how unwell she is, [with] dark thoughts, I just ask people to just, you know, maybe let off the gas a little bit with the cyberbullying and the hate,” he suggested.
Looking back at the rumors, which began just weeks after his and Amanda’s marriage reached its end, Kyle said he tried to give everybody the “benefit of the doubt.”
“I don’t understand the timeline just yet. It definitely makes me second-guess a lot of things last summer, just at a minimum, just how checked out she was, and my own unsuccessful ways, I was still trying to put an effort in. It’s a mental mind-f*ck for me, just because there’s still so much that we’re watching from the summer,” he shared. “Looking back, there’s a lot of us that look at his body language and how touchy and handsy he is with her, and I kind of just gave him a little bit of a hall pass. ‘Oh, it’s West.’”
“We’re still trying to figure all this out. I’m still trying to figure out the details, but I know, I can imagine West is using the same charm that he’s used on just about every other chick,” he added.
Then, after revealing that West “sent some half-a**ed text messages” to him amid the reveal of his relationship with Amanda, Kyle confirmed he was in touch with Ciara.
“Ciara and I have been in touch this whole week,” he noted.
@adamglyn Caught up with Summer House Star Kyle Cooke and we talk about the Amanda and West Relationship. This is Part 1 of 3! #bravotv #summerhouse ♬ original sound – Adam Glyn
Elsewhere, after it was suggested that Jesse may have kept Amanda and West’s relationship a secret for his friend, much like Tom Schwartz, 43, did for Tom Sandoval, 43, when he began cheating on Ariana Madix, 40, with their Vanderpump Rules castmate and friend, Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, 31, Jesse set the record straight.
“I heard the rumors, but they were denied to me multiple times,” he insisted.
Summer House season 10 airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
