Amanda Batula is rethinking her dynamic with husband, Kyle Cooke. A tumultuous season of Summer House is currently airing in regards to the reality TV couple’s relationship. They’ve been bickering about fundamentals, such as where to live and when to have children, all season.
Not only that but the fundamentals of Amanda’s entire character have been belittled by Kyle, who called life with her “boring.” Well, they were fighting about his partying ways after all.
But perhaps that fight was the catalyst for the Loverboy Creative Director to reconsider her role in the relationship. As Season 8 was filmed over the summer of 2023, it’s possible that Amanda has put in the work since then and decided on a different dynamic with Kyle.
Amanda wants an identity other than being “Kyle’s wife”
The Bravolebrity spoke about the momentous decision during a recent appearance on Page Six’s Virtual Reali-Tea podcast. As if to set the tone, Amanda appeared without her husband.
“I have been in Kyle’s shadow sort of by choice. I’ve kind of hid behind him and let him take the lead. But I think it’s time to branch out from that,” she told hosts Evan Real and Danny Murphy.
“I don’t want to just be seen as, like, Kyle’s girlfriend or Kyle’s wife. So I’m here by myself. I left him at home with the dogs,” she explained.
Amanda described how she is choosing to represent herself of late, which goes in tandem with why she interviewed without Kyle. It was, in fact, one of her first “solo press days.”
“If there’s like an uncomfortable question, I have to respond. I can’t be like, ‘You go first and I’ll follow.’ No, it’s just me, myself, and I today,” she said.
Amanda is “bouncing back” after BravoCon 2023
Amanda revealed that BravoCon in November 2023 marked a point that she “hit a low.” Since then, the Summer House favorite is putting effort into “bouncing back.” And that self-work has translated into a healthier relationship with Kyle.
“We’re happy and we’re thriving. And now, we’re ready to work on ourselves. Because before there was no energy to do anything,” she said.
However, their rate of “growing” isn’t synched. Amanda said Kyle is “slowly learning” and it is “just taking him a bit longer.”
The most challenging for the couple is to leave the “past in the past,” especially in regards to rewatching their fights on Summer House.
“I think the biggest thing for us has sort of been, you know, unless there’s something that we really do need to still work through, sort of leaving the past in the past, because you live it and then it airs and you don’t want to keep reliving the same fights, the same arguments” Amanda revealed.
“As long as it’s been squashed, we kind of just leave it in the past and move forward,” she concluded.
Catch Summer House Thursdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
TELL US – WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO AMANDA APPEARING SOLO? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HER JOURNEY TO STEP OUT OF KYLE’S SHADOW? DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO REWATCH FIGHTS ON SUMMER HOUSE?
