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These are still just rumors, but it is unfortunately possible that Summer House besties Ciara Miller and Amanda Batula have had a falling out over a man: their Summer House co-star West Wilson. Miller and Wilson briefly dated when Wilson first joined the cast of the show in 2023, and have continued in a light will-they-or-won’t-they situation ever since. Batula announced her divorce from husband Kyle Cooke in January. On March 5, DeuxMoi posted that Batula and Wilson have been casually hooking up, and now it is being suggested that this relationship (if it’s real) has come between Miller and Batula.
The biggest piece of evidence pointing to a Miller-Batula rift is that they were scheduled to do an Amazon Live stream together, per a press release, but wound up doing the event separately instead. Added to that, neither has been seen in the other’s Instagram comments in quite some time, unlike most of their other Summer House co-stars.
As for the rumor that Wilson and Batula are dating, Wilson said on Watch What Happens Live that he and Batula are just friends, but the internet remains unconvinced. Now, creators are pointing to pictures of Batula wearing what appears to be Wilson’s clothes as proof that there’s something going on there beyond friendship.
Before any of these rumors began, Batula cited her friendships with both Miller and Wilson as essential to getting her through the breakup of her marriage. “[Ciara] is one of the kindest, most loving, loyal friends I’ve ever had. She sends me texts out of the blue, reminding me how strong, powerful, smart, and kind I am — I don’t think she even realizes how much I need those texts,” Batula told Marie Claire in an interview. “It’s also meant so much to me how supportive West [Wilson] has been throughout the season, sometimes in ways I wasn’t even aware of when filming. It’s not performative; it’s just really authentic to who West is.”
I’ll just say, I am not here for any more friendship breakups.
