Kyle Cooke Admits He Wasn't 'Seeing Eye to Eye' with Amanda Batula
Almost two years after trying to get married, Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula returned to the Hamptons for the eighth season of Summer House. But the honeymoon phase is definitely over.
“I'm not going to lie, when we were there in the summer, we weren't in bad shape. Position, but we definitely don't agree on some things, like work-life balance," Cooke, 41.
When Kyle and Amanda, 32, arrived home with Paige DeSorbo, Ciara Miller, Gabby Prescod and her new roommate West Wilson in Wednesday's premiere, Paige asked Amanda to pick an "era." I'm in the age of patience, especially when it comes to Kyle," Amanda agreed as Kyle showed off the house at 28 west.
In an on-camera interview, Amanda explained that the pregnancy scare she had months earlier at the Winter House affected her marriage.
"There's a reason I go back to this house every year and it's to spend more time with people other than Kyle," the New Jersey native said. “I finally took a pregnancy test this winter. And I have a feeling we haven't been good since then. This test really made us think about what's next. And we're not ready yet."
At this point in the wedding, Kyle answers questions about him and Amanda trying to start a family and move to New York. The city comes from all sides.
"All these pressing issues aren't just about the producers and the audience, they're our friends, they're our family," the CEO and founder of Lover boy tells. “You say, 'What's next?'”
After West prepares a quesadilla dinner for the house with Ciara's help, what that her roommate Amanda overheard, Gabby and Danielle Olivera helped clean up. Amanda tried to convince her husband to help her too and he told her: "You need to keep your nerves under control."
"I "I feel like we are really struggling to get there." "I feel like we're on the same team in everything," Kyle said in a confessional interview.
After dinner, the housemates went to a local carnival where they played games, rode horses and drank beer. Kyle, who won a Rasta banana eating contest called Mon, confronted Amanda about their lack of time together.
“I know we are coming out of this very well. ...We will go out separately with our friends. "What I want for this summer is for us to spend more time together," he told Amanda. "We're kind of a hip anti-tie couple."
Amanda told Kyle it was his fault they weren't spending time together. "All you do is sit in your office,” he added.
Kyle said he had a feeling Amanda didn't like missing him. Her when she was gone.
“I'm at home, taking care of the dogs and watching TV, so I'm fine,” he replied.
Kyle hoped he and Amanda could be "a little more inseparable," saying, "I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one missing something in our relationship," he said. .
Amanda suggests: “Let's use the summer to get back into the swing of things. »
Kyle admits that he and Amanda have difficulty finding a work-life balance.
“We're not making it easy for ourselves,” “Three years ago we filmed two television programs. We work together and run a business, especially in the alcohol sector, where it is extremely difficult and puts us under pressure. It's definitely affecting our relationship."
The morning after Carnival, Amanda gave Kyle a hard time by spending most of the night with him. Stuffed banana.
"He blames me, makes my life difficult and then what did he do all night?" She's dating Mon," admitted Amanda, Danielle, 35 years, as Kyle heard.
For the first party of the summer, Gabby threw a glittering fourth pre-party in July. New housemate Jesse Solomon arrived on time for the party, but Summer House veterans Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard spent the weekend in Washington, D.C.
Kyle met Paige. 31, during the party and she told him about her relationship problems.
“She says things that shut me up,” Kyle said. “I don't feel like we're playing as we would like as a team. We started talking about next steps, we talked about family, we talked about finding a home. But my God, I'm a little scared. His main problem with me is that I work too much. How can you make my job harder? I'm trying to be financially secure."
In a confessional interview, Paige suggested that Amanda was simply being herself.
"Part of it is simply for his wife by him. Personality. Said the fashion influencer. "And I don't think he realized it when they got married."
Kyle he reiterated to Paige that, given the situation between him and Amanda at the time, "The idea of adding children to the mix terrifies me."
The native from New Hampshire told People that he considers Summer House a single entity - something from Shot. Months of therapy.
"I always found filming a bit 'therapy for couples in the same program," she says. "I know it sounds crazy, but you're forced to talk about things you feel comfortable avoiding, and I consider Summer House my therapy."
Later, at after the party, Paige told Amanda what she and her husband had discussed.
“It's full of stuff,” Amanda replied. “The evidence is clear. Last night she said to me, "I want to spend more time with you." And I said, "Let's take a ride on the Ferris wheel together." » And then he took a ride in a stuffed animal. She won. Then "He's just making bullshit up." He's stressed about work so he takes it out on me."
The premiere ended with Paige mentioning to Amanda that Kyle had expressed his concerns about the next steps in her marriage.
"Then go and be single!" Amanda commented: "What do you want, for example? I mean, she cheated on me and I took it back. And it's like we're talking about it. Put it together."