Guffawing on the concept of getting Paige DeSorbo again on TV.
After the podcast host, 32, introduced her exit from “Summer House” after seven seasons, her longtime finest buddy, Amanda Batula, is holding out hope that that is merely a break.
“She FaceTimed me and Ciara [Miller] and told us, and it was really tough to hear,” the swimsuit designer, 33, recalled completely to the Submit whereas selling her partnership with Swiffer.
“I think I was sort of expecting it just because she had such a rough time last summer, and you can really tell that her anxiety was taking her over. She stayed back a few Fridays, would stay back a weekend. She was really struggling, and I think that it’s the best decision for her.”
Throughout Season 9, viewers noticed DeSorbo navigating her relationship together with her now ex-boyfriend Craig Conover and getting ready to go on her “Giggly Squad” tour together with her podcast cohost Hannah Berner.
“I’m calling it taking a summer off,” Batula teased. “I’d like to think that she’s not done. I know that she is not done with TV. That girl was born for TV. So I know we’ll be seeing plenty of her. But I mean, it’s exhausting to go out to the Hamptons every single weekend, driving back and forth, sitting in the traffic, all the partying, the drinking. It’s a lot. And I think she went through it last summer, and she just needs a break. And I respect that.”
“But we’re very sad. Ciara and I are very sad,” she went on. “We just kind of looked at each other and were like, ‘It’s just the two of us.’”
Nonetheless, there may be hope of getting the fact star make a cameo or two.
“If we can get it together to throw a second annual snooze fest, I know our girl won’t miss it,” Batula mentioned. “So hopefully we can make that happen.”
After DeSorbo introduced her departure, she shared a collection of throwback footage from her time in the home, together with photographs of Berner, 33. The comic, who was once a solid member, beforehand had a falling out with Batula and her husband, Kyle Cooke, 42.
“There were so many moments and so many photos that we have that bring back these amazing memories that the three of us had together,” Batula gushed to the Submit. “It’s very unfortunate how it all fell out, but that doesn’t take away from the fun, amazing times that we did have together and how much we all got along. So it’s nice. I mean, every relationship changes. People grow apart sometimes and it doesn’t have to dampen those memories that you had. It was really sweet to see.”
As for if a friendship reunion is within the playing cards, the influencer by no means says by no means.
“I’m not someone that holds grudges, and I think mine and Hannah’s falling out was an unfortunate series of events that a lot of factors played into,” Batula admitted. “I would love to get back together, somehow make amends, especially for Paige’s sake. But we’re both busy girls now, and people aren’t just getting together to hang out on a normal basis. So it will probably take a lot of effort. But there’s no negativity there whatsoever.”
DeSorbo, in the meantime, wasn’t the one solid member to announce her exit in latest days. Newcomer Lexi Wooden additionally shared she received’t be returning for an additional summer time.
“I just saw the post a little bit ago,” Batula confirmed. “I had to read it twice over. And I asked Kyle, I was like, ‘Does this mean that she’s not coming back?’ I was confused with the way it was worded. And he’s like, ‘Yeah, don’t think that she’s coming back.’ So that’s a bummer, too.”
“I think she had so much potential. Also, I think it’s unfortunate how it all played out with the Jesse [Solomon] stuff. Lexi and I knew each other before,” she continued. “I think It would have been great to have a girl summer, but I can’t control what people decide to do.”
With plenty of solid shakeups, together with longtime star Lindsay Hubbard, 38, turning into a brand new mother to her child lady Gemma, rumors have swirled if the remaining stars will even make it again into the home.
Some followers have even speculated that cameras could now deal with Batula, DeSorbo and Miller, 29, as they navigate life within the Large Apple.
“There are rumors all the time,” the fact star admitted. “I would love to stay [home.] I think Ciara, Paige, and I would all love to stay home and film. That is like the dream. But no one’s presented me with anything yet. So, right now, it’s just business as usual. But if anyone wants to put together a show for three girls that love to sleep in bed, we’re open and we’re taking offers.”
Within the meantime, Batula is busy together with her new line Amanda Batula Swim.
“We’re doing our second and third drop at the same time,” Batula mentioned about her assortment at South Moon Underneath. “And they’re kind of very European-inspired. A lot of neutrals and inspired by my time in Italy and just the surroundings.”
“We did some different silhouettes. We listened to a lot people’s feedback, tried to incorporate one piece, high-waisted bottoms, thicker straps, different things to sort of appease everyone. Made adjustments to the fit of things. We’re learning. But I’m really excited for people to try out these new styles and new fits and see these two drops that we’ve had a bit more time to work on because I’m very passionate about them.”
Every swimsuit has a particular that means to Batula: within the type of her girlfriends.
“All the pieces are named after my best friends,” she defined. “So my friends from high school, college, and then the girls from the show. So I incorporated everyone into my drop. I had texts from friends being like, ‘Did you name this after me?’ I was like, ‘Yes.’ It’s not just the girls from the show, it’s any girl, any woman that has been a big part of my life, I named a piece after them.”
Not solely is Batula booked and busy, she and Cooke have been specializing in attempting to raised their work/life stability since tying the knot in 2021.
Throughout half two of the “Summer House” reunion, which aired in Might, she confessed that she and the Lover Boy founder struggled final 12 months.
“I’ve always just been very honest and transparent about everything in my relationship and I’m always willing to share whatever on camera,” she mentioned. “I don’t hold anything back. It’s unfortunately not up to us what ends up getting used and what doesn’t but that is something that we were going through. I just felt like it was important for people to see the full transparency.”
“They see us having a great summer together and we did because there were those changes made. But it wasn’t a natural occurrence,” she continued. “There were reasons why. I just felt like I just need to be honest and transparent with people at all times. And I feel like that was a huge piece of missing information. We filmed it so I didn’t know that they weren’t going to use it. I was fully prepared for everyone to see that conversation too. I just feel like everyone should know everything. I don’t hold back.”
Batula added: “We just actually both put in the work and had a really good summer, which is probably why they chose not to show that beginning clip because it was irrelevant at that point because we were fine.”
With summer time proper across the nook, Batula and Cooke are nonetheless attempting to navigate the proper stability as they head again to the Hamptons.
“The man is never around,” she teased. “In fact, he’s here right now in the office working. He is always traveling. We will be traveling to France together in a week or two. So maybe we’ll be able to reconnect and spend some quality time together there.”
