Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula stopped watching “Summer House” together before their breakup.
The Loverboy founder told Carl Radke’s “More Life” podcast listeners Wednesday — in an interview filmed before the exes’ separation announcement — that the Bravo series caused tension in their home.
“The first six or seven years … Amanda and I would always watch together,” Cooke, 43, recalled. “Sometimes that led to us literally having the same exact fight we just watched.”
He explained, “It was almost like we’d pick up right where we left off. Like, ‘Here’s why I felt that way.’ ‘Well, here’s why I felt that way.’ It can be challenging.”
Batula, 34, was the one to put a stop to their viewing parties “once [they’d] kind of gone through … tough seasons to watch.”
Cooke noted that this took place around Season 6 or 7, which respectively aired in 2022 and 2023.
“Amanda was like, ‘I’d rather not watch with you,’” her estranged husband explained.
Cooke clarified that he still likes to watch even the “tough episodes” without her, claiming, “I love seeing for the first time things I wasn’t apart of, even when people are literally talking s–t about me.”
Radke, 41, agreed that it is “really hard in a relationship to watch back” together and he once struggled to do the same while with ex-fiancée Lindsay Hubbard.
“When Lindsay and I were together, I could hear her watching in another room and was waiting for her to come over and talk about what she just watched,” he recalled.
Radke acknowledged in the beginning of the episode that his sitdown with Cooke was filmed on Jan. 3 before his pal’s split from Batula made headlines.
“I want to send love, support and positive vibes their way,” the host said.
Two weeks after Cooke’s interview, the former couple wrote via Instagram, “After much reflection, we have mutually and amicably decided to part ways as a couple. We share this with a heavy heart and kindly ask for your grace and support while we focus on our personal growth and healing.
“It feels ironic to ask for privacy at this time since we’ve always tried to be open and honest about our relationship, but your kindness and respect will go a long way as we try to navigate our next chapter,” they concluded.
During Wednesday’s episode, Cooke cryptically made a comment about his “new chapter” and focusing on “what’s actually making [him] happy.”
“Sometimes it’s not so obvious,” he told listeners. “This is a good time of year to do that. … Just prioritize the things that matter. That’s it, baby.”
Cooke also called the past year his “toughest” yet due to “the amount of responsibility, pressure, personal, professional and relationship challenges that kind of got thrown at [him] all at the same time.”
He and Batula started dating in 2016, getting engaged two years later and tying the knot in September 2021.
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