Kyle Cooke: Amanda’s fertility struggle is ‘more complicated’ than fans realizeĀ
āSummer Houseā star Kyle Cooke says wife Amanda Batulaās fertility struggle is āmore complicatedā than fans realize.
āThereās obviously a lot more to it than what made it into the [show],ā Cooke, 40, reveals on an upcoming episode of Page Sixās āVirtual Reali-Teaā podcast. āIt breaks my heart.ā
He elaborates, āSheās catching so much sāt from trolls about her weight and people are like, āWell, youāre missing your period because you lost so much weight.āā
Batula, 31, shared her health concerns with the āSummer Houseā ladies during a tea party scene that aired in the March 6 episode.
The revelation came after newcomer Samantha Feher expressed her assumption that Batula would likely welcome children before anyone else in the group ā as sheās the only married woman.Ā
Batula admittedĀ that she and Kyle ā who wed in September 2021 ā āwant to have kids.ā However, she added, āIt’s just not in the cards right now.ā
The graphic designer went on to say that she experienced her ālast periodā in November 2021 after stopping birth control just months prior.
In addition to a ceased menstrual cycle, Batula lost an alarming amount of weight that, according to Cooke, came in tandem with a new medication to help with unexpected acne.
āIāll set the record straight. Yes, going off birth control causes you to lose weight. It also causes your hormones to go out of control like youāre a teenager. She has always had great skin,ā he explains.
āShe was breaking out like she was in high school right up until when we went to film āWinter Houseā [Season 2].ā
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Cooke continues, āShe went on ā¦ a medication where the byproduct happens to be clearer skin. One of the side effects was also it caused her to lose some weight. I donāt think itās a common side effect, but it was like a two-fold kind of weight loss that she had zero control over.ā
The Loverboy CEO specifically applauds nurse-turned-model Ciara Miller for encouraging Batula to seek medical attention during production.
āI was so thankful for friends like Ciara, who really kind of took her under their wing to start to understand what was going on,ā he says.Ā
āIt was tough because sheās going through the weight loss, sheās going through the acne and oh, by the way, whatās going on with her menstrual cycle and her fertility,ā Cooke explains. āSo, I donāt want to spoil anything but Iām so glad the girls ā it kind of started [the conversation] at that tea brunch.ā
Cookeās chat with āVirtual Reali-Teaā comes one week after the reunion for āThe Traitorsā Season 1 aired. He participated in the Peacock competition series with fellow reality TV vets, including Brandi Glanville, Kate Chastain and Arie Luyendyk Jr., among others.
Now Cookeās āSummer Houseā castmate and frenemy Lindsay Hubbard is gunning for a spot on the show, which she revealed during our āVirtual Reali-Tea Live!ā show at City Winery in New York City on Feb. 10.Ā
āShe never once told me about her aspirations to go on it,ā he tells us of Hubbard, 36, who is engaged to his longtime pal, Carl Radke.Ā
āLook, I think that she probably would be pretty incredible. I mean, she’s very good at spinning things. She’s very good at looking after herself.
āShe’s a dynamic individual. She can turn it on. And when you’re over ā¦ then she can kind of dispose of you when she doesn’t [need you]. So, I think that those are some traitor qualities.ā
Cooke admits that he and the former publicist have a āfairly complicated relationshipā at the moment, but reiterates that he would āabsolutelyā endorse her for āThe Traitors.ā
āI think she’d be really good at it,ā he says.
āSummer Houseā airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo, while āThe Traitorsā is available to stream on Peacock.