Warning: This post contains spoilers for theSummer Houseseason 10 finale
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During the season 10 finale, Kyle Cooke tries to speak with his then-wife, Amanda Batula, about his behavior during the cast's final weekend in the Hamptons
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But Amanda spends the last day distancing herself from Cooke
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She finally speaks with him after the housemates leave, and says she needs time apart to address their relationship issues
Amanda Batulafinally tellsKyle Cookeshe wants time away from him during theSummer Houseseason 10 finale.
The former couple's relationship is at the forefront of the episode, opening with Kyle, 43, chatting with housemateCiara Millerabout his arguments with Amanda,Carl Radke,andLindsay Hubbardduring the previous night's dinner.
"I'm not gonna lie, I don't know how to process what we talked about on the beach. I just felt hurt and very scared for the future," he told Ciara, 30.
"I hear you. I hear the things you are upset about," Ciara replied, with Kyle interjecting to say, "I don't feel like anybody hears me. I don't even know how to explain where I'm coming from anymore." Ciara then told the Loverboy founder that he doesn't "know how to express" himself.
Kyle replied, "Well, when your life is being blown up at the seams, you're not going to react well, and that's how I felt all summer long." Ciara then retorted, saying that he's "created irreparable damage through the process" of yelling at Carl, and screaming "F--- you" to the housemates. "Your words do hold weight, and a lot of people get in your crossfire, i.e., Carl, about what you're actually mad about," she said.
"It makes it hard to be your friend. I'm not saying it from a place of judgment," she said, explaining she's having this conversation with him because she wants Kyle and Amanda to be happy individuals. "No one is rooting for you guys to get divorced. No one is rooting for you guys to separate. But I want you guys to have a productive relationship. I want you to be able to exhale," she said.
Kyle then reached for her hand and apologized. Ciara then advised him to find Amanda at the party and apologize for his behavior the previous night.
As the party progresses, Kyle makes a few attempts to pull Amanda aside and follow Ciara's advice, but Amanda keeps getting pulled away. She explained in her confessional that she wasn't ignoring him, but she just "didn't feel like arguing with him anymore." Amanda noted that they've "had these conversations before," and sometimes she'll get an apology, but "he will do it again."
After realizing Amanda was avoiding him, Kyle sought comfort from Lindsay, 39, and explained that he was trying to apologize. While Lindsay commends him for trying, she explained that if Amanda doesn't want to have a conversation, he should respect that.
"I just ruined the last weekend of summer. It's not the greatest feeling in the world," Kyle said in his confessional. "I'm kinda scared about what she's going to say. What are we going to do? Have another conversation about how to recover from this? I feel like I just gave her everything she needed to kind of walk out the door."
Amanda then thanked Ciara and Mia Calabrese for their support and for saying what Amanda is thinking but doesn't say out loud. "You're never saying anything I don't actually feel."
Ciara consoled her, saying that they just want her to be happy. But Amanda replied, "I fear that I'm not enough for anyone else." Mia and Ciara quickly interjected to refute it, with Ciara saying, "That's a confidence thing."
Teary-eyed, Amanda said she doesn't want to them to keep consoling her. "Someone has to," Ciara replied, "Because you're f---ing off your rocker. I'm gonna be honest with you. I'm getting tired of this s---. If you want me to stop handling you with kid gloves, I f---ing will." She added, "If you want to go, just tell me when."
"You are in charge of your life. You have to let it stop happening to you," Ciara continued. "You need to let this motherf---er know you are serious."
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At the same time, Kyle confides inBen Waddell, saying that he wasn't doing well because he hadn't seen his wife. "This is the grave I've dug," he told Ben. "I thought I was going to have the chance to talk to Amanda tonight, but I don't think she wants to talk to me."
Once he decides to head over to speak with her, Mia and Ciara continue urging her to live alone and "put on [her] big girl pants." But Amanda proposes that the group make their annual jump in the pool, and Kyle tries one more time to talk to her. But Amanda simply said, "No, we can talk tomorrow."
Cutting to Kyle's confessional, he begins to cry, saying, "It's been 10 years. I feel like the severity of my actions has just compounded and thrown a wrench in things. It could potentially lead to us not coming back as a couple. A lot of memories. It's just been weighing down on me because I don't want what we have here to just all of a sudden disappear."
As the night begins to come to a close and the housemates return from their night at the bars, Ciara and West Wilson rekindle, just weeks after they agreed to be friends. The pair share a kiss. As they embrace, Kyle andJesse Solomonreturn home and witness their connection.
The next morning, when all of the housemates are packing up, Kyle made one last-ditch effort to chat with Amanda, but she told him, "You woke up [yesterday morning] and didn't acknowledge anything, and like when about your day." Kyle then expressed that he thought they would have the opportunity to talk "about the bigger picture."
Once all the housemates had said their tearful goodbyes to one another, including Amanda and Ciara, the latter of whom said, "I love you," and reminded Amanda that her "voice matters."
Amanda then headed over to Kyle, who was packing up his DJ equipment, and asked to talk. The couple walked together to the house entrance, and Kyle shared that his conversation with Ciara about a separation was what triggered his behavior. Amanda clarified that she's had that same conversation with Ciara, but was only considering separation "if it gets to that point one day," telling Ciara that she and Kyle were "in a good place."
She said "things were moving in the right direction," but when Kyle tried to fight Carl and told her "F--- you," she got scared. "We've spent so much time together, not summers in the Hamptons, literally the past 10 years of our lives have been here growing up," she continues.
"We've been through so much together," she said, adding from infidelity rumors to their engagement and wedding. "We've done it all, and it's been so amazing, and also really f---ing hard."
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"We've had some of the best memories, but also some of the absolute worst. I feel like leaving here this weekend, I want to close that chapter and like start over, whatever that looks like for us," she said, with Kyle replying, he's scared and doesn't know what to do.
Amanda explained that something has to change, and they "need some time apart right now." She said she's going to stay in a hotel for a couple of nights, explaining, "because something is fundamentally wrong in our relationship, and it needs to change."
She said her decision to take time apart is her attempt to start figuring out what is going on in their relationship. Kyle replied, "I just feel like everything I put my heart and soul into the relationship, everything just feels like it's tumbling." Amanda explained that she still wants to support, help, and protect Kyle, but their "relationship is what needs to be nurtured and protected and helped."
"I can't be like just looking out for you anymore. I need to look out for me," she said, before concluding they'll see each other in therapy in the coming days. The pair pack up their bags, say goodbye to the house and to each other, then drive separately back to the city.
Summer Houseseason 10 airs on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo and is available to stream the next day on Peacock.
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