Kyle Cooke Backs Theory West Wilson Used Amanda for Fame

When a relationship explodes on reality TV, the real drama isn’t always what happens on camera—it’s what fans figure out after the fact. Kyle Cooke, 43, just threw his weight behind a fan theory that West Wilson strategically positioned himself to capitalize on Amanda Batula’s newfound visibility following her separation from Kyle and the subsequent Summer House season 10 chaos.

The theory, posted on Threads, paints a calculated picture: West, 31, supposedly recognized that Amanda, 34, was emerging from a messy marriage with potential for the kind of fame boost that Ariana Madix experienced after Tom Sandoval’s Vanderpump Rules cheating scandal. The fan theorized that West then“leaned into looking like a supportive friend and hero for Amanda so he can weasel his way into capitalizing on her after-season success.”It’s a sharp read on modern celebrity culture—the idea that proximity to someone else’s downfall can be a ladder.

Kyle didn’t just agree; he elaborated. He pointed to an April 1 street interview he did with TikToker Adam Glyn where he had already discussed this exact concept, describing West as trying to be a“knight in shining armor”and“saying what women want to hear.”The phrase that stuck: West“hitched his wagon to Amanda and, as someone referred to it on Reddit,‘white-knighted too far.'”That’s the kind of accusation that stings because it’s specific—not that West was supportive, but that he was *performatively* supportive in a calculated way.

Lindsay Hubbard, another Summer House cast member who’s been vocally skeptical of the Amanda-West pairing, also co-signed the theory with a simple,“And bingo was his name-o!”The chorus of agreement matters because these aren’t random Twitter fingers—they’re people who were actually there during the summer in question, watching the dynamics unfold in real time.

This all exploded during Summer House season 10 reunion when Ciara Miller, West’s ex and Amanda’s formerly close friend, confronted them both. Ciara didn’t mince words:“You and Amanda feels [sic] like the best type of revenge that you could execute.”Amanda’s defense—that West was simply“there for me all summer and was checking in”while she was navigating her separation—starts to sound different when filtered through the lens of calculated opportunism. Whether that’s fair or not depends on whether you believe West was genuinely supportive or genuinely looking to ride Amanda’s post-divorce wave into a bigger spotlight. The reunion aired on Bravo, and the cast clearly has an opinion about which one it was.