Lindsay Hubbard Fires Back at Michael Rapaport's On-Air Criticism

When a public figure puts you in their crosshairs on social media, the clock starts ticking. Do you stay silent and let the narrative fester, or do you fire back? Lindsay Hubbard chose the latter when she saw Michael Rapaport’s“hot take”about her on Instagram Wednesday, May 6, and she didn’t hold back.

Rapaport, the 56-year-old comedian and Traitors star, had posted a critique questioning whether Hubbard—the 39-year-old Summer House star—was the most overrated person on Bravo. His complaint centered on a familiar narrative: that Hubbard’s storylines over the past two seasons have revolved almost entirely around her ex-fiancé Carl Radke, whom she was set to marry in August 2023 before the relationship imploded just two months before the wedding.“It’s been two years since Carl left you at the altar,”Rapaport said.“Is it time to let it go?”

Here’s where things got interesting. Instead of ignoring him, Hubbard clapped back directly, calling out what she saw as the real issue: a man in his late 50s critiquing a younger woman while simultaneously disabling his Instagram comments—a move she read as cowardly gatekeeping.“Michael Rapaport if you wanna say something, turn your f***ing comments on. Don’t be a little b****,”she fired back.“If you wanna start a media war, I’m happy to go to war with you.”

But Hubbard’s response went deeper than just defending her honor. She pointed out that Rapaport’s entire premise ignored a massive part of her life: she’s a single mom. Over the past two years, she hasn’t just been processing a broken engagement—she’s been raising a child, navigating motherhood in the public eye, and building a life beyond the wreckage of a failed relationship.“You’re an old white guy who’s making comments about a much younger single mom,”she said.“Did you forget that I had a baby? You think my only storyline these past two years has been my ex?”

She also teased upcoming Summer House episodes that, based on her hint, suggest there’s more to her story than Rapaport’s hot take accounted for. A supposedly significant conversation with Carl is coming, one that might reframe the narrative he’s critiquing.“Keep watching. You’ll see a very long overdue conversation coming up between Carl and I and you’ll learn a lot,”she said.

Rapaport later doubled down, reposting her response with the caption“Uh-Oh!!!! Old Mother Hubbard didn’t like my last post!!!!”adding a hashtag and emojis that seemed designed to bait further engagement. The exchange is a textbook example of how celebrity feuds play out in real time on Instagram—one person throws a stone, the other throws back, and suddenly what started as a“hot take”becomes a full-blown moment. Whether Rapaport’s critique lands depends largely on what those upcoming episodes reveal, but one thing’s clear: Hubbard isn’t the type to let someone define her story without a fight.