When West Wilson walked onto the set of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in March 2026 wearing a custom horsehair tie, he casually mentioned his“friend”made it. Weeks later, when he and Amanda Batula announced their relationship publicly, that“friend”became the center of a messy reality TV scandal—and she’s got jokes about it.
Meet Meija Moreno, the Philadelphia-based artist and founder of Snarl Studios who was reportedly exclusive with West starting in fall 2025, right up until he went public with Amanda. According to the Summer House cast and Kyle Cooke (Amanda’s ex-husband), the timeline is crystal clear: West had a full-blown, exclusive relationship with Meija as recently as February 2025. When confronted during the season 10 reunion in May 2026, West downplayed it, claiming he was“seeing someone”but not in an official capacity. But Meija wasn’t staying silent about the humiliation.
The backstory here is worth noting. Meija and West both attended Montana State University in Bozeman, but didn’t really cross paths until they met at a destination wedding in 2023—where they lived together for a week and hit it off. They stayed in touch, started dating seriously months later, and by early 2026, West was already pivoting to Amanda. The problem? Meija knew about it. Amanda knew Meija existed too, which adds another layer to the whole thing.
What makes this story genuinely human is Meija’s response. Rather than disappear or take the victim angle, she leaned into the absurdity of her situation. In April 2026, she posted to TikTok:“I’m so sorry but I still just can’t get over the fact all my products ran out this week, I was an unwilling participant in a public humiliation ritual, got my period, and had to read a fucking joint statement.”She even joked about using her“15 minutes”for some PR and whether people would judge her for“milking”her public humiliation for free products. It’s the kind of self-aware humor that only works when you’re genuinely, spectacularly done.
The real takeaway here isn’t about who’s right or wrong in a Summer House love triangle. It’s about a woman who got caught in the crossfire of reality TV drama, turned her custom tie business into a small cultural moment (Summer House’s Lindsay Hubbard even wore one to WWHL in April 2026 as support), and handled the whole thing with the kind of wit that suggests she’s going to be just fine. Meija will appear via FaceTime during part 2 of the Summer House reunion in June 2026, so this story isn’t finished yet—but her opening move has already won the internet.
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