'Summer House' star West Wilson confirms exit from show: 'That is true'
'Summer House' star West Wilson confirms exit from show: 'That is true'
Erin Jensen, USA TODAYThu, June 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM UTC
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West Wilson is officially vacating Bravo's "Summer House."
The Missouri native, who entered the group's Hamptons abode in Season 8, confirmed he will not be returning for Season 11, which will presumably film this summer. During a conversation with Nelson Vergara and Lucas Brody, hosts of the "Broadcast Boys," in a video shared to Instagram on June 24, Brody brought up TMZ's June 15 report that he would not be a cast member in the upcoming season.
"I wanted to tell it on my own," Wilson, 31, said hesitantly, "but… that is true. But in their [Bravo's] defense, I don't think it would've been a fun summer."
"This is the obvious solution," Vergara agreed.
"Yeah, we'll take a T.O. [time out] in the penalty box," Wilson said, seemingly leaving the door open for a return.
USA TODAY has reached out to Bravo for comment.
Some of the cast members of Bravo's "Summer House": Jesse Solomon, far left, Amanda Batula, Kyle Cooke, Lindsay Hubbard, West Wilson, Ciara Miller and Carl Radke at SiriusXM Studios in New York on Jan. 27, 2026.West Wilson, Amanda Batula relationship shocked Bravo fans
Wilson's exit follows the biggest Bravo betrayal since 2023's Scandoval: his shocking relationship with housemate Amanda Batula, 34. Their romance double-crossed two of their "Summer House" costars: Batula's estranged husband, Kyle Cooke, 43, – from whom she separated in January − and her former close friend Ciara Miller, 30, who dated Wilson in Season 8.
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Wilson hinted at his departure during a bonus episode of "Summer House" that aired June 16, following a three-part reunion.
The episode picked up on May 13, 2026, nearly three weeks after the filming of the reunion, with a conversation between Batula and her castmate Lindsay Hubbard. A week later, Wilson met with Cooke at the apartment he formerly shared with Batula on May 20.
Cooke felt their discussion should be filmed since "so much of our life has been public," but added, "I don't have this agenda."
"Me neither," Wilson said. "I suggested off [camera] because I figured – and this won't make it − but my time on camera is over."
Wilscon continued: "When you do a bad job at the reunion, I think people – or in my experience − anything I've done following it publicly has landed poorly. And so I didn't want you to think I waited 'til the reunion was over and then gathered myself and then was like, 'Oh, let's film a scene together,' kind of thing."
At the "Summer House" reunion, Wilson and Batula provided a vague timeline of their relationship, which did little to satisfy their castmates' curiosity.
"We did this for 10 hours, and I still don't feel clear," Mia Calabrese, introduced in Season 10, told Hubbard during a break. "I don't understand when it happened. … I'm walking away knowing less than what I came in knowing."
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